According to Sanjeev Malhotra, CEO of NASSCOM- CoE For IoT & AI, he is currently building an innovation ecosystem for IoT & AI startups in India, working with large enterprises, SMEs, government and VCs. For the weekly interview column, Analytics India Magazine connected with Sanjeev Malhotra, CEO at the Centre of Excellence For IoT & AI at NASSCOM. Having spent many years leading product strategy, development and global operations in large and mid-size companies, Sanjeev's domain has spanned many different areas of mobile internet software, e-commerce, SaaS, server technologies, IoT and connected devices. According to Sanjeev Malhotra, he is currently building an innovation ecosystem and driving co-innovation with larger enterprises, SMEs and startups for the largest technology industry body in India. Working closely with the Indian government, Nasscom's CoE- IoT & AI focuses on emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, IoT, robotics etc. and their application in auto, manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, retail, fintech, etc. AIM: What is your role here at NASSCOM in terms of fostering technologies like IoT and AI? Sanjeev Malhotra: Emerging technologies are growing and developing at an incredible pace, and there are so many things that are important to harness completely.