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Hi Friends,
I am pursuing B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and I have got placed in Cognizant Technology Solutions through Campus placement. This company is core for CS/IT, so is there any growth for Mechanical Engineer in this company?

Basically Cognizant is IT service based company so it provide IT services to its client. And all the works done here are IT based works.
IT based work means to say the following work:

1. Testing.
2. Coding.
3. Enhancement.
4. Documentation.
5. Production Support.

** These are the work profile which you will get irrespective of the branch you are
from. So, even if you are from Mechanical Branch you will be given any one of the
above mentioned work. So, don't expect for some work related to your field.

And yes, if you perform very well you will have sure growth in these company.

Cognizant is an IT service based company. Although you are a mechanical engineer, you need to work in the IT field on joining this company. Initially you will be given the designation of programmer analyst trainee (Associate Software Engineer); after one level of promotion, you will become Programmer Analyst (Software Engineer). Once you join this company, you will be trained on a particular technology post which you need to work in different projects in that technology. There will be no trace of mechanical engineering in your IT life. If you perform well in the project, you will get ample growth and can even get opportunity in foreign country. There is no discrimination on the basis of engineering background.