Key points:
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) revealed on Monday a collaboration to launch its Cloud Innovation Centre or CIC in India with NITI Aayog.
- AWS’ CIC serves as a central location that holds innovation challenges.
- We have the opportunity to innovate with the latest technologies through the CIC program.
- We are inspired to associate with NITI Aayog and endorse its mission in India in the public sector.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) revealed on Monday a collaboration to launch its Cloud Innovation Centre or CIC in India with NITI Aayog.
The NITI Aayog Frontier Technologies Cloud innovation centre is the first AWS CIC of India, and the 12th in the world, and the very first AWS CIC that will answer national societal challenges.
What is AWS’ CIC service:
To give you a short brief, AWS’ CIC serves as a central location that holds innovation challenges that are generated from the community to publish findings in open source so that they do not just solve the real-world issues but also provide the contributors with the real-world experience.
It aims to help organizations addressing these real-world challenges reduce technology-related costs to constituents, including government departments, academia, and non-profit organizations, extend their technical alternatives in an attempt to help the public sector accelerate its mission, boost economic and labour growth, and accelerate repeatable cloud achievements in the public sector.
Stated by the company:
The company said the CIC of NITI Aayog Frontier Technologies addresses a crucial mission to recognize and deploy leading-edge technologies to accelerate ongoing progress in the provision of citizen services.
In order to address important social issues, the centre will work to define and prioritise programs as well as partner with local leaders, including subject matter experts at the state and district level.
India’s local companies, start-ups, academics, and universities can experiment and create prototypes on the AWS Cloud and contribute to accelerating social innovation along with the global CIC community.
Anna Roy, Senior Advisor, NITI Aayog stated:
“We have the opportunity to innovate with the latest technologies through the CIC program and connect world-class innovation expertise that will help us advance citizens’ services and better recognize how frontier innovations can meet our country’s specific needs,” said Anna Roy, Senior Advisor, NITI Aayog, on occasion.
Max Peterson, Amazon Web Services Vice President, stated:
Our Cloud Innovation Centers (CIC) program is designed to have been a catalyst for public sector innovation by bringing technology experts together to tackle challenges.
We are excited to partner with NITI Aayog and endorse its mission in India in the public sector, ” said Max Peterson, Amazon Web Services Vice President, International Sales, Worldwide Public Sector.
