Group 12, Sec B consists of team members Souvagya Kumar Jena, Asad Khan, Sangita Singh, Lisha Rafique, and Vishwajit Chaudhary. Cognizant Technical Solutions is an American IT consulting and outsourcing firm headquartered in New Jersey. It grew rapidly in the 2000s and became a Fortune 500 company in 2011. With over 145,200 employees globally, over 100,000 work in India across 10 locations including Pune. Cognizant focuses on training and rewards top performers with higher bonuses.

1. Team mambers are- Group 12,Sec B.
Souvagya Kumar Jena(Team leader)
Asad Khan
Sangita Singh
Lisha Rafique
Vishwajit Chaudhary.

2.  Cognizant technical solutions Corp. is an American
multinational provider of custom information technology ,
consulting , business process outsourcing(BPO) services
company.
 Headquartered – Teaneck, New Jersey, USA.
 Cognizant saw a period of fast growth during the 2000s,
becoming a Fortune 500 company in 2011.The Fortune
magazine named it as world’s most admired IT services
company after Accenture and IBM.

3.  Employees strength- 145200 in 2012.
 In Pune-40000+.
----Culture----
 The company director John Klein described its culture as
"result-oriented" and "transparent".
 R Chandrasekaran, the company's President and MD,
once described its mantra as "Keep the customer happy".

4. ---Culture—
 Differential performance rewards are a part of company’s
culture.-- In 2012, Cognizant gave 200% of the variable salary
components to top performers.
 Cognizant invests a substantial amount of money into
training. All learning programs are conducted through
Cognizant Academy, the in-house training center.
 The learning programs include e-learning, classroom
training programs, external certifications and other role-
based training.

5. ----Geographic----
In addition to its headquarters and delivery center
in Teaneck, N.J. Cognizant has five additional delivery
centers in the United States of America: Bentonville,
Arkansas; Bridgewater, New Jersey,Chicago,
Illinois; Holliston, Massachusetts; and Phoenix, Arizona.
The company has more than
145,200 employees globally, of which over 100,000 are
in India across 10 locations--
Bangalore, Coimbatore, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kol
kata, Mangalore (CoreLogic), Mumbai and Pune.

6. ----PUNE----
 Pune
Plot # 26,
Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park,
MIDC, Hinjawadi,
Pune – 411057,India.
Ph: +91 20 2293 1100,
+91 20 5652 1100.
Fax: +91 20 22933555

7. ----Company Rating Distribution by Glassdoor.com—-
 Employee s Profile…..
 Very Satisfied - 15% Programmer Analyst,
Software Engineer/Developer,
 Satisfied - 42% Sr . Software Engineer,
Project Leader(PL)
 Natural- ok - 33% Project Manager(PM)
 Dissatisfied - 04%
 Very dissatisfied – 06%

8. .…………………………Pros and Cons of culture………………………………
----------------Pros----------------- ----------------Cons----------------
Growing and prospering No action taken on the
company, employ surveys.
Good work ethics,
Flexibility in timing and projects, 360 degree appraisal process
Work - life balance, needed,
Best place to learn and grow,
Good ideas are always taken,
Progression is based on talent There is very slight or no
and not just experience. difference in highly skilled
Excellent people, and hard-workers and
Nice Policies, average people.
Good performance appraisal
system.

9.  Cognizant follow formal work
culture as well as work life balance
environment , flexibility in timing
and project.
But senior management of
Cognizant should follow 360 degree
appraisal process and take a look at
employee satisfaction level.