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GREATER NOIDA, India & PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Coforge, an AI-native engineering services leader, today announced that Sunil Fernandes has been promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Fernandes will oversee global delivery in addition to key Coforge operations including admin, facilities and internal IT services. He is based in Princeton, NJ and will continue to report to Coforge CEO, Sudhir Singh. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: ...Read More >
Visakhapatnam, Mar 12 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Minister for Education, IT and Electronics Nara Lokesh met Aiman Ezzat, CEO of Capgemini in Visakhapatnam and held discussions on potential investments and expansion opportunities in the state. During the meeting, the minister highlighted that under the leadership of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Visakhapatnam is rapidly emerging as a major IT and data centre hub. He noted that work on the country's largest Google data centre in the city is set t ...Read More >
Anthropic has formally opened its Bengaluru office, underscoring India's position as the second-largest market for its Claude.ai platform and announcing new partnerships across enterprise, education, and agriculture. The announcement comes on the heels of AI Impact Summit 2026, happening in New Delhi, India, between February 16-20, 2026. India is now home to one of the most technically intensive developer communities using Claude, with nearly half of usage in the country tied to computer and m ...Read More >
New Delhi: 15/02/2026: Preparation underway ahead of India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on February 15, 2026. Photo by: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap/ The Hindu | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP India AI Impact Summit 2026 in Delhi Highlights: The India AI Impact Expo 2026 will be held from February 16-20, alongside the India AI Impact Summit at the Bharat Mandapam. In a post on X, Modi said, "Bringing the world together to discuss AI! Starting today, India hosts the AI ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 16 (ANI): Anthropic has officially opened its new office in Bengaluru. This location serves as the company's second base in the Asia-Pacific region. The move follows the announcement that India is now the second-largest market for the AI assistant, Claude.ai. The office will be led by Irina Ghose, the Managing Director of India. The company stated that India is "home to a developer community doing some of the most technically intense AI work we see anywhe ...Read More >
IT major Cognizant has announced the launch of its Cyber Defense Center (CDC) in Bengaluru. The centre will be Cognizant's largest facility designed to deliver advanced AI powered cybersecurity managed services and engineering and transformation services to clients globally, the company said in a statement. At the Bengaluru CDC, cybersecurity professionals will aim to provide round-the-clock monitoring and rapid response to security incidents, supporting clients across diverse industries and g ...Read More >
"I think I'm the luckiest person in India because I have two great mentors -- one is my leader, Chandrababu Naidu, and second is Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Nara Lokesh, Minister for Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, in the Andhra Pradesh government, told Moneycontrol in an exclusive interview. "Prime Minister Modi has always been very inspiring. So, when I got the opportunity to meet with him one-on-one, he gave me time and he answered all the questions I had. I had a ...Read More >
BENGALURU/HYDERABAD: Donald Trump's H-1B visa crackdown will hasten U.S. firms' shift of critical work to India, turbocharging the growth of global capability centres (GCCs) that handle operations from finance to research and development, economists and industry insiders say. The world's fifth-largest economy is home to 1,700 GCCs, or more than half the global tally, having outgrown its tech support origins to become a hub of high-value innovation in areas from design of luxury car dashboards t ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Citizens Financial Group's Global Capability Centre (GCC) has partnered with Cognizant to skill college students in underserved communities across Telangana for technology careers. The collaboration comes under Cognizant's flagship Outreach program, launched in Hyderabad in 2019. So far, the initiative has impacted over 4,000 students in the state, with 478 placed in technology roles at Cognizant -- 92% of them women. Nationally, it has reached 60,000 students through tie-ups with mo ...Read More >
New Delhi, August 14: Cognizant, an IT services company, is reportedly preparing to implement salary hikes for a large portion of its workforce later this year. The development is said to target eligible employees and also aims to reward top performers in India. As per reports, the company is planning merit-based adjustments that could impact many employees across different roles in India. Cognizant is reportedly aligning this adjustment with its earlier statements during the second-quarter ear ...Read More >
Kolkata, Aug 14 (PTI) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said India would not have got Independence if Bengal was not there, as personalities like Rabindranath Tagore and Subhas Chandra Bose, who contributed significantly to shaping the nation's destiny, were born here. Speaking at a function marking the 12th anniversary of the 'Kanyashree' scheme, Banerjee said Bengal is the beacon of hope which stands for unity amid diversity. "If Bengal was not there, India would not have got Indepe ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Global Information Technology (IT) major Cognizant announced that around 80 per cent of its eligible employees will receive a salary hike from November. The company indicated that the hike will be in a "single high digit" (7 to 9 per cent) of the employees' current salary. During its second-quarter earnings, the company had indicated plans to award merit-based pay rises to the vast majority of staff in the second half of 2025. "Cognizant today said that approxima ...Read More >
