Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad urges Avaya to support Digital India vision

NEW DELHI: India’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, met with Avaya’s CEO, Kevin Kennedy on Friday, April 8, 2016, during which the minister asked Avaya to immediately take an active role in the Digital India vision.

The two parties discussed the role of communication technologies and services in accelerating the reach of digital services to the most remote regions in the country, the investment opportunities that technology vendors have today, not only to accelerate the transformation of the country, but also why India is set to become a global business hub.

Kennedy praised India’s transformation, and he explained how Avaya technologies built in India are helping transform healthcare and education around the world, and that India has the right to leverage the best of breed first.