Cognizant to hire over 23,000 students in 2020

NEW DELHI: IT firm Cognizant on Thursday said it plans to hire more than 23,000 STEM graduates and post-graduates from technical institutions in India in 2020. This comes at a time when the US-based company – which has about two lakh employees in India – had recently said it will slash about 7,000 jobs across various locations.

“To further support the needs of our fast-growing digital business, in calendar 2020, Cognizant plans to hire more than 23,000 STEM graduates and post-graduates from technical institutions in India, which is 30 per cent more than the hiring we did last year,” Cognizant India Chairman and MD Ramkumar Ramamoorthy said at ‘CII Connect 2019’ event in Chennai.