India Urban Data Exchange (IUDX)

What India Urban Data Exchange (IUDX) does

India Urban Data Exchange (IUDX) is a cloud-based, open-source data exchange platform established in 2018 as a transformative initiative of India's Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) under the Smart Cities Mission, and implemented by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru as a Program Unit within the Society for Innovation and Development (SID). The platform enables secure, authenticated sharing of urban data among city departments, government agencies, Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), citizens, and the private sector, breaking down data silos that historically fragmented Indian city operations. It is currently deployed across 50+ Indian Smart Cities including Pune, Surat, Varanasi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Vadodara, Faridabad, and Agartala, with use cases spanning mobility management, green corridors for emergency vehicles, solid waste management, flood warning, air quality monitoring, and public safety.

The platform's technical architecture comprises a modular set of components: an Authorization Server (AAA API for authentication, authorization, and policy management), a Catalogue Server (dataset discovery and metadata search), a Resource Server (data publication, subscription, and temporal/geo/attribute queries using HTTPS and AMQP streaming), a Data Ingestion Server, a File Server, a GIS Server, and an Onboarding Server. IUDX is the first software platform in India to fully adopt the Bureau of Indian Standards Unified Data Exchange standard (IS 18003), and aligns its APIs with ETSI NGSI-LD specifications compatible with the FIWARE Context Broker, enabling cross-platform interoperability. The codebase is open-source on GitHub (datakaveri) with a sandbox environment and Python SDK available.

IUDX is not a commercial enterprise: the platform is free and open-source, with no licensing or subscription fees. Its operations are funded by government grants, primarily INR 29 crores sanctioned by MoHUA for FY 2021-22 and FY 2022-23, with additional financial support from Omidyar Network India. The go-to-market is government-driven deployment via Smart Cities Mission coordination with city administrations, system integrators, and solution providers, supplemented by a community-led developer engagement model (GitHub, sandbox, datathons, symposiums) to build applications on the platform. Its go-to-market combines enterprise field sales to government, community-led developer adoption, and event-driven stakeholder engagement (Symposium on Data for Public Good, Data Dialogues series).

Name

India Urban Data Exchange (IUDX)

Legal name

India Urban Data Exchange (IUDX)

Website

https://iudx.org.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IUDX is an open-source, government-backed urban data exchange platform implemented by IISc Bengaluru under India's Smart Cities Mission, enabling secure data sharing across 50+ Indian Smart Cities via BIS-compliant and FIWARE-compatible APIs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart City Data Exchange Platform

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Managed File Transfer (MFT) & B2B/EDI Integration (HDAEACAG)

Keywords

• Open-source data exchange
• Smart city platform
• Urban data infrastructure
• Data exchange APIs
• Smart cities software

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Funding: Funded by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) through Smart Cities Mission with INR 29 crores sanctioned for FY 2021-22 and 2022-23. Additional financial support from Omidyar Network India. Platform is completely open-source and free to use.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

IUDX is a cloud-based, open-source data exchange platform that enables secure, authenticated sharing of urban data among city departments, government agencies, ULBs, and the private sector. Built on open standard APIs (NGSI-LD/FIWARE) and compliant with the Bureau of Indian Standards IS 18003 Unified Data Exchange specification, the platform allows data providers to publish datasets and consumers to discover, subscribe to, and query data via standardized APIs.

Product overview

IUDX is a cloud-based, open-source data exchange platform developed under India's Smart Cities Mission. The platform consists of the core IUDX Data Exchange platform along with multiple supporting server components including the Authorization Server (for AAA - Authentication, Authorization, Accounting), Resource Server (for data storage and streaming), Catalogue Server (for dataset discovery and metadata management), Onboarding Server (for provider data onboarding), Data Ingestion Server (for data publication), File Server (for file storage and discovery), and GIS Server (for geospatial data). The platform enables secure, authenticated data sharing between city departments, government agencies, citizens, and private sector through open standard APIs based on BIS IS 18003 specifications and FIWARE NGSI-LD standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IUDX Data Exchange Platform The core cloud-based, open-source data exchange platform that enables secure, authenticated data sharing among city departments, government agencies, ULBs, citizens, and the private sector for urban data exchange. Built on BIS IS 18003 Unified Data Exchange standards and NGSI-LD API specifications.
• IUDX Sandbox A testing and development environment for exploring, building, and deploying applications with IUDX, providing developers with hands-on access to the platform's APIs without needing a full installation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Deployed across 50+ Indian Smart Cities enabling data-driven urban governance
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• FIWARE FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 November 2020Joint collaboration on open source smart city platform development. IUDX adopted ETSI NGSI-LD API specifications (same as FIWARE Context Broker). Collaboration on joint adoption and contribution to standards, creation of global application developer community, and shared open source code. IUDX resource server listed on FIWARE Catalogue as Context Broker. Both organizations working on common repository for smart city platform components.
• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIUDX is a transformative initiative of MoHUA under Smart Cities Mission. Ministry provides funding (INR 29 crores for FY 2021-22 and 2022-23), policy support, and access to Smart Cities across India. Joint launch of IUDX production version along with NUDM and other digital initiatives.
• Indian Institute of Science (IISc), BengalurucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIUDX is implemented by IISc as a multidisciplinary program within the Society for Innovation and Development (SID). IISc provides research expertise, academic credibility, and hosts the IUDX program unit. Platform developed by IISc team with technical leadership.
• Smart Cities MissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlatform developed by Smart Cities Mission and implemented by IISc. Mission provides access to 100 Smart Cities for deployment, funding coordination, and government stakeholder relationships.
• NEC CorporationsupportingTechnology or IntegrationFIWARE Platinum member that supported the joint taskforce between FIWARE and IUDX. Contributed to collaboration discussions and standards alignment efforts.
• Trigyn TechnologiessupportingTechnology or IntegrationFIWARE Platinum member that supported the joint taskforce between FIWARE and IUDX. Part of ecosystem enabling collaboration and standards adoption.
• NITI AayogsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment policy think-tank and partner in IUDX initiative with prominent position on IUDX's Board of Advisors. Supports policy alignment and national priorities.
• Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment ministry partner with representation on IUDX's Board of Advisors. Collaborates on digital initiatives and technology policy alignment.
• IIIT-HyderabadsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic collaboration to revolutionize data exchange for smart cities through joint research and development initiatives.
• Government of TelanganasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSigned agreement with IISc to build Agricultural Data Exchange leveraging IUDX platform technology and expertise for agriculture sector data sharing.
• Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)coreTechnology or IntegrationIUDX development team contributed technical expertise to develop BIS standards IS 18003 (Unified Data Exchange). IUDX is first platform to fully adopt BIS standards for data exchange platforms.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/datakaveri
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCK9oI1VtbKnEe7cJIt_eUFA?view_as=subscriber
• Facebookfacebook.com/India-Urban-Data-Exchange-114855197042929
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iudx

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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