Lokesh meets heads of top companies, seeks investments in Andhra Pradesh

IT & HRD Minister Nara Lokesh met Harish Krishnan, Managing Director (India & South East Asia) of Cisco Systems (U.S.A.), in New Delhi on Thursday and requested him to set up a manufacturing unit for unified computing system servers, switches, and routers in Andhra Pradesh (A.P.) along with an Engineering Center / Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Visakhapatnam.

Mr. Krishnan recalled that an agreement was signed with the A.P. government last year for training 50,000 youth in the Cisco Networking Academy and other high-skill areas and that the program was under way. He also noted Cisco's involvement in the Visakhapatnam Innovation Center, Tirupati Centre of Excellence, Vijayawada Smart City Project, and AP FiberNet and said fresh proposals would be considered.