Cognizant India CMD Rajesh Nambiar talks about the company’s 2021 plans

Rajesh Nambiar took charge at the corner office at Cognizant India a month ago from software firm Ciena India. An old IBM executive, he talks of his mandate and the road ahead for Cognizant. Excerpts:

How has it been since you took over as CMD?

As a company, we’ve been repositioning ourselves into addressing some challenges thrown at the industry. With digital becoming the core of everything we do, opportunities are just phenomenal. Because of the pandemic, organisations are becoming a lot more digital a lot sooner than anticipated.