By:– Aditya Prabhu, CEO & Co-Founder, Secutech
In 2025, India quietly crossed a tipping point for smart buildings and cities. When a USD 12.5 billion smart building market is projected to grow almost nine-fold this decade, and AI–IoT energy systems are already delivering 20–30% power savings, automation stops being a ‘nice-to-have’ project and becomes a boardroom KPI for asset owners and city planners. At the same time, the Urban Challenge Fund, 50‑year state infra loans, and higher allocations for metros and urban housing have created a clear policy signal – every new rupee going into urban infrastructure is expected to be greener, safer, and digitally managed end-to-end.
From Secutech’s vantage point as a systems integrator, 2025 has been the year when three conversations converged; energy optimisation, ELV unification, and net‑zero readiness. Clients are no longer asking for isolated BMS, fire, CCTV, or access control upgrades; they are asking how to build a ‘single pane of glass’ command centres that can manage 75 million-plus connected devices, support predictive maintenance by default, and demonstrate compliance with green and NZEB targets over the life of the asset.
As we head into 2026, prepare for the upcoming National Budget priorities for the year, and await the government’s longer-term Viksit Bharat 2047 vision, our expectation is simple: continued support for smart, energy‑efficient projects and clear guidelines that make it easier to adopt unified ELV and automation from the design stage itself. The more India plans ‘digital and AI‑ready’ buildings upfront, instead of retrofitting later, the faster we will see safer, greener and more efficient assets across offices, homes and public infrastructure.