A Study on the Awareness of Academic Practitioners In Cloud Computing Concerning the Institutes offering Technical Education

ABSTRACT

‘Cloud Computing awareness and adoption is the need of the hour, to meet the current market demands and expectations in terms of quality of education and the competition that market is currently facing, it has become crucial to use technology to the best of its ability to be the bare minimum to land a safe and comfortable jobs that the business atmosphere in and around our country is looking forward to. Either be it a boon or a bane, this is being penetrated to a level that companies like BYJUS, white Hat Jr,, and many more Ed-Tech companies have started programs to preschoolers such as coding, game designing, making them understand the basics of UI/UX aspects. This is very much similar to the 2000-2008 fame waves that competitive exams and colleges like IIT’s and other elite colleges have seen. So it is suggested and insisted to make our working force of the education industry make them well aware of these aspects and prepare them future ready.Objective: To understand the level of awareness on cloud computing among academic practitioners in the Vijayawada and Guntur districts and to determine the level of awareness on the emerging technology. Methodology: A structured questionnaire and survey approach are used to perform the methodological research. Findings: The research identifies that a more collaborative training (train the trainers) is required for the cloud computing technologies among the teaching fraternity. The institutions have incorporated it in their syllabus as professional elective but the awareness and skilling among the practitioners has to be drawn.