Outgoing Cisco Chief Technology Officer Padmasree Warrior has been approached by Wipro and offered a position on its board of directors, The Times of India has reported.

Warrior could also potentially take up a role at Wipro in an advisory capacity. The news comes after Cisco revealed that three of its executives, including Warrior and services executive Edzard Overbeek, will be headed for the door, making way for a “next generation” leadership team.

Zeus Kerravala, principal analyst at ZK Research, stated that the move would make perfect sense for Warrior: "Wipro has been a large Cisco reseller for years - she already has a relationship there. The tech industry in India is certainly doing very well… We're looking at India as being one of the early adopters of the Internet of Things and being a digital economy.”

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