Cognizant was my first corporate experience as a campus recruit from NIT Jamshedpur. I had a fast track growth at Cognizant during my 2 year stint having grown from a Programmer Trainee to a Programmer to an Associate in 16 months which was the fastest at that point of time. I was awarded by the ex CEO, Lakshmi Narayan during this time during their annual ceremony in 2000/2001.