Cisco has announced a
series of strategic initiatives to help accelerate the digital transformation
of Telangana. Digital disruption is a reality and is transforming
every country, state and city.
A digitized state aims
to drive GDP growth, create jobs and foster innovation, enhance education,
stimulate entrepreneurship, accelerate business innovation, develop economic
cluster initiatives, and support infrastructure. Toward that end, Cisco and the
Government of Telangana have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which
includes the Digital Zone smart city project in Hyderabad, establishing an
Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation Hub and a Living Lab near Hi-Tech City in
Hyderabad, a Center of Excellence and Living Lab in T–Hub premises, the largest
building in India to be entirely dedicated to entrepreneurship, remote
education in 10 schools in Karimnagar, and deploying digital solutions at the
historical landmark monument of Hyderabad, the Qutubshahi tombs.
The
MoU between Cisco and the Government of
Telangana was signed today as part of the IT Sectoral Policy Launch event in
Hi-Tech City in Hyderabad, in the presence of the Honorable Minister of
IT EnC, MAandUD, Industries and Commerce, Mines n Geology, Public Enterprises
and NRI Affairs K. T Rama Rao, other government dignitaries; and Dinesh
Malkani, President, Cisco India and SAARC.
Partnership
with Government of Telangana to deploy Digital Zone Project
As part of the Digital
Zone project, Cisco will deploy City Digital Platform (CDP) in the 2.2 km area
near Hi-Tech City in Hyderabad, including smart Wi-Fi, smart parking, smart
lighting, traffic analytics at key junctions, Remote Expert for Government Services
(REGS), smart environmental sensors, smart waste management, and a smart
control center to monitor and manage the city with greater efficiency and
effectiveness.
In the Digital Zone project, Cisco will collaborate
with local ecosystem solution providers to build a scalable model for the
effective rollout of city services across the state of Telangana. This project
will utilize Cisco’s global expertise and intellectual property in the areas of
IoT, mobile technology and applications, cloud computing, data analytics,
social media, energy, and lighting solutions. Cisco will also engage with
ecosystem partners in the state to develop new applications specifically for
Indian smart cities and collaborate with the state for its upcoming smart
cities in Telangana.
Boost Research and Local Innovation in
Telangana
Cisco will set up a
Centre of Excellence (CoE) and a Living Lab on the T-Hub premises to foster
regional innovation, and will enable partners and startups to build solutions
around IoT and cyber security and engage in rapid prototyping. This will also
act as a platform to bring startups, accelerators, developers, researchers,
ecosystem partners and the venture community together to showcase possibilities
of the Internet of Things. In the CoE, Cisco would showcase its global smart
cities platform, “City Digital Platform (CDP),” which can integrate various
smart city services onto a unified platform along with Cisco Collaboration
solutions and Cisco Mobility Services Engine.
The Cisco CoE will be
hosted in the IIIT campus in T-Hub, which is part of the state-of-the-art
70,000-square-foot building called Catalyst, the largest building in India to
be entirely dedicated to entrepreneurship. T-Hub’s mission is to catalyze the
growth of Hyderabad into one of the most vibrant startup communities in the
world.
Delivering Remote Education in Telangana
The vision of the
state government of Telangana is to bring the best education to all the
students across the state and bring in the best of faculty remotely to every
school in the state. Toward that, the Government of Telangana will collaborate
with Cisco to help deliver remote interactive education bringing in benefits of
virtual expert learning.
Cisco will set up
virtual video-based classrooms in 10 remote schools in Karimnagar district for
inter-school learning. The solution will connect the district school to the
remote schools for the sharing of faculty. Cisco will deploy the solution to
connect these schools over HD-quality video conferencing to share the faculty
across the connected schools. The solution will also enable digital sharing of
content, live streaming, recording, creation of a repository and accessing the
content on demand.
Partnership with Government of Telangana
to digitize historical Qutubshahi tombs – in Hyderabad.
As part of the digital
blueprint of the state of Telangana, Cisco will collaborate with the government
on developing smart city infrastructure in Telangana to transform itself into a
digital state of the future. Cisco will digitize one of the most important
landmarks and monuments of Hyderabad - the Qutubshahi tombs close to the
Golconda Fort. Cisco will deploy digital solutions to enhance the experience of
visitors to the Qutubshahi tombs and boost tourism in the state. Cisco will
also deploy public Wi-Fi, surveillance, smart lighting and smart parking
solutions to provide visitors and citizens details of each of the monuments in
the area. The solutions will cover 3 acres of the monument site.
Honorable Minister of
IT EnC, MAUD, Industries and Commerce, Mines n Geology, Public Enterprises and
NRI Affairs K. T Rama Rao, said, “Hyderabad has a rich
past of attracting investors for its geographical location, its culture, the
suitable weather, excellent connectivity, the infrastructure and most
importantly the government’s vision to digitally transform the state and
rollout initiatives to help the industry. My vision for the state is to continue
that rich legacy of making Hyderabad the most preferred IT destination in the
world and expand it to the rest of Telangana. I envision digitally empowering
every citizen of the state, enhancing quality of life of citizens, accelerating
economic competitiveness, boosting local innovation and becoming a knowledge
and technology hub of the country. We are happy to partner with Cisco for this
transformative project, and we believe Cisco’s global experience and expertise
in digitization will benefit Telangana immensely and catapult the state to
the forefront of the digital revolution.’’
Dinesh Malkani,
President, Cisco India and SAARC, said,
‘“Digitization will be key to how cities, communities and
countries maintain global competitiveness, increase GDP growth, foster
innovation and create new jobs. The government’s vision to transform Telangana
into a digital state is visionary and will create huge opportunities for the
state, its citizens and the nation. We are thrilled to partner with the
government of Telangana and are committed to help make Telangana a truly
digital state in India.”
