<p>Stanford University Professor Emeritus Arogyaswami J Paulraj said India needs to speed up policy initiatives to become a global player on the telecom front by adopting 5G, IoT, and ICT technologies. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking at the inauguration of the first edition of ‘ICT & IoT Start-up Tech Expo 2018’ organised by the Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) on Saturday, the India-born scientist said India is not a player on the world stage of telecom industry. </p>.<p class="bodytext">‘”With quick adoption and an innovative approach, India can perhaps not only be a global player but also be able to beat the global heads. Startups, PSUs and private entities must come together to show the world that we are also there,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">ITI chief managing director K Alagesan said that in pursuit of innovation and excellence, India needs to bring together the best brains.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We need to bring together the best brains, provide them with the infrastructure, hand hold them, believe in their ideas and guide them with experience that ITI has,” said Alagesan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As part of the Start-up Tech Expo, Bengaluru-headquartered ITI also invited more than 100 startups and technology owners to showcase their products.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Our effort is to collaborate with and enable such companies to make use of the firm’s infrastructure to produce their goods at their two-day startup tech expo. ITI is making efforts on capacity building as far as ICT technologies are concerned with the support of startups,” said Alagesan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Under the flagship initiative of the government of India and to build a strong eco-system for nurturing innovation and startups in the country, ITI’s ‘ICT & IoT Startup Tech Expo 2018’ is an effort to bring startups and their innovative ideas on a single platform,” said ITI director R M Agarwal. </p>
<p>Stanford University Professor Emeritus Arogyaswami J Paulraj said India needs to speed up policy initiatives to become a global player on the telecom front by adopting 5G, IoT, and ICT technologies. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking at the inauguration of the first edition of ‘ICT & IoT Start-up Tech Expo 2018’ organised by the Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) on Saturday, the India-born scientist said India is not a player on the world stage of telecom industry. </p>.<p class="bodytext">‘”With quick adoption and an innovative approach, India can perhaps not only be a global player but also be able to beat the global heads. Startups, PSUs and private entities must come together to show the world that we are also there,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">ITI chief managing director K Alagesan said that in pursuit of innovation and excellence, India needs to bring together the best brains.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We need to bring together the best brains, provide them with the infrastructure, hand hold them, believe in their ideas and guide them with experience that ITI has,” said Alagesan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As part of the Start-up Tech Expo, Bengaluru-headquartered ITI also invited more than 100 startups and technology owners to showcase their products.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Our effort is to collaborate with and enable such companies to make use of the firm’s infrastructure to produce their goods at their two-day startup tech expo. ITI is making efforts on capacity building as far as ICT technologies are concerned with the support of startups,” said Alagesan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Under the flagship initiative of the government of India and to build a strong eco-system for nurturing innovation and startups in the country, ITI’s ‘ICT & IoT Startup Tech Expo 2018’ is an effort to bring startups and their innovative ideas on a single platform,” said ITI director R M Agarwal. </p>