Ashhar Alam / New Delhi

Tech giant Cisco considers India a strategically critical market and plans to continue its investments, said Jeetu Patel, the company’s President and Chief Product Officer, during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

Highlighting India’s significance, Patel noted that the country hosts the largest concentration of Cisco employees outside the US and has been a hub of strong growth for the company. “India is a very strategic region for us, and we’ve experienced tremendous growth there,” he said.

Patel cited the example of Cisco’s Chennai facility, launched a year ago, as part of the company’s efforts to expand manufacturing and operations in the country. “We aim to keep investing in India and leveraging the strong public-private partnership culture here,” he added.

He also highlighted Cisco’s role in bringing cutting-edge American technology to India, particularly to support innovation in sectors like AI. “Our goal is to deliver the best technologies to India so industries can fully harness the potential of AI,” Patel said.

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With collaborations across multiple sectors, Patel emphasized that India will remain one of Cisco’s most strategic regions as the company looks to expand its footprint in the Asia-Pacific market.