Cognizant doubles fresher hiring in 2025; CEO says company plans to hire more graduates to …

The IT service giant Cognizant has revealed its plans to hire 20,000 freshers this year. This number is more than double the amount hired in the previous year. Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S revealed the company’s plan to hire 20,000 freshers this year as part of the company strategy. Kumar added that with the new hiring plan in place, the company is trying to reshape its talent pyramid and support managed services and AI-led software development. He further revealed that Cognizant is now focusing on three areas — hiring freshers, increasing productivity through AI, and improving utilisation to manage human capital costs effectively.

What Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S said about hiring 20,000 freshers in 2025