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        <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>As filed with the
        United States Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6,
      2017</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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        <P align=right><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Registration No.
        333-160450</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>UNITED STATES
  <BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
  COMMISSION <BR>Washington, D.C. 20549
  <BR>____________________<BR></FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>FORM S-8
  <BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  <BR>Under<BR> THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  <BR>____________________<BR></FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY
  SOLUTIONS CORPORATION <BR></FONT></B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </FONT></I></P>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="48%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Delaware</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="48%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>13-3728359</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="48%"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></I></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="4%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="48%"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></I></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="48%"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>incorporation or organization)</FONT></I></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="4%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="48%"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Identification No.)</FONT></I></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Glenpointe Centre West
  <BR>500 Frank W. Burr Blvd. <BR>Teaneck, New Jersey 07666 <BR>(201) 801-0233
  <BR></FONT></B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Address, including zip
  code, of principal executive offices)<BR></FONT></I><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>____________________ <BR><BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 2017
  INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN</FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>
  <BR></FONT></B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Full title of the
  plan)<BR></FONT></I><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>____________________<BR><BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Matthew W. Friedrich, General Counsel <BR>Karen McLoughlin, Chief
  Financial Officer <BR>Glenpointe Centre West <BR>500 Frank W. Burr Blvd.
  <BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Teaneck, New Jersey 07666
  <BR>(201) 801-0233 <BR></FONT></B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Name,
  address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
  service)<BR></FONT></I><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>____________________ <BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Copies to: <BR></FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Keith
  Halverstam, Esq. <BR>Latham &amp; Watkins LLP <BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>885 Third Avenue <BR>New York, New York 10022
  <BR>(212) 906-1200</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Indicate by check mark
  whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated filer a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth
  company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148;
  &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and restated (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).
  </FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="21%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Large accelerated filer
        </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#9745;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="23%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Accelerated filer </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#9744;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="26%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Non-accelerated filer </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#9744;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="26%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Smaller reporting company
        </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="21%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="23%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="26%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Do not check if a
      smaller</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="26%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="21%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="23%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="26%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>reporting company)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="26%"></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD noWrap align=right width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Emerging growth company </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>If an emerging growth
  company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the
  extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
  accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities
  Act. </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#9744;</FONT></P>
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  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CALCULATION OF
  REGISTRATION FEE </FONT></B></P>
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      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; border-left: #000000 1pt solid; border-top: #000000 2pt double; padding: 2pt 4pt; text-align: center; width: 51%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Title of Each Class of Securities to
        be<BR>Registered</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; padding: 2pt 4pt; border-top: #000000 2pt double; text-align: center; width: 12%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Amount to be<BR>Registered (1)(2)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; padding: 2pt 4pt; border-top: #000000 2pt double; text-align: center; width: 12%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Proposed Maximum<BR>Offering Price Per<BR>Share
        (3)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; padding: 2pt 4pt; border-top: #000000 2pt double; text-align: center; width: 12%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Proposed Maximum<BR>Aggregate Offering<BR>Price
        (3)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; padding: 2pt 4pt; border-top: #000000 2pt double; text-align: center; width: 12%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Amount of<BR>Registration Fee</FONT></B></TD></TR>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; border-left: #000000 1pt solid; padding: 2pt 4pt; text-align: left; width: 51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value
  per share, reserved for issuance pursuant
      to the Cognizant Technology Solutions
  2017
        Incentive Award Plan</FONT></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; padding: 2pt 4pt; text-align: center; width: 12%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>10,000,000</FONT></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; padding: 2pt 4pt; text-align: center; width: 12%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$67.05</FONT></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; padding: 2pt 4pt; text-align: center; width: 12%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$67,050,000</FONT></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-right: #000000 1pt solid; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; padding: 2pt 4pt; text-align: center; width: 12%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>$77,710.95</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(1) Represents the number
  of shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;</FONT><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Common Stock</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
  (the &#147;</FONT><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Registrant</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) reserved for issuance under the Cognizant
  Technology Solutions 2017 Incentive Award Plan (Effective as of June 6, 2017)
  (the &#147;</FONT><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Plan</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;), in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
  </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(2) Pursuant to Rule 416 of
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and restated (the &#147;</FONT><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Securities Act</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover
  any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan by
  reason of any future stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other
  similar transaction or to cover such additional shares as may hereinafter be
  offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
  dividends, recapitalizations or certain other capital adjustments, effected
  without the receipt of consideration by the Registrant, which results in an
  increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(3) Calculated solely for
