Cognizant’s India M&A team gets consultants to up inorganic growth

Cognizant Technology Solutions is beefing up its mergers and acquisitions team in India, bringing in consultants as part of the information technology firm’s focus on inorganic growth for the year ahead.

The New Jersey-based company has hired at least five executives from consulting firms such as PwC, Deloitte and EY in India as part of the corporate development team to support its M&A efforts, at least four people told ET.

The recently hired executives include former associate director for management consulting at PwC India Debopam De, former…