N-NET launched the 'Get Tagged' program, on December 15th 2007, at Taj Gateway, Bangalore. This is a part of our initiative, in keeping with our 'Educate and Empower' policy, to create more awareness about the RFID technology, its merits and its potential to radically change the way we go about our businesses and lives.

From our myriad experiences in the field, we realize that RFID, being a very nascent technology, is viewed skeptically by potential users who are intimidated by the newness of this technology, and hence the associated costs. Hence, we attempted to create a forum, wherein players in the RFID market and potential end-users can assemble together to explore opportunities and solutions alike.

The first in the series was the 'Get Tagged' seminar, which we conducted on December 15th at Taj Gateway, Residency Road, Bangalore. This was a daylong seminar, which witnessed attendance from a diverse crowd of established RFID players in the market, potential end-users as well as RFID enthusiasts who wanted to explore this new and exciting technology from technical as well business perspectives.

Our Founder and Director, Technology, Mihir Mohan was the speaker of the day.
During the course of the session, Mihir walked the audience through the basic components of the technology, integration of hardware and software components to develop a fully functional RFID application in several scenarios, the myriad applications of this technology and current uses worldwide. While the sessions were primarily targeted at highlighting the potential of this technology, they also served an equally important objective of debunking several myths surrounding RFID and its applications.

Post-lunch sessions required participants to work in groups to solve a case study on asset management - laptop tracking - that remains an industry-wide challenge to date.

For the purpose of demonstration of a live application, the N-NET team had set up an RFID application to manage the event by keeping track of visitors entering or exiting the premises. All participants were supplied with RFID cards at the time of registration, which ensured they were all 'tagged'. The entire hardware infrastructure was established at the entrance of the conference room to monitor the movement of participants in and out of the room.

All participants were supplied with brochures and CDs containing training material on several applications of RFID.

We believe that the RFID technology will soon be a mandatory infrastructure component to drive sustainable growth in a booming Indian market. We plan to conduct several such sessions in our mission of RFID evangelization.