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Atal Innovation Mission, AWS collaborate to scale cloud skilling, and accelerate innovation with education technology startups in India

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..... Atal Innovation Mission, AWS collaborate to scale cloud skilling, and accelerate innovation with education technology startups in India - News and Press Release Dated:- 18-3-2021 - News - The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, andAmazon Web Services (AWS) today announced new initiatives to strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in India, by empowering school students wi .....

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..... th cloud computing skills, and enabling entrepreneurs to build innovative education technology (EdTech) solutions on the cloud. A Statement of Intent (SoI) was signed between NITI Aayog and Amazon Internet Services Private Limited (AISPL),which undertakes the resale and marketing of AWS Cloud services in India. As per the SoI, AIM will leverage AWS Educate,Amazon s global program that provid .....

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..... es resources for students and educators to accelerate cloud-related learning. This program will introduce the fundamentals of cloud computing such as cloud storage, virtual compute power, web hosting, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and virtual reality (VR), to students at more than 7000 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) in India. AWS will also conduct Faculty Development Programs (F .....

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..... DPs) for the personnel in-charge at the ATLs, and provide resources and tools ateach ATL to expedite student learning, and enable them to create and build solutions on the cloud. AIMwill also adopt AWS EdStart,a virtual startup accelerator program that enables EdTech startups to develop innovative teaching and learning solutionson AWS.EdTech startup entrepreneurs and founders in more than 80 At .....

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..... al Incubation Centers (AICs) and Atal Community Innovation Centers (ACICs), will be able to apply forAWS EdStart program benefits, such as AWS Promotional Credits, mentorship, and technical trainings, to help speed their growth. Mission Director Atal Innovation Mission, R. Ramanan said the collaboration with AWS will equip the talented youth of the country with digital and web-based tools that .....

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..... can enhance their creative and innovative capabilities,in turn helping the nation to grow manifold in its innovation and entrepreneurship network. The education and tools will establish a strong foundation in cloud computing for students of ATLs across India, while the support of AWS EdStart for startups from AICs and ACICs will accelerate their productization and potential commercialization, h .....

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..... e said. President, Public Sector AISPL, AWS India and South Asia, Rahul Sharma asserted that India will need nine times as many digital skilled workers by 2025, according to the report Unlocking APAC s Digital Potential: Changing Digital Skill Needs and Policy Approaches , prepared by strategy and economics consulting firm Alpha Beta, and commissioned by AWS. AWS is committed to bridging the .....

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..... digital skills gap in cloud computing, and empowering entrepreneurs to build innovative products and services on the cloud. We are focused on helping customers deliver transformational change and experiential learning at scale. Itis a privilege to team up with Atal Innovation Mission to fosterideation, curiosity, and innovation among India s students and youth, he added. Other areas of collab .....

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..... oration between AIM and AWS include joint workshops, tech marathons, and national challenges to develop solutions on the cloud, while solving local community problems, or sustainable development goals (SDGs). - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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