CAN IOT HELP BUILD - A SUSTAINABLE, SCALABLE & SAFER TOMORROW?

Over the past decade, the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution has cut across many industries, paving the way for innovation at multiple levels, and is gaining a stable foothold in a digital-first environment.

- Praveen Arora

Almost every organisation, regardless of size, is increasingly employing IoT technologies for a sustainable future to drive business agility. Organisations with a people-first and a planet-first mindset, focus on employee safety and environment consciousness. A key to their success is a threepronged approach of being Sustainable, Scalable and Safer.

Embracing Sustainability is Key

While there is no single path to create a fully sustainable business, each organisation is on a unique journey, and at a different stage of maturity. For many, sustainability is a top priority and every tech advancement is a journey towards a better tomorrow. But are these companies making a difference and where do they stack up against their peers in terms of IoT deployment? Research notes that, 84 percent of current IoT deployments are "addressing or have the potential to address" the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Let us look at how some IoT solutions contribute to sustainability.

Smart Street Lights for Smart Cities

Innovation, infrastructure and industrialisation are aligned to the ideas of sustainable growth. The Smart Cities Mission was one such initiative aimed to develop citizen friendly and sustainable smart cities by 2025.

One of the pre-requisites of smart cities is smart street lighting systems and to address this, several cities have deployed smart streetlights. Smart streetlights have a tremendous potential of saving costs and energy, reducing carbon emissions, and light-up India's way to sustainability. Today, Tata Communications manages around 250k of smart streetlights across the country.