Cognizant to offer higher pay package to entry-level engineers

IT major Cognizant, which has close to two lakh employees in India, will hand out over 18 per cent higher pay packages to entry-level engineers joining next year, according to industry sources.

Engineering students graduating in June 2020 will see the offer made by the US-based company increase from Rs 3.38 lakh per annum to Rs 4 lakh, they said.

IT companies are slated to visit campuses around August-September this year to present offer letters for next year.