What IoT Alliance does

IoT Alliance is a not-for-profit student club of SRM Institute of Science and Technology, founded in 2014 by Dr. Kayalvizhi Jayavel (Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology) and hosted at Room 303/A, SRM Tech Park on the Kattankulathur campus in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu. The club's stated remit is to advance knowledge around Embedded Systems and the Internet of Things by encouraging research, product development, and skills transfer via workshops and internships aimed at SRM IST students. Activities are organized across four declared domains: Hardware (embedded processing, sensing and actuation for smart systems), Web Development (interactive applications, scripting, security, cloud), App Development (cross-platform applications), and Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. A documented catalog of 15+ projects — including an Anti-Theft CCTV device, Weather Station, Ubidots Humidity & Temperature monitor, Smart Irrigation, Cloud Data Logger, Wireless Garage Door Opener, Voice-Controlled Room, Gas Leakage Detection System, Automated Braking System, Personal Assistance System, Smart Classroom, Smart Home, Queue Optimization System, Chalk Box Management System, and Smart Lock — illustrates the breadth of student-built prototypes.

The organization operates without a commercial revenue stream: it charges no fees for workshops or internships and does not sell products, and all operating capacity is sustained by in-kind institutional support from the SRM IST Department of Information Technology and volunteer effort from faculty, students, and a network of roughly two dozen alumni mentors now working at ThoughtWorks, Cisco, Deloitte, Tata Consultancy Services, Capgemini, Dell Technologies, Cognizant, ZS, Publicis Sapient, Vue.ai, LatentView, Wisflux, and ValueLabs. Outreach is community-led, distributed through on-campus events such as Resonate 2.0 (5 September 2016), Certificate Distribution (30 August 2016), and periodic recruitment drives (e.g., 13 July 2019), with the official website (iotalliance.in) as the primary digital surface.

Institutional legitimacy comes primarily from recognition by AICTE under the SPICES (Scheme for Promoting Interests, Creativity and Ethics among Students) scheme and from the ongoing support of the parent institution. Because the entity is a campus club rather than a registered company, it has no legal corporate structure, no disclosed funding, no patents or trademarks, and no external investors; the principal controlling figure is the founder, with alumni providing advisory mentorship. Customer concentration is structurally total — the only served population is the SRM IST student body — and the operating geography is bounded to a single campus within India.

Name

IoT Alliance

Legal name

IoT Alliance

Website

https://iotalliance.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IoT Alliance is a not-for-profit student club at SRM Institute of Science and Technology (Kattankulathur, India), founded in 2014 to deliver embedded-systems and IoT workshops, internships, and student-built hardware projects to the SRM student body.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IoT Education and Research

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Robotics After-School & Enrichment Clubs (EDAMADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mentoring, Coaching, Alumni Networking & Peer Support Platforms (EDAFAMAN)

Keywords

• IoT student projects
• Embedded systems workshops
• Hardware prototyping training
• Student technical club
• Alumni mentorship programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Chennai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Non-profit club operations: IoT Alliance is a not-for-profit student club focused on knowledge sharing, research, and product development rather than revenue generation. The club offers internships and workshops as part of its educational mission.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

IoT Alliance is a not-for-profit student club hosted at SRM Institute of Science and Technology that revolves around Embedded Systems and the Internet of Things. The club encourages research and product development, and reaches out to students through workshops and internships aimed at sharing knowledge across four core domains: Web Development, App Development, Hardware, and Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

Product overview

IoT Alliance is a student club of SRM Institute of Science and Technology that operates as a not-for-profit organization focused on Embedded Systems and Internet of Things. Founded in 2014, the club offers internships on embedded systems and has expanded to encompass four core domains: Web Development, App Development, Hardware, and Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. The club specializes in creating products, publishing research papers, conducting workshops and internships with the aim of sharing knowledge. They work on various IoT projects including Weather Stations, Smart Irrigation systems, Smart Home solutions, and other embedded systems products. The organization connects faculty, alumni, and junior students, facilitating mentorship and knowledge transfer through collaborative projects and industry engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workshops and Internships
• Research and Product Development

Quantifiable outcome

• 15+ IoT projects completed and deployed successfully

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SRM Institute of Science and TechnologycoreOthersSRM Institute of Science and Technology provides institutional support and hosting for the IoT Alliance student club. The club is affiliated with the Department of Information Technology at SRM Tech Park, Kattankulathur campus.
• AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education)coreOthersIoT Alliance is officially recognized by AICTE under the SPICES scheme, which supports institutional development and student innovation initiatives.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Atal Innovation Mission (AIM): Atal Innovation Mission is an NITI Aayog initiative establishing Atal Tinkering Labs and incubation centers across Indian schools and colleges to promote student innovation in technologies including IoT and robotics. Comparable as an ecosystem enabler for student IoT innovation, with greater scale and government backing.

Direct peers

• Major League Hacking (MLH): Major League Hacking is the official student hackathon league, operating a community-led model that runs student tech events, workshops, and project-based learning across universities. It is highly comparable to IoT Alliance as both organizations focus on student-led, project-driven technology communities with community_led go-to-market approaches.
• AICTE Innovation Cell (IIC): AICTE Innovation Cell is a government-established initiative under the same body (AICTE) that recognized IoT Alliance under SPICES. It operates a nationwide network of student innovation clubs at engineering colleges, making it a direct institutional peer in the student tech community space within India.

Emerging players

• HackerEarth: HackerEarth operates a developer community platform hosting hackathons, coding challenges, and tech assessments, with significant engagement among Indian engineering students. Comparable to IoT Alliance in fostering project-based learning and developer communities in the Indian university ecosystem.
• Coding Ninjas: Coding Ninjas is an Indian ed-tech company offering structured programming and emerging technology courses (including AI/ML) to college students through workshops and bootcamps. Comparable to IoT Alliance in targeting Indian engineering students with hands-on tech training, though operating commercially rather than as a student club.

Broad incumbents

• ACM Student Chapters: ACM runs student chapters at universities globally, supporting computing-focused student communities with workshops, research, and project collaboration. Comparable to IoT Alliance as a university-affiliated computing student organization with knowledge-sharing and project-based learning missions.
• IEEE Student Branch Network: IEEE operates student branches at universities worldwide, including IoT-related special interest groups, providing students with technical communities, workshops, and project platforms. Comparable to IoT Alliance as a structured student tech organization, though broader in technical scope and far larger in scale and resources.

Regional players

• IIT Bombay IoT Lab (SIoT): IIT Bombay's IoT-focused research initiatives and student projects operate within India's premier engineering institution, focused on IoT research and development. Comparable to IoT Alliance as a university-based IoT initiative, though operating at a higher research intensity and within a more elite institutional context.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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