Meet Aamer Azeemi of Bhubaneswar Smart City Ltd!

Aamer headed Cisco’s consulting services as the Managing Director for the APJC Emerging Markets. In February, he left Cisco after a 7.5 year stint.

He led a team of senior consultants to advise governments, cities and large real estate developers to effectively leverage technology to improve social, economic and environmental sustainability.

Currently, Aamer is an independent Smart Cities Advisor. He has been appointed by the Governement of AP to the expert Smart Infrastructure and ICT committee. This committee oversees the Smart City plan and implementation for the AP Capital City Amaravati.

Along with this, he is also an Independent Director on the Board of the Bhubaneswar Smart City.

Having graduated from Texas A&M University, he spent almost 11 years in the US working with IBM Global Services, SAIC and Freeborders. He later joined Wipro Technologies in Bangalore as the General Manager of Global IT Infrastructure.

Since he has worked with the giants of the industry, he is well-versed with the ecosystem! Definitely a speaker you should be looking out for!

Aamer is passionate about building smart connected communities that run on networked information and providing integrated and comprehensive services to citizens.

"India has its own beauty and its own charm. If we improve the quality of life, that will make the people happy and lead to a lot more peaceful life."