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Cisco Opens RuralShores BPO Center in Karnataka
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# By CXOtoday Staff, Jan 25, 2010 1857 hrs IST
# Tags : Cisco, RuralShores BPO Center, Karnataka, Shimoga
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Cisco Systems and RuralShores Business Services initiated second rural BPO center was recently inaugurated in Karnataka.
The new center, located at Thirthahalli, Shimoga District is powered by Cisco technology and will provide employment to nearly 200 rural youth from the town and surrounding villages.
The first center at Bagepalli (Chikkaballapur District, Karnataka) has nearly 150 youth enagaged in process work for leading companies based in the country.
RuralShores has worked with Cisco to define the technology architecture for the initiative, in line with the company s governance model, which consists of four layers -- rural BPO/delivery center, regional centers, hub centers and the data center.
Murali Vullaganti, CEO of RuralShores, said, 'RuralShores, which as founded by eminent leaders from corporate India and supported by leading financial institutions in the country, will fortify the hands of government with the twin objectives of fostering rural economy through skill development and employment and to bring efficiency and economics to all clients migrating for work to rural India.'
'We would like to congratulate RuralShores Business Services on the inauguration of their second rural BPO center in Karnataka. This is a significant initiative and Cisco is proud to be associated with it,' said Toby Burton, vice president, Cisco Globalisation Centre, East.
'The ability to help private and governmental organisations around the country, to take advantage of the network to promote rural development and employment, is a tremendous opportunity. We're pleased that the RuralShores and the Government of Karnataka share this vision and is committed to implementing these programs,' he added.
RuralShores plans to set up 30 more such centers in the rural areas of each district of Karnataka over next three years providing training and direct employment to nearly 6,000 such youth."