India is rapidly becoming one of the world’s most important cloud native markets. 2.25 million developers in India are now cloud native, with 19.9 million globally. Hybrid cloud adoption has reached 44%, making it the most popular deployment model among Indian developers.
Produced by CNCF and SlashData in conjunction with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2026, the State of Cloud Native in India report reveals how developers are adopting cloud native technologies, advancing platform engineering practices, and building the next generation of cloud native and AI-powered applications.
Download the report to discover:
• What makes India’s cloud native community unique – and why adoption patterns differ from global trends.
• Why hybrid cloud is gaining momentum and what is driving infrastructure decisions across Indian organizations.
• How developers progress from foundational cloud native technologies to advanced operational practices such as observability, service meshes, chaos engineering, and multicluster management.
• How AI developers are charting a different path to cloud native maturity, and what it means for the future of cloud native AI.