Today Cisco announced the launch of its India manufacturing operations and digital partnership with the government of Maharashtra.
The launch of the manufacturing operations took place in the presence of the chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis; the CEO of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, Amitabh Kant; Aruna Sundararajan, secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, government of India; Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins; Irving Tan, senior vice president, Cisco Asia Pacific and Japan; Dinesh Malkani, president, Cisco India & SAARC; and Jun Kim, vice president, Cisco Supply Chain Operations.
Cisco will manufacture and roll out a diverse product portfolio in India to support the government’s Make in India initiative. Cisco will use its India manufacturing operations to produce and ship orders for customers in India, as well as for testing, development, logistics, and in-house repair capabilities.
Cisco also announced its ongoing commitment to accelerate Digital Maharashtra, including several initiatives to ensure that all of India’s citizens benefit from the power of connectivity. These initiatives include: Nagpur city wide deployment of smart city framework enabled by Cisco City Digital Platform; Dharavi eCommerce hub;
Smart City Solutions in Nagpur: Cisco will roll out Smart City Solutions in Nagpur to enable city-wide network connectivity, smart & secure Wi-Fi hotspots and smart safety & surveillance solutions. The various citizen services enabled by smart cities architecture, like smart transport, solid waste management, smart lighting, environmental sensors, and smart parking, will be integrated on Cisco’s City Digital Platform.
Dharavi eCommerce Hub: At the ceremony Cisco showcased how it was helping digitize Sri Ganesh Vidya Mandir High School by providing the students with a virtual classroom, digital learning and highly secure Internet connectivity. After school hours, local entrepreneurs and start-ups will be able to use the school as a platform for local innovation and help make Dharavi an e-commerce hub.
Expansion of Cisco Networking Academy Program: The company announced plans to establish up to 25 Cisco Networking Academies to train approximately 10,000 students in Maharashtra by 2020.
Wi-Fi, Smart Education and Smart Healthcare to Digitize Fetri Village: Cisco announced a new initiative to digitize Fetri village in the Kato Tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra. With the intention to build a Digital Village, Cisco will deploy key technologies including Wi-Fi, smart healthcare, and smart education in an upper primary government school in Fetri.
Cisco to Collaborate on Broadband Infrastructure: Cisco will collaborate on the state-wide rollout of broadband infrastructure to accelerate the Digital Maharashtra vision. A role model on digital transformation for other states, Maharashtra sees the building of digital infrastructure as the most crucial step toward achieving its vision of a Digital Maharashtra and enabling financial inclusion, e-governance and citizen services.
