After clocking 50 percent sales growth in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 in India, Naresh Wadhwa, President and Country Manager at Cisco India & SAARC has announced his plans to leave the company.
Having 22 years of experience, Wadhwa joined Cisco India in January 1998 and has served in several roles, since then. Initially, he joined Cisco as a Sales Manager for the company’s Enterprise, Commercial and IT services Business.
Prior to Cisco, Wadhwa has also worked with 3Com Asia Ltd and Wipro Infotech in India.
As part of Cisco’s core team, Wadhwa was mainly responsible for identifying and leveraging company’s market transitions. Besides this, he was also playing key role for establishing strong customer, government and partner relationships to drive local innovation in the region.
It is important to note that Wadhwa has played a significant role in collaboration with the Cisco Globalization Center East and the Cisco Engineering Organization (R&D). Basic purpose of this collaboration was to develop and deploy disruptive technology and business models, for customers and governments across India and the SAARC countries.
The replacement for Naresh Wadhwa, President and Country Manager, Cisco India & Saarc, will be announced soon. Presently, he is serving the notice period in the company.
Wadhwa holds a degree in Engineering in Electronics from Mumbai University.
