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The Economic Times: Cognizant Ranked the Top Recruiter from Premier B-Schools in India for the Second Year

The Economic Times, a top selling business daily, has ranked Cognizant as the top recruiter from premier B-schools in India across industry sectors for the second year in the running.

Cognizant has topped the paper’s annual ranking of B-school recruiters with 141 offers (up from 83 offers last year) across 21 premier B-schools in India that the paper considered for the study.

The paper compiled hiring data from nearly 100 companies to put together the fourth edition of the top recruiters list.

In a special report, the paper writes: “Cognizant, which aced the India’s top recruiters list last year, snagged the numero uno position once again. The company, which has one MBA for every 20-25 tech professionals, said it has hired over 500 MBA students from the 2014 graduating batch across B-schools in India, North America, Europe and APAC. Over the last three years, it has hired more than 200 MBAs every year.”

James Lennox, Chief People Officer, CognizantJames Lennox, Cognizant’s Chief People Officer, says, “We continue to see strong requirements of MBAs from premier B-schools as their contribution across lines of business has been significant. We believe that analytical problem-solving skills are inherent in MBAs.”

He adds, “Campus engagement is a year-round activity. We continuously work on nurturing long-term relationships with premier institutions as well as review and establish partnerships with new campuses.”

The paper writes, “Cognizant Business Consulting, the consulting business, is the biggest recruiter of management graduates. It also hires MBA talent for several groups within its emerging business accelerator businesses, for its business process services practice as well as for corporate finance.”

It notes, “Cognizant hired several dozen MBAs from top-tier B-schools in Europe, the Middle East and APAC and almost 50 from the US.”

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