If I could bet on start-up engine, it would be India: Cisco's John Chambers

The disadvantage India has is that business-to-business (B2B) start-ups have not been able to scale, says Cisco Chairman John Chambers

John Chambers, executive chairman of Cisco, can talk about new age technology, artificial intelligence and crickets — insects being used as super food — all in the same breath. Making his first investment in India in speech analytics and virtual assistant firm Uniphore Software Systems, Chambers tells reporters that his aim is to create a start-up model that the world can replicate. Edited excerpts:

Do you think there has been a slowdown in the start-up culture in India? 

I will not say that the start-up culture is slowing down, but it is only growing at 10 per cent. If you look at