{"id":2449,"date":"2011-07-19T15:48:48","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T13:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2011-07-19T15:48:48","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T13:48:48","slug":"day-2-visit-to-cognizants-headquarter-in-bangalore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/day-2-visit-to-cognizants-headquarter-in-bangalore\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 &#8211; Visit to Cognizant&#8217;s Headquarter in Bangalore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday morning we managed to be on time. Our bus had one hour for the 8 km ride to Cognizant\u2019s headquarter in Bangalore. We received personal \u201cvisitor batches\u201d with pictures of each individual and headed towards the 8th floor where we got placed in an oval meeting room already provided with different soft drinks, nuts and cookies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/?attachment_id=2471\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2471\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/IMG_3230-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2471\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The presentation gave us a good insight into the whole outsourcing industry and services offered by Cognizant. In addition they showcased how they add value to customers. In our opinion, it gave us a better insight than the presentation from SAP. Very fascinating was that a \u2018Chai Walla\u2019 brought us tea. This expression stands for someone who delivers tea during a meeting or office hours. You might know it from the movie called \u2018Slumdog Millionaire\u2019. This was the first time we experienced something like that but it seems to be a common job in big companies.<br \/>\nUnfortunately we received for lunch some American style pizzas from Domino\u2019s delivery service instead of typical Indian food, which we have expected. But this might be because we first have had to get used to the spicy Indian food. By the way they eat spicy food for breakfast, too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/?attachment_id=2472\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2472\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCN1427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2472\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the interesting speech we took some photos within the Cognizant building. Actually this was against regulations but as the vice president allowed it, we took some more shots to remember this awesome and especially exciting day. As appreciation we gave the speaker team, CH Murali and Shrikant, some Swiss chocolate and original \u201cSwiss Army Knives\u201d.<br \/>\nIn the evening after dinner, nearly all of our class attended small house party at Raj Comforts. There we have had an own living room. We drank some drinks, mainly beer and some non-alcoholic ones. This party was going on until 4 o\u2019clock in the morning. Imagine how sleepy some of us were at the day after.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pt-sm\">Schlagw\u00f6rter: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/tag\/bangalore\/\">Bangalore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/tag\/cognizant\/\">Cognizant<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/tag\/domino\/\">Domino<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/tag\/food\/\">food<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/tag\/morning\/\">morning<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/tag\/spicy-indian-food\/\">spicy indian food<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/tag\/swiss-army-knives\/\">swiss army knives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/tag\/swiss-chocolate\/\">swiss chocolate<\/a><br><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday morning we managed to be on time. 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