Introduction:

Internet of Things (IoT) is a technology having potential to penetrate every aspect of our live. Everything around us is going smart and intelligent. Internet of Things (IoT) is essentially a seamless connected network of embedded objects/devices, with identifiers, in which M2M communication without any human intervention is possible using standard and interoperable communication protocols.  The Internet of things has evolved due to the convergence of multiple technologies, real-time analytics, machine learning, commodity sensors, and embedded systems. Traditional fields of embedded systems, wireless sensor networks, control systems, automation (including home and building automation), and others all contribute to enabling the Internet of things. On Indian context, the various initiatives proposed to be taken under the Smart City concept and the Digital India Program to setup Digital Infrastructure in the country would help boost the IoT industry.

IoT Policy:

The Internet of Things (IoT) fed by sensors soon to number in the trillions,  working  with  intelligent  systems  in  the  billions,  and  involving  millions  of applications,  the  Internet  of  Things  will  drive new  consumer  and  business  behavior that  will  demand  increasingly  intelligent  industry solutions,  which,  in  turn,  will  drive trillions of dollars in opportunity for IT industry and even more for the companies that take advantage of the IoT. The  number  of  Internet-connected  devices  (12.5  billion)  surpassed  the  number  of human  beings  (7  billion)  on  the  planet  in  2011,  and  by  2020,  Internet-connected devices are expected to number between 26 billion and 50 billion globally.

History:

In 1998, the real IoT was touched by Mark Weiser, who developed a water fountain that was amazing and delightful to everyone who saw it. It rose and fell respectively according to the pricing trends and the volume of stock on the NYSE. But the actual term “Internet of Things” was coined by Kevin Ashton in 1999 during his work at Procter&Gamble. At that point, he viewed radio-frequency identification (RFID) as essential to the Internet of things. Because the internet was the new trend in 1999 and because it somehow made sense, he called his presentation “Internet of Things”.

Mark Weiser	Kevin Ashton

 Significance of IoT in India:

Zinnov, a leading global management and strategy consulting firm, released the findings from its latest study titled, "India - Emerging Hotbed of IoT Opportunities". Zinnov estimated that the IoT investments in India were close to USD 5 Billion in 2019, and are expected to triple to touch ~USD 15 Billion by 2021 across both technology products and services components.
In 2015, the Government of India had formulated a Draft IoT Policy with a vision to develop connected and smart IoT based system for our country's economy, society, environment and global needs. This Policy launched a Smart City project, with a plan of developing 100 smart cities in the country, by allocating INR 7,060 crores for the same. In continuation of this endeavor, the launch of the Digital India Program aims to transform the Indian society into a digitally empowered society and boost the IoT industry. The proposed smart cities shall consist of smart homes, smart parking, smart phone detection, smart transportation, smart roads and smart lighting.
MeitY has approved Rs 436.87 Crore for implementation of the Project Titled FutureSkill PRIME which aims to create an ecosystem  reskilling/upskilling ecosystem in  ten emerging and futuristic technologies including IoT. NIELIT Aurangabad has been approved as Co-lead resource centre in IoT.

Tools for IOT:

Recommended Hardware/tools:

Recommended Hardware/tools: INDUS IoT kit (ARM Cortex M4 board with onboard sensors and communication interfaces) will be used for all microcontroller based experiments.

Recommended Software: ARM GCC, Eclipse IDE, STM32CubeMX, Keil IDE, Putty/Hercules, Eclipse IDE, ARM-MBED Simulation Environment, NetSim from Tetcos / NS3, Wireshark, Advance Rest Client/Postman, Cooja Simulator, Mosquitto Broker, Visual Studio Code (e-lab)

Learning Outcomes of IoT Course:

A person will develop experience on working with the INDUS-IoT kit. The person will understand the basics of IoT with reference to a case study including the reference architecture, functional blocks and various applications with deep insights into the multiple design challenges. The person will develop insights into

• microcontroller programming on INDUS-IoT kit including peripheral configuration like like ADC, DAC, timers (PWM) and different Serial Communication protocols including SPI, I2C ,UART.
• Understanding of working of sensors & actuators depending on use cases
• Interfacing analog sensor and digital sensors using inbuilt ADC and peripherals like UART, SPI, I2C
• Know-hows of TCP-IP protocol stack in practice
• Interfacing network peripherals to setup Wi-Fi and BLE based networks
• Hands-on on wireshark for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth packet analysis
• Write RESTFul Web services which produces response in the form of JSON or XML.
• Setup complete MQTT Architecture with the capabilities to send data between devices.
• Understand working of application layer protocols like CoAP and MQTT.

Understand Edge Computing & its advantages in IoT, knowledge on various IoT platforms.

Reference: -

1. https://www.meity.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/Draft-IoT-Policy%20%281%29.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things
3. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Growth-of-connected-devices-4_fig1_285593511
4. https://atmelcorporation.wordpress.com/2014/07/16/bi-intelligence-details-iot-enterprise-apps/
5. https://bridgera.com/the-future-gen-of-internet-iot-in-brief/
6. https://futureskills.nasscom.in/
7. https://www.toolbox.com/tech/iot/blogs/internet-of-things-the-bright-wave-of-the-future-121818
8. https://www.mondaq.com/india/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/992586/internet-of-things-iot-policy-and-challenges-in-india
9. https://www.skillreporter.com/2019/12/news/other-minstries/ministry-approved-436-crore-for-developing-iot-ai-and-blockchain-skills-of-more-than-4-lakh-youth/
10. https://blog.eduonix.com/internet-of-things/top-10-popular-iot-development-tools/

Online Course Offered by NIELIT:

1. Certificate course IOT (6 weeks) – Rs. 4500 + GST

 2. Faculty Development Training for IOT (2 weeks) – Rs 3000 + GST

3. Govt. Official Training Program (1 week) – Sponsored by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, GOI.

4. Webinars

Registration and Contact Details

Mr. Saurabh Bansod

Mobile No:- +91 9834081669

Mr. Prashant Pal.

Mobile No:- +91 8218724641

Mr. Ganesh Patil

Mobile No:- +91 9673363826

Mrs. Harsha Jain

Mobile No:- +91 9420790217