In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Nikhil Rajpal, CEO at Hero Electronix, to talk about home automation devices, their increasing popularity in India and the unique challenges faced in Indian homes.

Introducing Nikhil Rajpal
Qubo- smart devices company (00:25)
Increasing popularity of home automation (01:31)
Specific problems faced in Indian homes (03:49)
Issues of internet and power connectivity (06:03)
Hub for smart devices (07:37)
Voice controlled devices (09:49)
Do we want manual intervention (11:04)
What to look forward to (12:49)
Solving for India is solving for the world (13:46)

Making Indian homes smarter