Celebrations @ Cigniti
GRACIAS Celebration 2019
At Cigniti, we celebrated ‘Gracias – Attitude of Gratitude’ a week of appreciation between 9th – 13th Dec 2019. Each day we have different games such as – Scavenger Hunt, Cigniti Fiesta, Cigniti Way – crossword puzzles, Fastest Finger 1st, Tambola, and Secret Santa. Added to the fun, Cignitians were requested to dress in a specific color for each day making the day bright and youthful. On 13th December, we had the grand finale of the weeklong celebration of appreciation. The cheers and applause didn’t seem to die as Cignitians danced & sang in front of peers, and as they received awards for the multiple events that happened over the last week.
We were grateful to each other for hosting such a wonderful atmosphere of camaraderie and teamwork at Cigniti. Applause for our winners, please!
Diwali Celebration 2019
As part of Diwali celebrations, the SMASH team of Cigniti organized several activities. One such activity that attracted a lot of eye balls was the ‘bammala koluvu’ bay decoration competition that saw remarkable creativity and fervor from the employees across the organization.
Cigniti participated in Live Wire 2019
Cigniti participated in Live Wire 2019 held in Ascendas IT Park along with other Corporates and showcased our best talent in Singing, Dancing & Adzap. Mohammad Azharuddin, Jyotirmaya Naik, and Digvijay Sharma stood as the 2nd runners up in the Group Singing competition.
3rd & 5th Work Anniversary Celebrations
Appreciation and recognition are two simple, yet very effective means that help keep employees happy and motivated. This year also we continued with our practice to recognize and reward the contributions of our dedicated and talented professionals. We are so happy and proud of our Cignitians for supporting us with their hard work and dedication. Thank you for staying with us over the years. Happy anniversary!
Cignitian’s Day Outing
Cigniti’s Delivery team (which works for a US-based health management system provider) went for a half-day outing on 8th November. It was a fun-filled day with engaging team building activities, and the team enjoyed whole-heartedly.
The feel of oneness
Everyone wanted a day off to mess, however was left to guess
There was lot of planning filled with confusion
Confusion continued without any conclusion
Conclusion came without any implication
Everyone wanted a day off to mess, however was left to guess
“Aromas” was finalized to fill stomach
It offered something which was not much
Team enjoyed being together which was needed very much
Everyone headed to mess, however left with no choice except to fuss
Fun filled activities were planned next, suspense stood in pipeline
Few members were not in line but, others were aligned
Some drove cars and others chose bike
With “Mrugavani” in sight and all were at their height
Once Inside, all went out of sight as the leaders suggested for a hike
Everyone was in fun, however only few started to hum
Gathered to start team building
Young organizers wanted proper hand holding
Events started with peculiar introduction
Papers were pinned to backs to have all scratching
Everyone now started to guess the next, but assister had to explain the pretext
Man, it was time for a puff
But they were forced to hush up
Forced to blow balloons and had games mash up
Which left nothing but huffing and puffing
Everyone was left panting, however less were ranting
Music started playing which turned many into dancing
Enthusiasm was in eyes and slowly the environment become encouraging
The center stage was houseful by Twenties but was taken away by bashful oldies
Everyone wanted more, however time was sore
Time to return and commotion is place now without any confusion
Few boys wanted mead, and Some chose not to heed
The tired went home for “high tea”, the merry went for a picture and the remaining had a pitcher for glee.
Everyone now wanted a recap and less said were indeed captured by main chap
Team Building Activities (ATS & Process)
ATS and Process team celebrated Corporate Leadership Awards success with Momento in Cigniti office, Hyderabad. They also organized team building activities followed by team lunch and enjoyed the day whole-heartedly.
Cigniti Internal Auditor (CIA) Training Program
Cigniti conducted CIA program as part of Cigniti’s process improvement journey in October 2019. Process Management Group (PMG) received 31 nominations out of which 21 resources were shortlisted and after 4 days of rigorous training on CMMI Svc v1.3, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013, ISO 13485:2016, SOC, GDPR a batch of 15 new auditors were trained and certified to strengthen our existing Cigniti Internal Auditor (CIA) group.
Contributions from Cignitians
Mani is a passionate painter who loves to explore the world through his portraits. He is focused on creating bold colourful work showcasing his childhood reminiscences, his culture, and the heritage.
Mani Pavan Kumar Kodi
HR Executive
“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.” – Pema Chödrön
A picture of a dramatic sky
Tejas Joshi
Associate Director, Process
Stories in Pictures across Business Units
Hyderabad Software Testing MeetUp
Cigniti organized its first software testing Meetup in Hyderabad on 14th December. Rajesh Sarangapani, VP – Practice and Innovation at Cigniti Technologies as the Speaker for the event took us through the latest testing trends in 2020. There was a lot of insightful conversation and interactions between peers in the QA industry.
Philadelphia Software Testing MeetUp
Cigniti organized a software testing Meetup in Philadelphia on 5th December. We invited Melissa Tondi, Quality Engineering Leadership at E*TRADE as a speaker, and the meetup was hosted by Kalyana Rao Konda, President at Cigniti Technologies.
In this session, she discussed a more modern approach to testing. Focusing on the Quality Engineer role, Melissa defined the role, showed areas within the SDLC where the modern QA/QE can be influential, and presented practical (and actionable!) ways to implement them.
San Francisco Software Testing Workshop
On 13th November Cigniti hosted a workshop on “AI & Continuous Testing to Accelerate Digital Transformation” in San Francisco. We invited Diego Lo Giudice (VP, Principal Analyst at Forrester) as a speaker. QA & QE Leaders across industries had a deep-dive session about AIIAs (AI infused application), a need to test them and the AIIA testing framework at the session that was hosted by Pradeepkumar Govindasamy, President & CTO, Cigniti Technologies.
Aviation Festival MEASA 2019
Cigniti Technologies was a sponsor at Aviation Festival MEASA in Dubai on 14th – 15th October, 2019. We had our stall there and received a huge footfall coming from airlines, airports, and from other aviation organizations.
There were a lot of insightful conversations, takeaways, and of course awesome interactions with clients, prospects, and peers in the industry. Here are a few pictures of our time at the festival.
WEBINAR
Cigniti organized a webinar with Jermaine Oldham, Sr. Director, DevOps, SDLC, & Enterprise QE at J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. & Pradeep Govindasamy, CTO & President at Cigniti Technologies. They had a detailed discussion on “Quality Engineering in a SAFe World”. We got 400+ registrations and over 100 concurrent attendees. There were a lot of follow-on questions which have been answered.
Client Visits
It is always exciting to host our clients. It is an opportunity for us to understand our clients’ better and to serve them according to their business requirements.
Cigniti QATalks
Listen to our latest Cigniti QATalks Podcasts where we invite thought leaders from the Quality Engineering & Quality Assurance space to inform, educate & empower the QA community. Please share the podcast in all social media channels and forward it to your peers in the industry.
Your Contribution 2 Your Cignature
Our Cignature reaches every Cignitian across the globe. It is a platform to showcase things we did, things we did differently and things we are happy to share with our Cigniti family.
We are inviting contributions from you. It’s time to let your colleagues and friends at office know about your hobbies, talent and interests. If you love photography, share some of your amazing shots. If you are a Youtuber, send in some of your creative videos in and around the workplace. If you love to write, send in your stories/articles/travelogues. If there is an award you won outside Cigniti, please do share that as well for publishing in subsequent editions of Cignature. Mail to cignature@cigniti.com.