Andhra Pradesh Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft India, to improve access, deployment and use of ICT to offer better citizen services and drive digital inclusion.
Andhra Pradesh Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft India, to improve access, deployment and use of ICT to offer better citizen services and drive digital inclusion.
According to the MoU,the state government would use technical knowledge provided by the Microsoft India. Microsoft India will support building of up to three proof-of-concept (POC) solutions to apply Microsoft Azure Machine Learning and Advanced Visualization in the fields of education, agriculture and eCitizen services.
These POC solutions will be built and deployed to address specific problems within each of the fields to achieve better outcomes for the state. It would use the lab method for data gathering, analysis, predictive analysis and policy planning. Continuing its commitment to support the Government’s initiatives for Cloud adoption and improve citizen services, Microsoft India will continue to engage and train State Government’s key IT executives on Microsoft technologies such as Cloud, Mobility and appropriate Microsoft Technology stack.
The company will also deliver an exclusive workshop to the government’s key administrative officers on improving productivity by using Microsoft technologies.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu hosted a meeting with Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella, during which Nadella assured of total cooperation with the state Government in utilisation of cloud data for improving citizen services. He has also agreed to set up a Centre for Excellence in Visakhapatnam. He promised to visit Anantapur District during his next visit.