The document discusses the rapid growth of cloud computing and its impact on startups in India, highlighting notable companies that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. It emphasizes the gap between the increasing expectation for cloud-based development and the limited experience of technologists with cloud tools. Additionally, it details various cloud roles, AWS certification paths, and the importance of continuous learning and community involvement in the cloud ecosystem.

1. Cloud Computing
Is The New Normal
Dhaval Nagar
AWS Hero, AWS SME

2. ● Founder @ APPGAMBIT, AWS Consulting Partner
● 12x AWS Certified
● AWS Serverless Hero (since 2020)
● AWS Certification SME
● AWS Surat User Group Lead
● Partner / Lead Architect @ Vizabli, Inc.
● Lead Architect @ CoorWorks, Inc
Dhaval Nagar

3. Quick Poll
New to Cloud Somewhat
Familiar with Cloud
Alreadying Using
Cloud Services

4. Key Takeaways
Opportunities Skills Eco-System

5. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Jan 4 2023

6. Over the last five years, the number of
registered startups in India have grown from
452 in 2016 to 84,012 in Dec 2022.
Piyush Goyal (Commerce and Industry Minister)

7. Notable Startups during COVID times
HealthifyME, which developed an app called ‘Vaccinate Me,’ which allowed
feature phones to book close to 50 million vaccination-appointments.
Fittr, which helps track body vitals and meet fitness goals.
Credit Vidya, which allows workers who have never used a bank account to
‘digitise’ their salaries.
Arogya.ai, which works on genomics, and relied on the AWS system to store on
the cloud data from blood samples in places with limited internet connectivity.
AWS also powered the Ayushman Bharat Digital mission as well as the Cowin
system for COVID-19 vaccinations.

8. Cloud computing: Expectation
vs. reality
75% of tech leaders
say they’re building all new
products and features in the
Cloud moving forward.
But only 8%
of technologists have extensive
experience working with
cloud-related tools.
https://www.pluralsight.com/resource-center/state-of-cloud

9. It’s not enough to just migrate existing data or
features to the cloud; businesses expect new
development to be fully done within the cloud.
Migration vs Modernization

10. Highest Paying Platforms Most Used Cloud Platforms
https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2022/#most-popular-technologies-platform-prof
Stackoverflow Trends 2022

11. Developers vs Builders
Cloud is not a one size fit for all.
Cloud is a combination of different utilities that builders can freely
combine in any shape and form to build their applications.

12. Various Cloud Roles
● Cloud Architect
● Cloud Developer
● Cloud Systems Administrator
● Cloud DevOps Engineer
● Cloud Security Engineer
● Cloud Networking Engineer
● Cloud Data / Database Architect
● Cloud Machine Learning Engineer
● Cloud Consultant
● Cloud Migration

13. AWS Cloud Certifications (2023)
New

14. Specialty
Dive deeper and position yourself as a trusted
advisor to your stakeholders and/or customers in
these strategic areas.
Professional
Role-based certifications that validate advanced
skills and knowledge required to design secure,
optimized, and modernized applications and to
automate processes on AWS.
Foundational
Knowledge-based certification for
foundational understanding of AWS
Cloud. No prior experience needed.
AWS Certification Levels
Associate
Role-based certifications that showcase
your knowledge and skills on AWS and
build your credibility as an AWS Cloud
professional.

15. Course created by one of the AWS Heroes, Andrew Brown

16. Other Valuable Accreditations

17. There are no short-cuts to
acquire hard skills.

18. There are no short-cuts to
acquire hard skills.
● Cloud technologies are hard and complex to learn
● Requires step-by-step path for learning
● As the adoption of the Cloud is just beginning, the demand of the Cloud
Engineers will grow over the period of time
● Plenty of resources to experiment and learn

20. Learning Eco-system
● Self-Paced Learning
● On The Job Learning
● Online Communities
● Local User Groups
● Startup Events
● Specialised Programs

21. Stop Complaining
and
Start Learning

23. AWS re:Post

24. AWS Educate

25. AWS Activate

26. AWS Community Builder

27. AWS Heroes
The AWS Heroes program recognizes a vibrant, worldwide group of AWS experts
whose enthusiasm for knowledge-sharing has a real impact within the community.
Heroes go above and beyond to share knowledge in a variety of ways including
online via social media, blog posts, open source projects, videos, and forums; or in
person at conferences, workshops, and user group events.
The categories in which they specialize: Community Heroes, Container Heroes,
Data Heroes, DevTools Heroes, Machine Learning Heroes, and Serverless
Heroes.

28. Thank You
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhavaln/