Tech giants to skill Indian government officials in AI, Cloud

It has been reported that tech giants are all set to train government officials. The government is optimistic about emerging technologies like AI, Cloud computing, Blockchain and data analytics. The daunting task ahead is to train millions of government officials so that these disruptive technologies can be optimized for the benefit of over one billion-plus people.

According to Peter Moore, Regional Managing Director for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Global Public Sector APAC and Japan, this is the right time to skill them, train them in AI-enabled Cloud computing so that India can move faster on embracing new-age technologies.

As part of its vision to provide a "One Government" experience to citizens, the Modi government is moving forward rapidly to implement the India Enterprise Architecture (IndEA), a single window digitization solution for cashless, paperless and faceless services. This will require a quicker and seamless implementation of AI-driven Cloud across the spectrum.

Microsoft India is also not behind on its vision to train Indian government officials in emerging technologies. The company last month announced the "Digital Governance Tech Tour" programme to skill government IT officials in technologies like AI and intelligent Cloud computing. Microsoft will also organise a series of physical and virtual workshops to train 5,000 government IT personnel over a period of 12 months. Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India commented that the first-of-its-kind 'Digital Governance Tech Tour' for government officials reiterates its commitment of being a trusted partner to the government by enabling and empowering officials to do more with technology in service of the citizens.

According to NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, as India moves beyond pilots and understands how to scale AI implementation and Cloud adoption across states and sectors, it is vital to equip the ecosystem with the right know-how and skills.

Carlson, Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services said that it is high time the Indian government deploys AI and Machine Learning-driven Cloud models to make sense of the humongous sets of data. Training is a crucial part of this exercise.