Cloud Adoption in Educational Institutions Post COVID

Cloud-based digital transformation became a critical backbone of educational continuity after the COVID-19 outbreak. This paper studies continued cloud adoption trends in Indian educational institutions in the post-pandemic era, focusing on platform usage, perceived advantages, and structural challenges. A descriptive survey-based design was adopted using structured questionnaires, collecting responses from 68 participants including students and educators. Results show dominant usage of Google Classroom (86%), followed by Microsoft Teams (47.1%), and Zoom (70.6%). Cloud computing has significantly improved learning flexibility, collaboration, and digital accessibility, though limitations remain in rural connectivity, cost barriers, and data-privacy readiness. The study recommends policy-driven infrastructure upgrades, institutional security frameworks, and skill training to sustain long-term cloud-based education models. Institutions must strengthen digital readiness to bridge persistent cloud adoption gaps in the Indian education sector.