{"id":1001551,"date":"2026-04-07T08:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1001551"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:56:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:26:38","slug":"cognizant-celebrates-30-years-in-kolkata-unveils-ai-tech-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/04\/07\/cognizant-celebrates-30-years-in-kolkata-unveils-ai-tech-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognizant celebrates 30 years in Kolkata, unveils AI tech zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cognizant marked three decades of operations in Kolkata on Wednesday, celebrating a journey defined by innovation, growth, and the dedication of its associates. The city was home to Cognizant\u2019s second facility in India, which began in 1996 from a modest 2,000-square-foot rental office. Today, the company operates across three facilities spanning 1.23 million square feet, employing nearly 18,000 associates. <\/p>\n<p>The 30-year milestone not only highlights Cognizant\u2019s sustained growth in the region but also signals a renewed commitment to nurturing talent, driving technological innovation, and contributing to Kolkata\u2019s vibrant IT ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cognizant marked three decades of operations in Kolkata on Wednesday, celebrating a journey defined by innovation, growth, and the dedication of its associates. The city was home to Cognizant\u2019s second facility in India, which began in 1996 from a modest 2,000-square-foot rental office. Today, the company operates across three facilities spanning 1.23 million square feet, employing nearly 18,000 associates. The 30-year milestone not only highlights Cognizant\u2019s sustained growth in the region but also signals a renewed commitment to nurturing talent, driving technological innovation, and contributing to Kolkata\u2019s vibrant IT ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1001551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}