IoT Will Connect 20 Billion Things By 2020: NASSCOM Chairman Dr. B.V.R. Mohan Reddy

We are living in a virtual mesh of smart devices digitally connected to each other – from smartphones and smartwatches to smart shoes, wireless health monitors and even smart clothing. The world that we live in today is incomplete without internet and network connectivity.

These devices that take readings from our shoes, heart rate and activity tracking from our fitness bands, retina scanners for mobile security and payments, and even flight experience data using thousands of sensors sagely fitted in an Airbus or a Boeing one is travelling in, all is interconnected, and is a window to the evolutionary technology that will be prime for human existence, and survival. And it’s not science fiction. No.

Echoing the same belief and supported by facts, Dr. B.V.R. Mohan Reddy NASSCOM Chairman and Founder & Executive Chairman, Cyient Limited proclaimed “by 2020, there will be 20 billion things (devices) that will get connected to each other using Internet of Things (IoT); machines will talk to machines, and machines will talk to people. An enormous amount of evolution will happen through digital technology”.

It’s about time.

Addressing the first year students of Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology (MJCET) on the Commencement Day, Dr. Reddy said “it is the age of digital revolution, and students must take advantage of this digital revolution and be a part of it using Internet and Communication Technologies. Congratulating students for ‘being at the right time at the right place’, he said “never has mankind experienced the same change as we are experiencing now. Technology is at its best now.”

As the students – prospective engineers – were teeming with enthusiasm and excitement to be a part of the coveted institution, he enthralled them with the historical context of engineering.

Gyrating into historical perspective, he said “since the coinage of the word ‘engineering’ in 1325AD when military engineering and civil engineering were the only two types of engineering, a lot has transformed. In the last 800 years, tremendous amount of transformation has happened to technology. Every time technology a leapfrog, the benefits to mankind changed, and health, wealth and wellness leapfrogged for the whole mankind.”

“The students, who would be future engineers, were lucky to be part and parcel of this leapfrogging of technology in the future. In the age of ICT, the pace at which the technology is changing makes a revolution everyday.”

“This velocity has never been there in the past”, he added.

In his keynote address, Dr. Reddy stressed the importance of three things: incessant learning, participating in innovations and entrepreneurship with

persistence in ideas advising the students to proactively take part in innovations and look at the creative side of things.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Sujiv Nair, Chief Executive Officer, Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) said three things lead to success. Firstly, “students must look at the 86400 seconds of every day as time as time is money”. He advised the “students to focus on education and employ most of the time for the same. Secondly, “every student must pick up one skill at least. Skill is acquired by practice. He urged parents to encourage students to take up at least one skill beyond academic activities. Citing the statistics, he said “68 skill based courses are available with distinguished companies like Samsung, SAP, etc”.

Thirdly, stressing on payback to society, Mr. Nair urged students to take care of environment around them, uphold the value systems based on morals and ensure their contribution in making a golden Telangana “by doing little acts like wearing a seat belt while driving or helmet while riding.”

Welcoming the first year students to college, Sultan ul Uloom Education Society Secretary Mr. Zafar Javeed “its time that we become innovators and exporters of technology where young engineers would deliver for this country.” He stressed on innovating for a change.

Speaking on the occasion, special invitee Mr. Ramakrishna LingiReddy, VP – Capgemini (India) said “125 million people will be graduates in a decade, which is a huge opportunity for a ‘Young India’ whose 29% of the population is below 19 years and about 50% of the total population is under 24 years.

He said innovation is the key driver for next decade. As a nation we have very innovative brains. He advised the students to use logical thnking to achieve something in life. Keep a goal. He urged the students to apply knowledge thatis imbibed from academic as well as everyday learning in everyday life.

There’s no one way of doing businesses, people started coming based on innovative ideas, which is based on innovation and creative thinking, he added concluding his address by urging every student to plant at least one sapling on this occasion.

Earlier, Vice Chairman SUES Mr. Mohammed Waliullah presented a memento to Dr. BVR Mohan Reddy. SUES Treasurer Dr. Mir Akbar Ali Khan, MJCET Principal K.V.Krishnan, Dr. Zia Nadeem, Prof. S. A. Wahab, Mr. Amir Javeed, Dr. Anupama Koneru and others were also present on this occasion.

Earlier, MJCET Director Dr. Basheer Ahmed delivered the welcome address.

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