Cognizant Elevates India head Rajesh Nambiar as President, Digital Business & Technology

Cognizant India Promotes Rajesh Nambiar as President, Digital Business and Technology of the US-based IT major. He would be succeeding Malcolm Frank, who would retire from the company on September 1, 2021.

In a regulatory filing, the company says, "On May 28, 2021, Malcolm Frank, Executive Vice President and President, Digital Business and Technology, notified Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation of his intent to retire, effective September 1, 2021," Cognizant said in a regulatory filing.

It further adds that Rajesh Nambiar, Executive Vice President and Chairman of Cognizant India, has been named President (Digital Business and Technology) with effect from June 4, 2021, succeeding Frank.

Rajesh would continue to hold the position of India chairman as well.

Malcolm ceased to be an executive officer as of June 4, 2021, however, he would remain an employee through his retirement date of September 1, 2021 to assist with the transition, the filing noted.

Furthermore, Cognizant had previously named Rajesh Nambiar as the Chairman and Managing Director of its India operations and a member of its Executive Committee effective November 9, 2020. He had stepped into Cognizant from Ciena, a networking, systems, and software company, where he served as the Chairman and President of India operations. He was also associated with IBM and Tata Consultancy Services.

In an internal note, Cognizant Chief Executive Officer Brian Humphries said drawing on the depth and richness of his technology, commercial, and delivery background, Nambiar has quickly embodied Cognizant's culture and established himself as a trusted leader among its 2 lakh associates in India.

Brian Humphries, Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant says, "This goes well beyond his outstanding job of developing and leading 'Operation C3? Cognizant Combats COVID-19'. Rajesh brings deep knowledge of applications, data, AI, analytics, infrastructure, cloud, and consulting to his new role."

He further said Nambiar being based in India will bring the added benefit of driving better DB&T alignment with delivery.

He continued, "Malcolm has built a reputation inside and outside Cognizant as an influential futurist and evangelist, and his foresight about the increasingly central role digital plays in creating value helped Cognizant become one of the world's leading technology services companies. I appreciate Malcolm's leadership of our Digital business."

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