7 colleges to integrate AWS cloud course
Representative ImageBENGALURU: 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. This is expected to help increase the numbers of cloud professionals in the country.
The content will be offered as part of undergraduate degree and postgraduate diploma programmes starting in September.
The institutions include universities and tier-2 & 3 engineering colleges in Punjab, UP, NCR, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Most are integrating the curricula into their degree programmes in information technology (IT) and computer science, while one is doing it into their management programme.
Rahul Sharma, president for India and South Asia in Amazon Internet Services’ public sector business, said they thought integrating it into existing degrees would be more scalable than offering it as a standalone one, as it happens in some other parts of the world.
AWS started the Educate programme in 2016 and it is currently used in more than 3,500 institutions, by over 10,000 educators, and thousands of students. In India, 120 faculty have been trained, and there will be 1,800 students initially.
The focus is on real-world, applied learning experiences. The programme introduces cloud computing technologies driving innovation in fields such as AI, voice and facial recognition, gaming, medical advancements, and more.
Amit Aggarwal, CEO of the IT-ITeS sector skill council of Nasscom, said including cloud curriculum in college syllabus is a significant catalyst in transforming the higher education system, and enabling a consistent supply of cloud computing and digital talent for industry.
AWS may take it to more institutions and degree programmes next year.
The content will be offered as part of undergraduate degree and postgraduate diploma programmes starting in September.
The institutions include universities and tier-2 & 3 engineering colleges in Punjab, UP, NCR, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Most are integrating the curricula into their degree programmes in information technology (IT) and computer science, while one is doing it into their management programme.
Rahul Sharma, president for India and South Asia in Amazon Internet Services’ public sector business, said they thought integrating it into existing degrees would be more scalable than offering it as a standalone one, as it happens in some other parts of the world.
AWS started the Educate programme in 2016 and it is currently used in more than 3,500 institutions, by over 10,000 educators, and thousands of students. In India, 120 faculty have been trained, and there will be 1,800 students initially.
The focus is on real-world, applied learning experiences. The programme introduces cloud computing technologies driving innovation in fields such as AI, voice and facial recognition, gaming, medical advancements, and more.
Amit Aggarwal, CEO of the IT-ITeS sector skill council of Nasscom, said including cloud curriculum in college syllabus is a significant catalyst in transforming the higher education system, and enabling a consistent supply of cloud computing and digital talent for industry.
AWS may take it to more institutions and degree programmes next year.
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