What is iot engineering? Under which branch does it come? What is it's scope in India? What type of job does it offer? Colleges for iot?

IoT is short for Internet of Things. The Internet of Things refers to the ever-growing network of physical objects that feature an IP address for internet connectivity, and the communication that occurs between these objects and other Internet-enabled devices and systems.

IoT is open for CS and EC field.

The scope of CS is about 40% and primarily focuses on Analytics, Big Data, Cloud infrastructure etc

The scope for EC is similar but more emphasis on hardware design, use of sensors, coding for controller, gateway design and integration with cloud.

If you have the skills in either of the two skills it will be good. IoT is not rocket science but a combination of existing technologies driven towards the goal of bringing connectivity to the things around you in order to acquire data and have control over them.

Iot has opened array of opportunities for the following roles,have a quick check on where you fit in-

a. Designer:CAD Designer who can design a IoT consumer device such as a Wearable.

b. Material specialist:Need to have an understanding of material to be used which can embed a sensor with in it. Key for material selection

c. Embedded Engineer:Who can program the electronic component which part of the IoT Device

d. Network Engineer :Who can decide and help establish a Fog Computing network or choose the right gateway, etc.,

e. Cloud Engineer:Who will be able to establish & deploy the middleware and NoSQL database for collecting data from the IoT devices from the network.

f. Data Scientist:Who can help in analysing the volume of data streams inflowing to the cloud using in-memory computing or batch processing to convert into meaningful dataset.

g. Data Visualization expert:Who will be able to provide a visual feel of the data as the final outcome to make business insight.

h. UI Engineer:Who can help design the right user interface to interact with the IoT Device

i. Data architect:Who will be able to design the right data model right from identifying the last grain collected from the IoT Device to the final data warehouse

j. Programmer:Would develop back-end and integrate with the middle ware, cloud databases, etc.,

k. Test engineers: Who will be able to test the functional aspects of the IoT devices and its integrated application test scenarios

l. Instrumentation Engineers:Who will be able to handle actuators, sensors for closed loop systems.



You can go abroad to study iot in better way.

Thank you.

Hey Sanchit.

IoT is open for CS and EC field.

The scope of CS is about 40% and primarily focuses on Analytics, Big Data, Cloud infrastructure etc

The scope for EC is similar but more emphasis on hardware design, use of sensors, coding for controller, gateway design and integration with cloud.

If you have the skills in either of the two skills it will be good. IoT is not rocket science but a combination of existing technologies driven towards the goal of bringing connectivity to the things around you in order to acquire data and have control over them.

IoT has opened array of opportunities for the following roles, have a quick check on where you fit in:

a. Designer: CAD Designer who can design a IoT consumer device  such as  a Wearable.

b. Material specialist: Need to have an understanding of material to be used which can embed a sensor with in it. Key for material selection

c. Embedded Engineer: Who can program the electronic component which part of the IoT Device

d. Network Engineer : Who can decide and help establish a Fog Computing network or choose the right gateway, etc.,

e. Cloud Engineer: Who will be able to establish & deploy the middleware and NoSQL database for collecting data from the IoT devices from the network.

f. Data Scientist: Who can help in analysing the volume of data streams inflowing to the cloud using in-memory  computing or batch processing to convert into meaningful dataset.

g. Data Visualization expert: Who will  be able to provide a visual feel of the data as the final outcome to make business insight.

h. UI Engineer: Who can help design the right user interface to interact with the IoT Device

i. Data architect: Who will be able to design the right data model right from identifying the last grain collected from the IoT  Device to the final data warehouse

j. Programmer:Would develop back-end and integrate with the middle ware, cloud databases, etc.,

k. Test engineers:  Who will be able to test the functional aspects of the IoT devices and its integrated application test scenarios

l. Instrumentation Engineers: Who will be able to handle actuators, sensors for closed loop systems.

This is just a tip of the iceberg. There are many more in the production and analytic area.

Hope this helps. All the best.