AWS India and EkStep Launch Joint Innovation Center for Public Digital Solutions

By siliconindia  |  Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 08:34:11 AM IST

AWS India and EkStep Launch Joint Innovation Center for Public Digital Solutions
Amazon Web Services (AWS) India has revealed its collaboration with EkStep Foundation, a non-profit organization, to launch a joint innovation center (JIC). The main goal of this partnership, as outlined by the company, is to promote the creation of inventive digital solutions for public service delivery, addressing the needs of both public and commercial sectors.
“This joint effort will focus on enabling and accelerating the creation of digital public goods (DPGs) and digital public infrastructures (DPIs). It aims to support both public sector and commercial institutions in building and harnessing digital solutions for population-scale use while helping governments build socially and digitally inclusive economies”, AWS stated in a press release.
The JIC is positioned as a platform aimed at uniting essential stakeholders, including developers, facilitators, and implementers, dedicated to advancing digital collaboration. With a concentration on domains like education, agriculture, finance, healthcare, and climate change, the JIC seeks to expedite societal evolution through cooperative efforts.
The JIC will offer assistance to startups, independent software vendors (ISVs), and system integrators (SIs) in utilizing technologies like cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and analytics provided by AWS, according to the company. This endeavor is anticipated to streamline the development of novel use cases for DPGs and DPIs, as well as enhance current ones.
AWS emphasized that to streamline adoption, DPGs and DPIs created through the JIC will be accessible for one-click deployment via the AWS Partner Network (APN), leveraging its expansive global network. Furthermore, AWS intends to investigate showcasing these solutions on platforms like AWS Marketplace and the Open Government Solutions Catalog, thereby enhancing their exposure and usability.
Shalini Kapoor, Director and Chief Technologist at AWS India Private Limited, highlighted the potential of DPIs to revolutionize public service delivery. “Building newer DPGs and DPIs requires collective focus from stakeholders on solving problems of scale, and we are pleased to have EkStep’s visionary thinking and commitment in this initiative. The two organizations share a belief that technology should cut across barriers and enable the creation of a more equitable and inclusive society”.
Led by Nandan Nilekani, Rohini Nilekani, and Shankar Maruwada, EkStep Foundation is aligned with a comparable vision of harnessing technology for the betterment of society. Shankar Maruwada, the Co-founder and CEO of EkStep Foundation, emphasized the significance of collective innovation in tackling national hurdles and fostering constructive transformation.

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