Abstract
Standards prevent vendor lock-in and allow the simple development of cross-cloud applications that will revolutionize computing in the same way as the development of the Internet. Under the charter of DoT and Meity, the Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India is working with TSDSI (Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India) to develop cloud standards for India that will be useful in the Indian context. This effort is slated to be complete by March 2020. The talk will give an overview of the methodology used as well as the current state of the storage standards.