Digital transformation is driven further but in an inseparable manner, with the Internet of Things (loT), said AS Kiran Kumar, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Delivering a talk at the CII Karnataka ICT Summit 2017 on “New Business Models and the Art of What’s Possible”, Kiran Kumar said: “Today, IoT offers endless opportunities in the daily lives of many, by helping create more efficient cities and leaner enterprises. It is estimated that by 2020 there would be 50 billion IoT Sensors, and by 2030 over 200 billion.”

“Needless to state, that IoT as one of the most sought after happenings in the present day connected world, would not be just transformative, but disruptive too to many different business models,” he added.

Space infrastructure and the applications derived from communication, navigation and remote sensing satellites have become an integral part of the value chain of the user agencies, and user communities, to accelerate various developmental processes in the country.

Geoportal maps

“ISRO has developed the ‘Bhuvan Geoportal’, a system providing high-resolution remote sensing data for visualisation and thematic layer overlays of Indian region along with a host of services for G-governance and citizen centric activities,” explained Kiran Kumar.

He further said Bhuvan acts like Cloud for Government Departments by providing standardized set of geographical data and application tools for G-governance to over 30 Central Ministries and more than 20 State governments in the country.

ISRO, along with Ministry of Water Resources, has developed the ‘India - Water Resource Information System’ (India – WRIS), as a ‘single window’ to provide easier and faster access to comprehensive, authentic and consistent data on India’s water resources.

Karnataka has also been in the forefront of availing space technology tools and applications for a variety of g-governance and e-governance activities. “In recent times, Karnataka government has launched the ‘Karnataka GIS (K-GIS)’ program, an Integrated GIS based decision support system that enables policy makers, government agencies and public to make effective decisions in planning developmental activities in the state,” said Kiran Kumar.

Recently, ISRO signed a MoU with BBMP (civic body) to develop a Geo-Spatial Enabled Property Tax Information System (GEPTIS). This new platform will not only empower BBMP to track property tax collection, but also help the citizens track their property tax payments. BBMP is going to use the Bhuvan Karnataka platform created by ISRO which will enable them to enter the attributes of each of the properties.

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