Cognizant, an American IT services company, is aiming to hire 23,000 people from campuses in the year 2021, as according to a statement made by the recently appointed India managing director Rajesh Nambiar.
Nambiar, was appointed in October as Chairman and Managing Director of Cognizant, India. He reports to Brian Humphries, CEO. His role entails to strengthen the bond between the company and the Indian government agencies and policy makers along with representing the company’s 200,000 associates in India as a part of the executive committee.
“We have hired approximately 17,000 freshers from campuses this year, which is one of the highest percentages of campus hires-to-total hires since 2016. We expect to hire around 23,000 from campuses in 2021. The emphasis will be on hiring new talent in our digital battlegrounds—cloud, data, digital engineering, and internet of things (IoT) and other strategic areas such as cybersecurity, Salesforce and business modernization technologies,” he said in a recent interview.
The IT services company has entered the Indian market in the year 2008-09 and since then provides digital solutions as well as end-to-end transformational engagements. It currently has more than 90 customers in India across industry sectors such as banking and financial services, insurance, retail, life sciences, manufacturing, and education.
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