Harish Krishnan

As the Managing Director & Chief Policy Officer Cisco India & ASEAN, Harish leads Cisco’s strategic engagement with National and State Governments on wide range of public policy issues that concern Cisco in the region—as an investor, globalization hub, business unit, and as a corporate citizen. Harish leads Cisco India’s Purpose Office, which directly executes on Cisco’s purpose of “Powering an inclusive future for all.” Over the last 10 years, through various social initiatives, Cisco India’s Purpose office has positively impacted over 50 million lives in India. Harish is based in New Delhi, India and is with Cisco since May 2007. An industry veteran of over 30 years, Harish actively participates in public policy forums in India and is a Member of CII National Committee on Communications and Information Technology, Chairman of the Manufacturing Association of Information Technology’s Telecom committee, and Chairman of Corporate Social Responsibility committee of American Chamber of Commerce in India. Harish is also the Former President and Co-Founder of Public Affairs Forum of India. From 2003 to 2007, Harish was an Executive in the Governmental Program function of IBM specially focused providing leadership to IBM’s policy engagement with the Government of India on Innovation, Global Resourcing & HR issues. Prior to joining IBM, Harish worked for over 11 years with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)—India’s Premier Industry organization—in a variety of roles. In his last role as CII’s Director for Information Technology, Harish worked with top CEOs of corporate India on issues affecting the IT& BPO industry.