Cognizant expands operations at Mangaluru

Bengaluru, Feb 7 (IANS) Global software major Cognizant expanded its operations in Karnataka with a development centre at Mangaluru.

"Our Mangaluru centre is an important part of our integrated global delivery capability and growth strategy underpinned by our ability to tap into the best talent wherever it is available," said Cognizant India chairman and managing director Ramkumar Ramamoorthy in a statement.

The new 1,000 sq ft facility can accommodate more than 1,100 employees.

The tech major delivers consulting, enterprise applications and business process services for mortgage processing encompassing property taxes, research and investigations, property data warehousing and others.

In Mangaluru, Congnizant employs around 600 people. As many as 28,000 people work for the company is Bengaluru and 700 in Mysuru.