With the objective of leveraging the strength of Indian IT and to accelerate innovation in the emerging technology involving Sensors, Cloud, Analytics and AI which together lead to building of solutions for enabling "Intelligence of Things", MeitY, State Governments and NASSCOM took the initiative to launch Center of Excellence - IoT. The CoE initiative is a nationwide program on innovation focusing on solutions in Smart Manufacturing, Automotive, Healthcare, Agriculture, Energy and a host of emerging technologies.

The launch of CoEs was announced by the Hon'ble Prime Minister in his speech in 2015 as part of Digital India Initiative. First center was launched in July 2016 at Bengaluru which is the largest innovation hub for innovators looking to develop solutions in the domain of Intelligence of Things.

Following the success of the first such center in Bengaluru, NASSCOM is pleased to announce the launch of the its new center in Gurugram which is fully supported by Haryana State Government through HARTRON. The center will be the largest hub of innovation in the Northern Region focusing on emerging technologies in the field of Smart Manufacturing, Automotive, Healthcare, Agriculture etc.

The center was inaugurated on 05^th October, 2018 by Shri Ravi Shankar, Hon'ble Minister for Information Technology & Law and Justice, Govt of India.