Sameer Garde steps down as the President India @ Cisco

Sameer Garde, President (India and SAARC), Cisco India has resigned after spending a quality period of four years .

Sameer had taken over as the president of Cisco's India and SAARC operations in July 2017. He will continue to hold office till the end of July this year. Samer has had a tremendous impact on our business over the past four years. We thank him for his contributions to Cisco and wish him the very best in his future endeavours,” Cisco said in an emailed statement.

Under the leadership of Sameer, Cisco has done a great job in the country and has shown a good growth, it has helped the global to achieve the revenue of USD 49.3 billion in the fiscal ended July 2020, placing it among the highest growing markets for the company. However, the company didn't announce the successor of Sameer and is expected to make an announcement on the same in the next few weeks

In 2019, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins had said India is ”one of the most consistent growth markets” for the company, and that it is on track to contribute 10 percent of its business in 5-10 years