Cloud Computing in Higher Education: Gujarat State

For those in the education sector, "the cloud" can seem like a nebulous and unattainable technology goal, used only by large enterprises and corporations. But the cloud has the power to drastically advance the goals of the educational system: to make it easier for institutions to empower their students to succeed while at the same time cutting costs and expanding accessibility. Most of us use the cloud on a daily basis: We log into email accounts, go to Amazon or use other web-based services. The move to the cloud is happening in education too. Colleges in Gujarat State deliver coursework to their students through cloud-based classroom software. The potential for cloud technology can go far beyond that, however, and higher education professionals are taking notice. Cloud computing entails using a network of remote servers hosted on the internet as opposed to a local server. This helps cut IT costs as well as simplifies content management processes for schools and educational systems. Cloud computing increases these benefits, in addition to potential cost-savings, making it an attractive option for schools considering tablet schemes. Yet many teachers and educators are unclear on what computing in the "cloud" really means. The increasing generalization of technology access by citizen and organizations brings expectations and demands on government. It aims to deliver more interactive services to citizens through E-Governance. For this, cloud computing may lead to significant cost savings. In this paper, we describe how this newly emerged paradigm of cloud computing Gujarat state Government as an E-Governance. This paper describes the use of cloud computing in higher education in the state of Gujarat.