Chuck Robbins said India's approach of building strategic capabilities while partnering with trusted companies is a practical path to technology sovereignty.

India’s approach of developing strategic capabilities while partnering with trusted companies offered a practical path towards technology sovereignty.

Robbins said India offers strong long-term growth for Cisco in manufacturing, engineering and chip design, and Cisco is expanding Indian manufacturing with a growing share exported globally.

Cisco Chair and CEO Chuck Robbins said India offers strong long-term growth opportunities for the company in manufacturing, engineering and semiconductor design. He added that Cisco is expanding its manufacturing operations in India, with a growing share of its output being exported to global markets.

Robbins said India is a highly trusted partner for American and global firms, creating an environment in which Cisco is comfortable investing.

India has been an incredible trusted partner for lots of American companies, in particular, and global companies...it really does create an environment where we are comfortable investing, and I think that is super important...

Robbins argued the world needs more technology capacity and would welcome India as a partner with that capacity, since no country can build the whole stack itself.

The world needs more capacity in this space too, so the world would welcome a friend like India who has that capacity,

Robbins says Cisco's biggest opportunity in India is expanding its silicon design team, which is currently small compared with its Israel and US teams.

The biggest opportunity we see is actually to expand our silicon design team here, so we currently have fair amount of resources in Israel, fair number in the United States, and we have a small group here that are part of that team, and we think there's a big opportunity.