Innovation catalyst: Public cloud in the public sector

Niti aayog, The government’s policy think-tank, has set up a Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help address societal challenges through digital innovation. This is the first AWS CIC in India, and the first that will address societal challenges at a national level. “It is designed to be a catalyst for innovation in public sector, by bringing together technology experts to address challenges,” said Max Peterson, vice-president, International Sales, Worldwide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services.

The AWS CIC Global Programme provides an opportunity for government agencies, nonprofits and education institutions to collaborate, apply design thinking methodology, test new ideas, and access technology expertise from AWS. “We are seeing public sector organisations around the world use cloud technology to innovate in a fast and agile manner, address problems at scale, and transform public services for citizens,” he said.