7 Indian institutes introduce ‘AWS Educate’ Cloud computing curricula

New Delhi:  To help develop the next generation of Cloud professionals, seven higher education institutions in India will adopt Cloud computing curricula from the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Educate global initiative into their mainstream college syllabus, the Cloud arm of e-commerce giant Amazon said on Friday.
The Cloud computing content will be offered as part of an undergraduate degree and postgraduate diploma programmes starting in September this year.
Cloud computing is a top workforce skill sought by companies, as reported by a LinkedIn study conducted annually over the last five years.
This new effort is aimed at providing students with knowledge and competency-based credentials in skills such as Cloud architecture, data analytics, cybersecurity, Machine Learning, and software development.
“Building a cloud-ready workforce is key to enabling technology-led growth in India that will drive innovation at speed and create impact at scale,” Rahul Sharma, President, India and South Asia Public Sector, Amazon Internet Services Private Limited, said in a statement.
“Integrating cloud curricula as part of mainstream college education represents a shift in the way the industry and academia can come together to build the next-generation of highly-skilled Cloud professionals.”