Cognizant plans to hire more Americans this year
The Dollar Business Bureau Software major Cognizant Technology Solutions said it would boost hiring in the US, a step that comes amidst President Donald Trump’s hard stance on curbing H1-B visa rules. The company registered a higher-than-expected profit in the last quarter. The New Jersey-based company gets over 75% of its revenues from North America and depends majorly on workers on H1-B visa for providing IT services to its clients. H1-B visa is a non-immigrant visa which allows US firms to temporarily hire foreign workers. Cognizant has around 260,000 employees, a majority of which are based in India. President Trump has ordered the review of the visa programme that brings highly-skilled international workers into the US, potentially impacting the hiring plans of tech companies and ...
Indian IT firms to fund US computer education programme
The US government will provide $4 billion in funding for states, and $100 million for districts to increase access to computer education. The Dollar Business Bureau Bank of Queensland is FinnOnes first customer in Australia Indian IT majors Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) along with other corporate giants like Google and Microsoft have pledged funding the US governments plan to promote computer science education at school level. President Barack Obama announced his Computer Sciences for All plan on Sunday. Under the scheme, the government will provide $4 billion in funding for states, and $100 million for districts in the forthcoming Budget to increase access to computer education by training teachers, expanding access to high-quality instructional materials, and building effective regional partnerships. Infosys ...
