Empowering organisations to build
India of tomorrow

Government agencies, education institutions, healthcare providers, and nonprofits must innovate to thrive in this era of rapid change. Whether you’re working on modernizing citizen services, enhancing student outcomes, researching life-saving cures, or advancing your mission, cloud technology is revolutionizing how we work and live.

Why attend?

Join the AWS Initiate 2022 to deepen your cloud knowledge and gain new skills to design and deploy solutions. Be sure to join the keynote hosted by Sunil PP, Deepti Dutt and Pankaj Gupta from Amazon Internet Services Private Limited (AISPL), India, along with innovators from education, government, and the startup community. You will also gain insights from industry experts on trends and best practices for accelerating digital transformation to build India of tomorrow. Join to hear customer stories and best practices to help you get started on your transformational cloud journey.

Who should attend?

Technical and business decision makers from government agencies, higher education institutes, EdTech enterprises, K12, nonprofit, PSUs and Startups.

Featured topics

AIML
AI & ML
Big Data and Analytics
Big Data and Analytics
Compute Anywhere
Compute Anywhere
Industry Solutions
Industry Solutions
Cloud Security
Cloud Security
Building on AWS
Building on AWS
Databases and Storage
Databases and Storage
Public Sector Innovation
Public Sector Innovation

Agenda

Hyderabad
Date: Friday, 17 June 2022
Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST
Location: The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace
Time (IST)
Session
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Registration
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Keynote - Empowering organisations to drive citizen impact
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM Demystify cloud - Break down innovation barriers in government with the cloud
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch
1:45 PM – 2:20 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Aarogyasri - Delivering healthcare to the last mile, made possible by AWS Cloud
EDU track:
Looking ahead in education
2:20 PM – 2:30 PM Interactive Q&A
2:30 PM – 2:50 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Drones are the future. Is public sector ready?
EDU track:
Using Technology to drive Impact & Innovation (Panel discussion)
2:50 PM – 3:00 PM Q&A/Marketing Video/Quiz and Goodies
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Driving climate-smart and sustainable agriculture
EDU track:
Experiential learning for classrooms of today
3:20 PM – 3:30 PM Q&A/Marketing Video/Quiz and Goodies
3:30 PM – 3:50 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Enabling utilities in delivering consumer services
EDU track:
Accelerating application modernisation for Transforming Education
3:50 PM – 4:00 PM Q&A/Marketing Video/Quiz and Goodies
4:00 PM – 4:10 PM Break
4:10 PM – 5:00 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Digital Technology as Key Enabler for Govt: Impacting lives at bottom of the Pyramid
EDU track:
Enabling India of Tomorrow
5:00 PM – 5:05 PM Summary and Vote of thanks
5:05 PM – 6:00 PM Networking reception and demos

Keynote Speaker

Sunil PP

Sunil PP

Lead—Education, Space, and Non-profits, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
Sunil is responsible for enabling and growing the public sector Education, Education technology and Non Profits business in India. His responsibilities include working with the world’s largest education ecosystem of the most innovative Education start- ups and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Venture Capital (VC), identifying and building education partner ecosystem of Resellers, Aggregators and Distributors.

Deepti Vikas Dutt

Deepti Vikas Dutt

Head – Strategic Initiatives, Public Sector, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
With over 21 years of work experience, Deepti is focusing on strategic initiatives for India Public Sector. Current focus areas are smart infrastructure, digital agriculture and Startup Ramp program. She has been with AWS since July 2018. Prior to this, Deepti has led smart cities initiative at Microsoft and IBM Global Business Services.

Pankaj Gupta

Pankaj Gupta

Government Business Leader - India, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
Pankaj Gupta is a Government business leader for AWS India covering customers across Government and PSUs. His primary focus is to drive digital innovation across public sector and support national initiatives in key priority areas such as agriculture, health, livelihood, skilling and inclusion.

