India is already Accenture's largest employee base globally, with more than 300,000 of its 790,000 employees based in the country
The Teaneck-headquartered company, with a healthy exposure to H-1B visas in the US, is reviewing the US President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa fee hike and evaluating its potential impact on the company’s operations.
The move, part of the administration’s broader immigration overhaul, is set to make it costlier for firms to hire Indian technology professionals.
The Supreme Court also directed the Single Judge’s Bench of the Bombay High Court to expedite the disposal of the injunction application within six months.
A Cognizant spokesperson said the company is complying with the order of the Bombay High Court, while also considering its options for redress and pursue available legal remedies to defend its right.
The partnership integrates context engineering with Cognizant’s Agentic Development Lifecycle (ADLC), aiming to scale it as a foundational capability.
The bench instead reinstated a 19 March 2024 injunction that had barred the company from using the disputed branding in India.
In India, consistent top performers will see salary hikes in the high single digits.
Cognizant has won more mega deals compared to Indian IT peers so far this year
Cognizant usually starts its increment cycle on August 1 but this time, the company has signalled some delays
The company saw its headcount increase by 7,500 sequentially, ending with 343,800 employees in Q2
Karnataka minister MB Patil urges actor Prakash Raj to protest land acquisition in other states too, not just in Devanahalli.
The investment is expected to create 8,000 jobs over eight years, sources said. The campus will come up at Kapulauppada
The order, issued on May 23, urges Infosys and Cognizant to resolve non-dispositive pretrial discovery matters through dialogue before seeking judicial intervention.
At Manyata Tech Park, scores of employees arrived only to find entry points submerged in knee-deep water, forcing several to turn back.
The fresher recruitment announcement comes at a time when Cognizant’s Indian peers have stopped short of sharing the exact hiring targets for FY26, citing uncertainty in demand environment.
Revenue came in at $5.1 billion, up 7.5 percent or 8.2 percent in constant currency, form the year-ago period. Subsidiaries Belcan and Thirdera contributed approximately 400 basis points to revenue growth
The two allegedly approved $2 million in bribes to senior government officials in India to get clearances to construct the IT major’s Chennai campus
Josyula returns to Cognizant after a brief stint at EY, having previously held multiple leadership roles at the company from 2018 to 2024.
Cognizant has also informed that it will give merit pay increases (salary hikes) effective August 1, 2025, one year after the previous increase
Shares of the company, whose market capitalization stands at more than $41 billion, rose over 5% in extended trading.
Kumar and Microsoft’s India & South Asia president Puneet Chandok highlight the companies’ collaboration and various initiatives in AI training and adoption.
"When confronted, Infosys obfuscated to the maximum extent possible, asking TriZetto to simply trust, based on nothing, that there had been no wrongdoing," Cognizant said.
Traditionally, ER&D services are largely provided by domain specialists. However, with spending gathering pace in the space over the last two years, IT firms are increasingly tapping into this new growth area.
Shares of TCS, Infosys, HCL Tech, and Wipro rose up to 1 percent after Cognizant Technology Solutions’ impressive Q4 performance