As part of its efforts to bridge the industry-academia gap, Cognizant organizes an innovative inter-collegiate tech fest across six Indian cities – Pune, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Kolkata. Titled TransITion, the one-day event provides pre-final year engineering students with a forum to test and enhance their skills in a competitive atmosphere.

A lot of freshers think the first day in any corporate means only form filling and answering a set of questions. But at Cognizant the efforts are always to help the trainees feel comfortable. And more than that. The HR folks add a lot of fun to the regular joining formalities by mixing it with a lot of fun-filled activities.

Cognizant has instituted the “Best Outgoing Student Award” in select institutions across the country to recognize best performing students from the graduating batch.

As a leading provider of consulting and technology services for Global 2000 companies in North America, Europe and Asia, Cognizant has a deep understanding of the technology, business and life skills required to ensure service and delivery excellence. By continually sharing these insights with college and university teachers through structured faculty development programs (FDPs), Cognizant helps them develop superior talent for the future.

It was a different kind of visit that attracted attention at the Chennai Techno-complex recently. Come October 17, and there was a flurry of activity, and no it was not the usual client visit this time! On an exclusive mission to Cognizant were 17 students from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, along with their professor-cum-guide.

Landing a dream job in the fastest growing top tier IT services and BPO is definitely something that students will cherish and be proud of. However, a common concern among the teaching fraternity is that once students receive an offer letter from the company, their academic performance dip considerably, especially in the final semester.