To date, most Internet applications focus on providing information, interaction, and entertainment for humans. However, with the widespread deployment of networked, intelligent sensor technologies, an Internet of Things (IoT) is steadily evolving, much like the Internet decades ago. In the future, hundreds of billions of smart sensors and devices will interact with one another without human intervention, on a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) basis. The manufacture and selling of IoT infrastructure will have less impact than the vast possibilities their use will unleash, but generating insights from IoT’s firehose of data will require highly specialized talent that’s in short supply in India. This paper will focus on challenges, opportunities and risks of Internet of things in India and provide few recommendations to overcome these challenges and risks.
