By Saurabh Rai

Reflecting on 2024, the geospatial sector has witnessed transformative advancements, driven by innovations that integrate GIS, AI, and IoT into critical domains. The development of the Ayodhya Sustainability Index as a milestone in leveraging geospatial intelligence for sustainable urban planning, environmental conservation, and heritage preservation. This initiative has set a global benchmark, showcasing how technology can balance growth with cultural preservation. 

The year also saw India embracing national initiatives like Naksha, Bhuvan, and SVAMITVA, which propelled sustainable development, urban planning, and disaster management using geospatial solutions. These programs reflect the sector’s growing influence in addressing complex challenges.

Looking ahead to 2025, the integration of geospatial technologies with AI, IoT, and big data is poised to transform industries such as agriculture, logistics, and renewable energy. 

The focus will be on leveraging these technologies to tackle global issues like climate change, rapid urbanization, and resource management. With data-driven tools at the core, the industry aims to drive impactful and sustainable change, fostering innovation and supporting national priorities. 

With precise data-driven insights, industries can make informed decisions, optimise resource allocation and implement sustainable practices.

In agriculture, for instance, geospatial tools combined with AI can enhance crop monitoring, predict yield and manage water resources effectively. In logistics, they streamline operations by providing real-time data on traffic, weather and optimal routes. Renewable energy sectors can benefit by identifying ideal locations for solar and wind energy projects, thus accelerating India’s transition to cleaner energy sources.

The integration of geospatial technologies aligns with India’s national priorities, such as building resilient infrastructure and achieving sustainable development goals. 

As geospatial intelligence continues to evolve, it promises to play a critical role in shaping a more sustainable, resilient, and technologically empowered future.

Saurabh Rai is the CEO of Arahas, a provider of Geospatial, AI, and Sustainability Technology services. The opinions expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect the views of CIO Dimension.

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By Ashish Sahay

As we step into 2025, the IoT ecosystem in India is witnessing exponential growth, fueled by the country’s ambition to become a $1 trillion digital economy by 2026. With over 2 billion IoT-connected devices projected to be deployed in India by 2025, the need for scalable, resilient, and cost-effective connectivity solutions has never been more pressing.

At Wirepas, we see this as a pivotal moment to drive innovation and adoption of decentralized mesh technology that addresses India’s unique challenges. Our technology already enables connectivity for over 4 million smart meters under the Advanced Metering Initiative (AMI), contributing significantly to India’s energy transition goals and ensuring accurate, uninterrupted data collection even in remote rural areas.

The Indian smart metering market alone is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.2%, with over 250 million smart meters targeted for deployment by 2030. This presents a tremendous opportunity for solutions like ours, which are designed to be highly scalable, reliable, and adaptable to diverse environments.

Furthermore, as India invests heavily in its smart cities mission—set to reach $28.7 billion by 2027—IoT solutions are becoming the backbone of initiatives aimed at improving urban infrastructure, energy management, and logistics. Technologies like Wirepas Mesh and NR+ will be instrumental in supporting these projects by delivering decentralized, energy-efficient, and cost-effective connectivity at scale.

The convergence of IoT, AI, and big data analytics is also unlocking immense possibilities in predictive decision-making, particularly in energy management. For example, smarter insights into consumption patterns can help utilities reduce distribution losses, a critical issue for India, which currently sees an average of 20% loss in electricity distribution.

Wirepas remains deeply committed to India’s vision of a sustainable, interconnected future. By delivering innovative solutions that enable industries to optimize their operations, reduce costs, and achieve sustainability goals, we aim to play a key role in shaping India’s IoT revolution. As 2025 unfolds, we look forward to continuing our partnership with Indian enterprises and contributing to the country’s journey toward becoming a global leader in IoT adoption.

Ashish Sahay is the Country Manager & Sales Director for SEA at Wirepas. The opinions expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect the views of CIO Dimension

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When Mitali Biswas left her highly fulfilling role at IBM to become the CIO of a leading hospital in Kolkata, she was led solely by her conviction. Four years later, after successfully navigating the COVID-19 crisis which came along rather unexpectedly, she has embraced the role of a CIO with all its virtuosity. 

The secret sauce is her inside-out approach to digital transformation with a firm focus on impactful outcomes. She is the sort of a technology leader who has seen the best of transformation programs globally and yet champions a more grounded approach while crafting a technology roadmap at CK Birla Hospitals. 

In this exclusive video interaction, Mitali takes us through her fascinating journey as a healthcare CIO and how the sector is set to transform itself with the help of AI, IoT, wearables and other technologies. 

The CK Birla group of Hospitals comprises esteemed institutions such as the Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI), a premier multispecialty hospital located in Kolkata, alongside the renowned BM Birla Heart Research Centre in Kolkata and the Rukmani Birla Hospital in Jaipur. With a rich legacy spanning over 50 years, these hospitals have collectively provided care to more than 1.8 million patients.

Mitali believes that AI has the ability to revolutionize the healthcare sector and save more lives. 

“AI has potential to significantly transform the clinical decisions support systems, by helping doctors diagnose faster and more accurately using data. Radiology imaging is emerging as a strong use case today. Imagine AI being used to accelerate the diagnosis process of brain strokes using MRI images – we will be able to save a lot more lives this way,” she says. 

She discussed some key roadblocks to AI adoption in healthcare from an Indian context. “In healthcare, we are dealing with human lives and there must be the trust and evidence that the AI systems are 100 percent right. That’s the reason why acceptance and change management remain the biggest challenges.” 

Mitali also highlights some key challenges in implementing AI in healthcare including the prevalence of manual processes, and the data management & data sharing issues that CIOs face. “It’s important to get the entire ecosystem in the healthcare sector to work together. Government plays a key role here. I think we are heading in the right direction with the help of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. Enforcement is the need of the hour,” she underscores.  

Watch the full video to learn more about the emerging use cases of IoT and wearables in healthcare and a lot more interesting insights from Mitali. 

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