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Updated on: Mar 2021
Cognizant hosts an eight-week long ‘Health Challenge’ in midst of WFH
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Cognizant hosts an eight-week long ‘Health Challenge’ in midst of WFH

Cognizant hosts an eight-week long ‘Health Challenge’ in midst of WFH Cognizant recently hosted the 2020 edition of the Cognizant Health Challenge, the company’s annual fitness initiative for its employees and their families. As the company’s employees continue to work from home, the eight-week challenge organized in partnership with HealthifyMe, India’s largest wellness app, was […]

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Cognizant India has a robust hiring plan in the March quarter
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Cognizant India has a robust hiring plan in the March quarter

Cognizant India is on track to bring in more new hires than ever before Cognizant has stepped up its hiring efforts for both freshers and lateral hires in the country and expects the number of new recruits in the March quarter to be “more than ever before”, Cognizant India Chairman and Managing Director Rajesh Nambiar […]

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Cognizant to hire 23,000 freshers from campuses in India
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Cognizant to hire 23,000 freshers from campuses in India

Cognizant to hire 23,000 freshers from campuses in India Cognizant Technology Solutions expects to hire around 23,000 people from campuses in 2021, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Rajesh Nambiar said. Currently, Cognizant India has more than 2,00,000 employees. The company hired more than 17,000 people through campus placement drives last year. This year, the prospect […]

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Cognizant Completes Acquisition of Magenic Technologies
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Cognizant Completes Acquisition of Magenic Technologies

Cognizant Completes Acquisition of Magenic Technologies, Broadening Its Global Software Product Engineering Network Cognizant has completed the previously announced acquisition of Magenic Technologies, a privately-held custom software development services company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The acquisition expands Cognizant’s software product engineering footprint, adding 475 employees in the U.S. across seven locations, and more than 350 […]

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Cognizant Named a Top Employer 2021 in 17 Countries Worldwide
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Cognizant Named a Top Employer 2021 in 17 Countries Worldwide

Cognizant Named a Top Employer 2021 in 17 Countries Worldwide Cognizant has been named a Top Employer 2021 in 17 countries globally by the Top Employers Institute, an authority on recognizing excellence in people practices in the workplace. Cognizant was once again certified as a Top Employer in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, and the UK. For the first time, […]

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TCS, Infosys, and Cognizant join WEF coalition to tackle workplace racism
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TCS, Infosys, and Cognizant join WEF coalition to tackle workplace racism

TCS, Infosys, and Cognizant join WEF coalition to tackle workplace racism Indian IT majors Infosys and TCS on Monday joined global giants like Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and Bank of America in an international coalition launched by the World Economic Forum to tackle racism in workplaces. Announcing the coalition during its week-long online Davos Agenda Summit, the WEF said it would work towards improving […]

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Cognizant to Acquire Magenic Technologies
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Cognizant to Acquire Magenic Technologies

Cognizant to Acquire Magenic Technologies Cognizant has entered into an agreement to acquire Magenic Technologies, Inc., a privately-held custom software development services company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The acquisition will expand Cognizant’s software product engineering footprint, adding 475 employees in the U.S. across seven locations and more than 350 employees in Manila, Philippines. Upon completion of the acquisition, Magenic […]

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Cognizant to acquire Linium, a cloud transformation consultancy
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Cognizant to acquire Linium, a cloud transformation consultancy

Cognizant to acquire Linium, a cloud transformation consultancy Cognizant announced today it has agreed to acquire Linium, a cloud transformation consultancy group specializing in the ServiceNow platform and solutions for smart digital enterprise workflows. Linium, operating as the ServiceNow business unit of Ness Digital Engineering, a privately-held portfolio company of The Rohatyn Group, helps Fortune 100 […]

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Cognizant to Acquire Servian, a Data and Analytics Consulting Firm
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Cognizant to Acquire Servian, a Data and Analytics Consulting Firm

Cognizant to Acquire Servian, a Leading Australian Data, and Analytics Consulting Firm Cognizant today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Servian, a Sydney, Australia-based, privately-held enterprise transformation consultancy specializing in data analytics, artificial intelligence, digital services, experience design, and cloud. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021, subject to regulatory […]

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Cognizant appoints a new Managing Director
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Cognizant appoints a new Managing Director

Cognizant announced the appointment of a new Managing Director for UK and Ireland Cognizant announced that Rob Walker will join the company as Managing Director for the UK and Ireland, effective January 1, 2021. As a member of Cognizant’s global growth markets leadership team, Rob will be based in London and lead all aspects of […]

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Cognizant appoints Shinji Murakami as Head of Japan market
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Cognizant appoints Shinji Murakami as Head of Japan market

Cognizant appoints Shinji Murakami as Head of Japan market Cognizant today announced that Shinji Murakami has joined the company as the Head of Japan and a member of Cognizant’s Global Growth Markets (GGM) leadership team effective January 4, 2021. Murakami has more than 30 years’ experience leading managed services, mobile communications, business development and go-to-market strategies in […]

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