How Amazon Web Services is working with Govt to take on the Covid challenge

NITI Aayog Frontier Technologies CIC, set up in partnership with AWS, to work on initiatives like telemedicine, safe air travel and reaching critical supplies to patients and frontline workers

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of e-commerce giant Amazon, is working along with the government to enable various innovations in collaboration with startups and other organisations. These are expected to play a critical role to address various societal challenges in the post-covid world.

Last year, AWS partnered with the government think tank NITI Aayog, to establish a Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Center (CIC), the first AWS CIC in India, and the 12th AWS CIC in the world. The CIC focuses on addressing societal challenges through digital innovation. It provides an opportunity for non-profit organisations, educational institutions, and