Featured Speakers



Narayana Birakayala

Narayana Birakayala
Senior Cloud Advisor, WWPS, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Durga Prasad Kakaraparthi

Durga Prasad Kakaraparthi
SA Leader, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Sachin Punyani

Sachin Punyani
Solutions Leader, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Vijaya Sakunala

Vijaya Sakunala
South Business Lead – SLG, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Mainak Chakraborty

Mainak Chakraborty
Solutions Architect, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Pritam Muppuri

Pritam Muppuri
Business Development Manager, Public Sector, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Irshad Chohan

Irshad Chohan
Sr. Solutions Architect – EDU, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)


Mumbai
Date: Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST
Location: Taj Lands End
Time (IST)
Session
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Registration
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Keynote - Empowering organisations to drive citizen impact
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM Demystify cloud - Break down innovation barriers in government with the cloud
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch
1:45 PM – 2:10 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Reimagining Citizen Services
EDU track:
Looking ahead in education
2:10 PM – 2:15 PM Interactive Q&A
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Transforming Rural India
EDU track:
Using Technology to drive Impact & Innovation (Panel discussion)
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Interactive Q&A
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM Break
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Transforming Urban India
EDU track:
Personalised Adaptive Learning, why we need it
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM Interactive Q&A
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Sneak Peek into Emerging Tech 3D Digital Twins
EDU track:
Enabling India of Tomorrow
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Interactive Q&A
EDU track:
Skilling and Scaling Education in India
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Networking reception

Keynote Speaker

Sunil PP

Sunil PP

Lead—Education, Space, and Non-profits, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
Sunil is responsible for enabling and growing the public sector Education, Education technology and Non Profits business in India. His responsibilities include working with the world’s largest education ecosystem of the most innovative Education start- ups and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Venture Capital (VC), identifying and building education partner ecosystem of Resellers, Aggregators and Distributors.

Deepti Vikas Dutt

Deepti Vikas Dutt

Head – Strategic Initiatives, Public Sector, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
With over 21 years of work experience, Deepti is focusing on strategic initiatives for India Public Sector. Current focus areas are smart infrastructure, digital agriculture and Startup Ramp program. She has been with AWS since July 2018. Prior to this, Deepti has led smart cities initiative at Microsoft and IBM Global Business Services.

Pankaj Gupta

Pankaj Gupta

Government Business Leader - India, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
Pankaj Gupta is a Government business leader for AWS India covering customers across Government and PSUs. His primary focus is to drive digital innovation across public sector and support national initiatives in key priority areas such as agriculture, health, livelihood, skilling and inclusion.

Featured Speakers



Narayana Birakayala

Narayana Birakayala
Senior Cloud Advisor, WWPS, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Durga Prasad Kakaraparthi

Durga Prasad Kakaraparthi
SA Leader, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Sachin Punyani

Sachin Punyani
Solutions Leader, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Vijaya Sakunala

Vijaya Sakunala
South Business Lead – SLG, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Mainak Chakraborty

Mainak Chakraborty
Solutions Architect, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Pritam Muppuri

Pritam Muppuri
Business Development Manager, Public Sector, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Irshad Chohan

Irshad Chohan
Sr. Solutions Architect – EDU, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)


Bangalore
Date: Thursday, 7 July 2022
Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST
Location: Ritz Carlton
Time (IST)
Session
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Registration and networking
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Keynote - Empowering Organisations to Drive Citizen Impact
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM Demystify Cloud - Break Down Innovation Barriers in Government with the Cloud
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM – 2:40 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Panel Discussion: Reimagining Citizen Services
EDU track:
Looking Ahead in Education + QS Session
2:40 PM – 3:20 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
AI for Social Impact, Interactive Q&A
EDU track:
Sustainable growth opportunities in Edtech - creator economy, upskilling & expansion
3:20 PM – 4:00 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Panel Discussion, Healthcare: Building the Healthcare of Tomorrow, Interactive Q&A
EDU track:
Using Technology to Drive Impact & Innovation
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Utilities of the Future
EDU track:
Enabling India of Tomorrow
4:30 PM – 4:40 PM Interactive Q&A
4:40 PM – 5:10 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Digital Public Infrastructure: From India to the World
EDU track:
Skilling and Scaling Education in India
5:10 PM – 5:15 PM Summary and Vote of thanks
5:15 PM – 6:00 PM Networking and reception

