Indian technology giant Wipro today announced the launch of its Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Kochi, India.
According to Wipro, the Centre of Excellence aims at developing innovative IIoT solutions that span across the technology stack for its customers in the industrial manufacturing, automotive, healthcare and pharmaceutical, consumer products and goods, and utilities space. Leveraging artificial intelligence, blockchain and robotics, the lab will develop Proofs of Concept (POCs) and market-ready IoT solutions in an iterative agile development model, says the company Hackathon on Industrial IoT Separately, Wipro also hosted a two-day hackathon on Industrial IoT from March 12 to March 13 at its Kochi development centre, which saw participation from leading engineering colleges in Kerala. Wipro will extend pre-placement offers to the winning participants in the final year of their engineering degree course while those in the penultimate year of their degree program will receive internship opportunities. The new hires will join Wipro’s IIoT research and development team in Kochi.

Jayraj Nair, Vice President and Global Head - IoT, Wipro Limited, said, “We are proud to launch our Industrial IoT Centre of Excellence in Kerala, our third such centre after Mountain View, California and Bangalore. Over the years, Kerala has grown into a technology hub that offers access to a dynamic talent pool with an aptitude for new-age technologies. IoT presents a huge opportunity for industries in a hyper-connected world and we are confident that our end-to-end services and offerings will help our clients leverage IoT as part of their digital transformation goals”.

M Sivasankar, IT Secretary, Government of Kerala, who inaugurated the centre said, “Congratulations to Wipro on setting up an IIoT lab in Kochi. Kerala has focused on technologies, which are critical to the Industry 4.0 concept and IoT is an integral part of this proposition.”

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