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Bharat Badal at Interop 2012 @ Mumbai on 11 October, 2012. 11 October, 2012 l 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Topic: Bharat Badal - How the Cloud can transform Rural India L S Subramaniam Cloud Evangelist & Senior Advisor Power Exchange of India

Abstract: The ability of the cloud to provide agility, innovation, speed of execution and in reducing the barrier to access the best ICT infrastructure for computing is well known and documented. However, the much bigger impact of cloud computing will be felt in rural India. Cloud computing has the potential to substantially reduce the CAPEX spending on ICT by the Government and allow it to provide the digital highway to bridge rural and urban communities, besides acting as a catalyst to shape a knowledge-driven economy. The cloud allows for an equal field irrespective of location and net worth. If one has an idea and the skills, every citizen will have the same opportunity to leverage on the cloud for adding to the economic might of our great nation. This session will explore the benefits of Cloud Computing to the Indian citizen through a Pan Indian National Cloud - Bharat Badal.