Keynote Speaker

Sunil PP

Sunil PP

Lead—Education, Space, and Non-profits, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
Sunil is responsible for enabling and growing the public sector Education, Education technology and Non Profits business in India. His responsibilities include working with the world’s largest education ecosystem of the most innovative Education start- ups and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Venture Capital (VC), identifying and building education partner ecosystem of Resellers, Aggregators and Distributors.

Deepti Vikas Dutt

Deepti Vikas Dutt

Head – Strategic Initiatives, Public Sector, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
With over 21 years of work experience, Deepti is focusing on strategic initiatives for India Public Sector. Current focus areas are smart infrastructure, digital agriculture and Startup Ramp program. She has been with AWS since July 2018. Prior to this, Deepti has led smart cities initiative at Microsoft and IBM Global Business Services.

Pankaj Gupta

Pankaj Gupta

Government Business Leader - India, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
Pankaj Gupta is a Government business leader for AWS India covering customers across Government and PSUs. His primary focus is to drive digital innovation across public sector and support national initiatives in key priority areas such as agriculture, health, livelihood, skilling and inclusion.

Featured Speakers



Narayana Birakayala

Narayana Birakayala
Senior Cloud Advisor, WWPS, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Durga Prasad Kakaraparthi

Durga Prasad Kakaraparthi
SA Leader, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Sachin Punyani

Sachin Punyani
Solutions Leader, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Vijaya Sakunala

Vijaya Sakunala
South Business Lead – SLG, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Mainak Chakraborty

Mainak Chakraborty
Solutions Architect, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Pritam Muppuri

Pritam Muppuri
Business Development Manager, Public Sector, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Irshad Chohan

Irshad Chohan
Sr. Solutions Architect – EDU, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)


Kolkata
Date: Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST
Location: ITC Sonar A Luxury Collection Hotel, Kolkata
Time (IST)
Session
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Registration
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Keynote - Empowering organisations to drive citizen impact
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM Demystify cloud - Break down innovation barriers in government with the cloud
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch
2:00 PM – 2:20 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Building the Healthcare of Tomorrow
EDU track:
Looking ahead in education
2:20 PM – 2:30 PM Interactive Q&A
2:30 PM – 2:50 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Drones are the future. Is public sector ready?
EDU track:
Using Technology to drive Impact & Innovation (Panel discussion)
2:50 PM – 3:00 PM Interactive Q&A
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Agriculture Panel Discussion
EDU track:
Experiential learning for classrooms of today
3:20 PM – 3:30 PM Interactive Q&A
3:30 PM – 3:50 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Enabling utilities in delivering consumer services
EDU track:
Skilling and Scaling Education in India
3:50 PM – 4:00 PM Interactive Q&A
4:00 PM – 4:10 PM Break
4:10 PM – 5:00 PM
Breakout tracks (Join one of the below):
GOV track:
Digital Technology as Key Enabler for Govt: Impacting lives at bottom of the Pyramid
EDU track:
Enabling India of Tomorrow
5:00 PM – 5:05 PM Summary and Vote of thanks
5:05 PM – 6:00 PM Networking reception and high tea

Keynote Speaker

Sunil PP

Sunil PP

Lead—Education, Space, and Non-profits, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
Sunil is responsible for enabling and growing the public sector Education, Education technology and Non Profits business in India. His responsibilities include working with the world’s largest education ecosystem of the most innovative Education start- ups and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Venture Capital (VC), identifying and building education partner ecosystem of Resellers, Aggregators and Distributors.

Deepti Vikas Dutt

Deepti Vikas Dutt

Head – Strategic Initiatives, Public Sector, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
With over 21 years of work experience, Deepti is focusing on strategic initiatives for India Public Sector. Current focus areas are smart infrastructure, digital agriculture and Startup Ramp program. She has been with AWS since July 2018. Prior to this, Deepti has led smart cities initiative at Microsoft and IBM Global Business Services.

Pankaj Gupta

Pankaj Gupta

Government Business Leader - India, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
Pankaj Gupta is a Government business leader for AWS India covering customers across Government and PSUs. His primary focus is to drive digital innovation across public sector and support national initiatives in key priority areas such as agriculture, health, livelihood, skilling and inclusion.

Featured Speakers



Narayana Birakayala

Narayana Birakayala
Senior Cloud Advisor, WWPS, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Durga Prasad Kakaraparthi

Durga Prasad Kakaraparthi
SA Leader, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Sachin Punyani

Sachin Punyani
Solutions Leader, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Vijaya Sakunala

Vijaya Sakunala
South Business Lead – SLG, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Mainak Chakraborty

Mainak Chakraborty
Solutions Architect, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Pritam Muppuri

Pritam Muppuri
Business Development Manager, Public Sector, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Irshad Chohan

Irshad Chohan
Sr. Solutions Architect – EDU, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)



Event Highlights

Big Data and Analytics
Gain Insights and Get Inspired
Gain insights from India’s fastest-growing startups, and get inspired by how the public sector is innovating on cloud.
Compute Anywhere
Ask an Expert
Have a question? Connect 1:1 with AWS experts for insights on building with AWS and cloud computing
AIML
Sessions on our technical and management tracks
Be inspired by technical and management tracks across industries as well as deep dive technical sessions on AI/ML, big data & analytics, HPC and much more.
Industry Solutions
Get to experience industry use cases
Dive deep into technical stacks, learn how AWS experts have helped solve real-world problems for customers, get hands-on and step-by-step architectural and deployment best practices to help you build better, innovate faster, and deploy at scale.

Keynote Speaker

Sunil PP

Sunil PP

Lead—Education, Space, and Non-profits, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
Sunil is responsible for enabling and growing the public sector Education, Education technology and Non Profits business in India. His responsibilities include working with the world’s largest education ecosystem of the most innovative Education start- ups and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Venture Capital (VC), identifying and building education partner ecosystem of Resellers, Aggregators and Distributors.

Deepti Vikas Dutt

Deepti Dutt

Head – Strategic Initiatives, Public Sector, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
With over 21 years of work experience, Deepti is focusing on strategic initiatives for India Public Sector. Current focus areas are smart infrastructure, digital agriculture and Startup Ramp program. She has been with AWS since July 2018. Prior to this, Deepti has led smart cities initiative at Microsoft and IBM Global Business Services.

Pankaj Gupta

Pankaj Gupta

Government Business Leader - India, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)
Pankaj Gupta is a Government business leader for AWS India covering customers across Government and PSUs. His primary focus is to drive digital innovation across public sector and support national initiatives in key priority areas such as agriculture, health, livelihood, skilling and inclusion.

Featured Speakers



Narayana Birakayala

Narayana Birakayala
Senior Cloud Advisor, WWPS, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Durga Prasad Kakaraparthi

Durga Prasad Kakaraparthi
SA Leader, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Sachin Punyani

Sachin Punyani
Solutions Leader, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Vijaya Sakunala

Vijaya Sakunala
South Business Lead – SLG, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Mainak Chakraborty

Mainak Chakraborty
Solutions Architect, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Pritam Muppuri

Pritam Muppuri
Business Development Manager, Public Sector, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)

Irshad Chohan

Irshad Chohan
Sr. Solutions Architect – EDU, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL)


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Event Details

Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST

Hyderabad
Date: Friday, 17 June 2022
Location: The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace
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Mumbai
Date: Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Location: Taj Lands End
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Bangalore
Date: Thursday, 7 July 2022
Location: Ritz Carlton
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Kolkata
Date: Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Location: ITC Royal Bengal, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kolkata
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