Cisco Announces Jaipur the First Lighthouse City in South Asia

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Chandigarh 19^th May:- Cisco announced the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan to be the first Smart+Connected™ Community 'Lighthouse City' in South Asia. Cisco Lighthouse City status credential is assigned to a select list of cities all over the world. With this development, Jaipur will gain access to Cisco's huge global network and channel program capabilities; and the city will also benefit from the economic and social transformation set to occur as the country embarks on the next phase of the Digital India program. The Lighthouse City engagement will be enabled through a joint working group, which will focus on deploying next generation technologies to impact citizens and society. With this announcement, Jaipur joins the league of Cisco® Lighthouse Cities globally such as Hamburg (Germany), Barcelona (Spain) and Adelaide (Australia).

Cisco is collaborating with the city of Jaipur on a number of key initiatives aimed at advancing Jaipur's vision of becoming a global model and standard for sustainable urban development. The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has chosen to develop smart city infrastructures that will improve the efficiency and quality of services received by its 3.5 million residents and over 40 million tourists who visit the city every year.

Cisco Systems Inc. The Hon. Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje said that Cisco has chosen Jaipur because of the rapid transformation and modernization [that] the city authorities have undertaken over the last couple of years and have actually implemented citizen centric solutions ahead of its time, across the city. It is a step towards realizing the vision of 'Digital Rajasthan'. We are happy to welcome technology leaders to the City of Jaipur and look forward to their investment and expertise to transform Jaipur into the city of the future.

Shikhar Agrawal, Commissioner, Jaipur Development Authority said that Jaipur will become a reference smart city for South Asia. Jaipur Development Authority has been committed to working for the benefit of the citizens of Jaipur with planned implementation of a large number of smart need based solution. We envision Rajasthan as a role model for digital transformation for other states to follow. The state of Rajasthan recognises the effort of Cisco to help us lead in this transformation.

Dinesh Malkani, President Cisco India and SAARC said that we are really proud to announce Jaipur as a Lighthouse City for Cisco globally. We are also excited to announce an Innovation Centre in the city. Jaipur, as a Lighthouse City, will showcase to the world what are possible when visionary city leaders and urban planners design and build 21st century cities connected by a digital infrastructure. The vision is that Jaipur will be transformed into a powerful knowledge and digital hub.

The Managing Director of 3M India Ltd., Amit Laroya said that 3M is a very proud partner of Cisco in the Innovation Centre at the city of Jaipur. Connected by our common technology platforms, 3M's diverse and unique products in the areas of Public Safety & Security, Smart Transportation, Smart Grids and Smart buildings can contribute substantially to offer practical solutions to urban problems. We congratulate the pioneering drive by the JDA to create a global network of transformational technology companies to build a city of the future.