Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Innovation; Science and Technology
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NITI Aayog recently announced the establishment of a Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Objective: To address societal challenges through digital innovation
It is the first of its kind in India.
Key takeaways
It is a part of the AWS CIC Global Programme.
The programme provides an opportunity for government agencies, non-profits and educational institutions, to come together on pressing challenges, apply design thinking, test new ideas, and access the technology expertise of AWS.
The NITI Aayog Frontier Technologies CIC will be a great enabler to budding innovators and start-ups.
It shall help in piloting state-of-the-art, cloud-centric digital innovations by making use of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet Of Things, robotics, blockchain.
