Cognizant to establish training center in Chennai

IT services firm Cognizant has announced a talent development and training center in Chennai. The 14-acre center will be based on its Siruseri campus with a capacity to train 100,000 individuals annually. The center is part of Cognizant’s broader infrastructure expansion plan across the country. 

The center will feature 14,000 seats, smart classrooms, incubator hubs, client experience spaces, design thinking centers, along with residential accommodations and well-being facilities. In a hub-and-spoke model, this center will also support other learning centers being developed in a phased manner across campuses in Hyderabad, Pune, Kochi, and Coimbatore. 

It will act as the primary training hub for Cognizant's school graduate program in India, and host intensive boot camps for fresh graduates, the company said in a statement. Additionally, the center will serve as a collaborative space for technology partners, academia, clients, and communities to participate in innovative research and learning programs, and contribute to industry advancements.

In 2024, Cognizant trained 277,000 associates through its learning ecosystem, with 168,000 completing a Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) course. To date, 220,000 associates have been upskilled in GenAI, the company claims.

Cognizant has a global workforce of 336,800, with more than 70% based in India. The company has a robust presence across key cities, including Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Indore, Kochi, Kolkata, Mangaluru, Mumbai, and Pune.

“The capabilities to excel in an AI-driven world will differentiate the leaders from the followers,” said Ravi Kumar S, CEO, Cognizant. “Our new state-of-the-art centers will power new skills and our culture of continuous learning, enabling our people to drive business impact for enterprises globally.” 

Since last year, Cognizant has established new delivery centers in Bhubaneswar, Indore, with plans to open a techfin center in GIFT City, Gujarat later this year.