Cisco India to double its headcount

Jaipur: Understanding the shortage of network engineers in the country, IT networking company Cisco Systems (India) plans to hire around 5000 people to take the headcount to 10,000.

Talking to Economic Times, Cisco Systems South Asia Regional Manager for Corporate Responsibility Lokesh Mehra said, "At present we have around 5000 professionals including R&D, sales and business support staff. Also, a lot of initiatives are being taken in the field of cyber crime, egovernance, defence and BFSI sectors. The country needs skilled manpower to carry out these initiatives. We feel that the demand and supply gap can widen further posing serious concerns for the growth."

The company focuses on verticals including Government, defence, BFSI, health care and manufacturing. Mehra said, "There are 22 verticals. We find these to be high growth verticals. We are working closely with central and state governments including providing interconnecting to the outposts guarding the border. We have also signed MoU with Indian Airforce for enhancing security using IT network."

Currently, Cisco has presence in over 100 cities with sales offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata and Hyderabad.