Cognizant opens new campus in Hyderabad

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has inaugurated a brand new campus of Cognizant on Wednesday. The ten-lakh sq ft workplace has 16 flooring and may seat 9,000 associates. The corporate’s Hyderabad operations, kickstarted in 2002, now make use of about 57,000 staff. Of those, about 39 per cent are girls.

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Addressing a gathering after the inauguration, the Chief Minister mentioned that his latest go to to the US and Korea had introduced in investments to the tune of ₹36,000 crore. These investments would assist create over 30,750 jobs. “We are going to arrange an Investor Job Pressure to advertise investments,” he mentioned.

He mentioned the ‘Future State of Telangana’ can have three development engines – one across the Core Hyderabad City space, the opposite on the Semi-City space across the metropolis and the third past the upcoming Regional Ring Street,” he mentioned.

Expert workforce

“The brand new facility is greater than an enlargement — it’s a strategic funding in Hyderabad’s thriving tech ecosystem. It permits us to ship cutting-edge options in AI, ML, Knowledge Engineering, and IoT for our world shoppers, whereas creating hundreds of recent alternatives for native expertise,” mentioned Surya Gummadi, Government Vice-President and President (Cognizant Americas).

“The staff right here have abilities in information modernisation, analytics, Generative AI, Clever Course of Automation, Web of Issues, Edge and Cloud Product Engineering, cloud applied sciences, good manufacturing, mobility and sustainability options,” an organization official mentioned.

He mentioned about 8,500 outreach volunteers contributed over 31,600 hours. “By the primary half of 2024, this momentum continued with 7,706 distinctive volunteers already clocking 23,306 hours of service,” he mentioned.

For the brand new facility, the corporate is planning to realize LEED platinum certification as it’s geared up with circadian lighting, superior air purification methods and non-toxic supplies, offering a wholesome indoor setting for the workers, a press release mentioned.