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Cognizant to drive more gender and racial diversity initiatives in the coming year: CEO Brian Humphries

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Cognizant to drive more gender and racial diversity initiatives in the coming year: CEO Brian Humphries

MUMBAI: IT services provider Cognizant’s initiatives in diversity and inclusion next year will include appointment of more women in leadership roles and inclusion of people of various ethnicities and backgrounds, according to its chief executive, Brian Humphries. Women make up about 35% of New Jersey-headquartered Cognizant’s 283,100-strong global workforce. However, not many women are in … Read more

Leading fund houses lap up IT and pharma stocks in September

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Leading fund houses lap up IT and pharma stocks in September

As the Sensex and Nifty maintained its winning streak, mutual fund managers in September focused on themes with earnings predictability. Leading fund houses raised their holdings in recent outperformers– technology and healthcare– to the highest in recent times. According to an analysis of domestic brokerage Motilal Oswal, Indian mutual funds’ exposure to technology stocks rose … Read more

Rajesh Gopinathan | TCS CEO: Reviving demand start of multi-year growth cycle: Rajesh Gopinathan, CEO, TCS

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Rajesh Gopinathan | TCS CEO: Reviving demand start of multi-year growth cycle: Rajesh Gopinathan, CEO, TCS

A spate of multi-billion dollar deals, including big wins in the September quarter, is helping Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) shed pandemic-induced blues earlier than expected, according to chief executive Rajesh Gopinathan. In an interview with Anandi Chandrasekhar and Ayan Pramanik, he termed the revival in demand for technology services as just the beginning of a … Read more

IT services will continue to be significant part of India’s job environment: TCS CEO

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IT services will continue to be significant part of India’s job environment: TCS CEO

IT services will remain a significant part of the job environment in India as the demand for talent and services continues to grow in the country, according to Tata Consultancy Services CEO and MD Rajesh Gopinathan. He also emphasised on the need for experienced IT professionals to embrace automation and other new technologies to remain … Read more

Indian IT firms bring back over 2,000 stranded employees from US, Europe due to Covid-19

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Indian IT firms bring back over 2,000 stranded employees from US, Europe due to Covid-19

PUNE: Indian IT services firms are estimated to have brought back more than 2,000 employees and their families, stranded overseas on account of the Covid 19-induced travel bans. Companies such as Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra and Wipro have a significant employee base at client locations, primarily in the US, as well as the UK, … Read more