There's a sea change in public sector cloud in India: AWS' Rahul Sharma

Digital India's mindset acted as a catalyst to bring this transformation of citizen-facing services, says Rahul Sharma, Regional Head, AWS India

Provider of on-demand cloud computing and API platforms, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced earlier in September that it had invested $3.71 billion in local infrastructure and jobs across India since the launch of its Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region in 2016. AWS has built the backend of the government's ambitious projects, like Digital India, CoWIN, and Common Service Centres. Rahul Sharma, Regional Head, AWS India and South Asia, in an interview with Sourabh Lele, explains the company's expansion plans to further its partnership with the central and state governments of India. Edited excerpts:

How is cloud adoption by government authorities in