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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001058290-24-000389
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241215
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241217
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241217

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Varrier Rajesh
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002031802
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24429
		FILM NUMBER:		241556639

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
		STREET 2:		300 FRANK W. BURR BLVD., STE 36, 6TH FL
		CITY:			TEANECK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07666

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001058290
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES [7371]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		IRS NUMBER:				133728359
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 FRANK W. BURR BLVD., STE. 36, 6 FL.
		CITY:			TEANECK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07666
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2018010233

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 FRANK W. BURR BLVD., STE. 36, 6 FL.
		CITY:			TEANECK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07666
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        <footnote id="F4">Shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock withheld to pay applicable taxes.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">A total of 5,991 RSUs were originally granted on September 3, 2024, under the Company's 2023 Incentive Award Plan and will vest in eight successive quarterly installments, with 1/8th of such RSUs first vesting on December 15, 2024, and each quarterly anniversary of such date so that such RSUs will be fully vested on the eighth quarterly vesting date (September 15, 2026).</footnote>
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