Mumbai: Aimed at reducing high school dropout rates, raising the gross enrollment ratio in higher education to 50% and to enable students to secure fulfilling careers, 'Vidyadhan' scholarship program has announced to offer one lakh scholarships to economically disadvantaged students across the country. Launched in Kerala in 1999, Vidyadhan is an initiative by the Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives (SFPI) and is currently active in 22 states and union territories of the country. In the ne ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The vibrant city of Bengaluru is set to welcome over 262 of the nation's most determined and dynamic para athletes for the 7th Indian Open Para Athletics Championship, scheduled to take place on 11th and 12th July at the iconic Kantaveera Stadium, according to a release from SAI Media. The event marks a crucial moment in Indian para sports, serving as the final selection platform for the Indian contingent heading to the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Champ ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries M. B. Patil on Tuesday said that the state government would press for granting two defence corridors for the state in a meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Addressing reporters at his residence here, Patil noted that the Central government had previously ignored Karnataka and granted defence corridors to Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. "I had already brought this oversight to the attention of the Centre. We are demanding two ...Read More >
Amritsar: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey from Jharkhand has claimed that Britain assisted India in executing the 1984 Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, stoking a new controversy.In a post on X on Monday, Dubey alleged that then PM Indira Gandhi "launched an attack on the Golden Temple in collaboration with Britain", with British Army officers present in Amritsar.He uploaded a classified British document, "Sikh Community", claiming that on Feb 23, 1984, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth ...Read More >
Bengaluru: India's French connection is growing stronger. French IT services firm Capgemini, which has more than half of its 3.4 lakh employees in India, is acquiring one of the country's business process management (BPM) pioneers, WNS, for $3.3 billion. The move is seen as an attempt to bring strong technology expertise, especially AI, into BPM services to be able to offer enterprises much more comprehensive solutions.This acquisition comes a decade after Capgemini acquired Igate, another India ...Read More >
New Delhi : Coursera, Inc. (NYSE: COUR), a leading online learning platform, today announced the appointment of Ashutosh Gupta as Managing Director for India and Asia Pacific. In this role, he will lead Coursera's enterprise business across the region, working closely with companies, campuses, and governments to equip students, citizens, and employees with skills for the digital economy. "Ashutosh's deep experience in the region and his work with mission-driven organizations make him an ideal l ...Read More >
Visakhapatnam: In a major boost to Andhra Pradesh's IT sector, Cognizant Technology Solutions has announced the launch of a new campus in Visakhapatnam, marking a significant milestone in the state's digital growth. The project will be developed in three phases, with a total investment of ₹1,583 crore, and is expected to create employment opportunities for 8,000 people. The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, led by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, has approved the allotment of 22 acres of VMRDA land a ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and HRD and IT Minister Nara Lokesh have welcomed Cognizant Technology Solutions' decision to establish a major campus in Visakhapatnam. Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar, in a post on social media platform X, announced, "Our next stop is Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, where we are building a 22-acre Cognizant campus to tap into the extraordinary talent pool in the state. Thanks to @naralokesh and @ncbn for their leadership and for partnering with us on thi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The State government has envisaged plans to develop Telangana as a number one developed State in the country as well as in the world, said Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy here on Monday. "India is bracing for the centenary celebrations of the country's Independence in 2047. The State government is working in a mission mode to play a pivotal role in developing India," he said while participating as a chief guest during Telangana Formation Day celebrations organized at Parade Grounds he ...Read More >
Brookfield India Real Estate Trust's Rs 2,800- crore QIP has drawn interest from institutional investors such as India's biggest insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), World Bank arm IFC and mutual funds such as ICICI Prudential MF and SBI MF, sources told Moneycontrol. The Canadian investment firm Brookfield-backed firm's QIP, with a base issue size of Rs 2,800 crore, saw a 2x demand from investors, the sources said. "This is the first time LIC and IFC have invested in a REIT in I ...Read More >
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