I would urge networking professionals to remain focussed. There is a tremendous opportunity for certified professionals in the country. We have only 6,500 certified professional from India so far. Our partners and customers have shown tremendous interest in recruiting Cisco certified professionals. Networks are becoming more complex and I would urge all CCNA's to become CCNP's and CCNP's to become CCIE's.
Cisco certifications offer tremendous opportunities in our country.
Today, Cisco products are available in more than 52 towns and cities of India. We have over 1200 retailers and a galaxy of top-notch system integrators providing solutions to the market place like IBM, Compaq, Wipro data craft, and HCL, amongst others. Therefore I am confident that the demand for Cisco products will continue to remain robust. I think you should focus your energies in becoming a CCIE - our partners always keep asking me for more CCIE, considering the complexity of networks they are integrating today. Cisco networking professionals find employment based on the kind of certification they get.