Business Standard: Cognizant’s Group Chief Executive for Technology and Operations Talks About the Company’s Acquisition Philosophy

“Cognizant’s acquisition philosophy is driven by three objectives: expanding the geographic footprint, filling in the gaps in its solutions spectrum and strengthening the company's domain, consulting or analytics capability,” says R. Chandrasekaran. “These acquisitions are to add strategic capabilities to the company, and are clearly not for growth or to build capacity.”

The publication points out that Cognizant has lapped up 17 companies in seven years, acquiring two to three companies every year over the last few years.

“Central to the Cognizant experience is the unique Cognizant culture,” adds Chandrasekaran. “With our approach of capability acquisitions, we have been able to enhance our depth and sophistication in key markets while preserving our secret sauce of culture. With our ‘one company, one culture’ approach, we maintain the high levels of quality that our clients and associates expect-across services and geographies.”

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