  purposes of computing the registration fee for this offering. Pursuant to Rule
  457(h) of the Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is
  based upon the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Common
  Stock on June 1, 2017, as reported by the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
  </FONT></P>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PART I
  <BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>
  </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item
  1.</FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Plan Information.</FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Not required to be filed
  with this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item
  2.</FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual
  Information.</FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Not required to be filed
  with this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PART II
  <BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item
  3.</FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Incorporation of Documents by
  Reference.</FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The following documents,
  which have been filed by the Registrant with the United States Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the &#147;</FONT><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Commission</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#148;) pursuant to
  the Exchange Act, are incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a
  part of, this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 45pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(a) The Registrant&#146;s Annual
  Report on Form 10&#150;K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the
  Commission on March 1, 2017; </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 45pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(b) The Registrant&#146;s proxy
  statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on April 20, 2017;
  </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 45pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(c) The Registrant&#146;s
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, filed with
  the Commission on May 5, 2017;</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>
  </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 45pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(d) The Registrant&#146;s
  Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 8, 2017,
  March 14, 2017 and March 31, 2017; </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 45pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(e) All other reports filed
  by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since
  the end of the Registrant&#146;s fiscal year ended December 31, 2016; and </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 45pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(f) The description of the
  Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
  filed under the Exchange Act on June 9, 1998, including any amendment or report
  filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
  </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>All reports and other
  documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior
  to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
  offered pursuant to this Registration Statement have been sold or which
  deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
  of such documents or reports.</FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>For purposes of this
  Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document
  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to
  be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a
  statement contained therein, or in any other subsequently filed document which
  also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes
  such document or such statement in such document. Any statement so modified or
  superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
  constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item
  4.</FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Description of Securities.</FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Not applicable. </FONT></P>
  
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  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item
  5.</FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Interests of Named Experts and
  Counsel.</FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Not applicable. </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item
  6.</FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Subsection (a) of Section
  145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) empowers a corporation
  to indemnify any person who was or is threatened to be made a party to any
  threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
  criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
  right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a
  director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
  the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
  another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
  against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
  in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with
  such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner
  he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
  the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
  reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Subsection (b) of Section
  145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
  threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
  suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
  reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or
  agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
  as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
  joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
  fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the
  defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith
  and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
  best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be
  made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have
  been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
  the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought
  shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but
  in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
  reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery
  or such other court shall deem proper. </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Section 145 further
  provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been
  successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
  subsection (a) and (b) or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein,
  he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
  actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith; that the
  indemnification provided by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any
  other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and that the scope
  of indemnification extends to directors, officers, employees, or agents of a
  constituent corporation absorbed in a consolidation or merger and persons
  serving in that capacity at the request of the constituent corporation for
  another. Section 145 also empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain
  insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any
  liability asserted against him or her or incurred by him or her in any such
  capacity or arising out of his or her status as such whether or not the
  corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such
  liabilities under Section 145. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2</FONT></P>
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  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The Registrant&#146;s Amended
  and Restated By-laws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify and hold
  harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any director or
  officer of the Registrant who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party
  or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
  criminal, administrative or investigative (a &#147;Proceeding&#148;) by reason of the fact
  that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is
  or was a director or officer of the Registrant or, while a director or officer
  of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
  director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership,
  joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with
  respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and
  expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) reasonably incurred by such person in
  connection with any such Proceeding. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,
  except as otherwise provided below, the Registrant shall be required to
  indemnify a person in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such person only
  if the Proceeding was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors.
  The Registrant shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless, to the
  fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any employee or agent of the
  Registrant who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is&nbsp;
  otherwise involved in any Proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she, or a
  person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was an employee or
  agent of the Registrant or, while an employee or agent of the Registrant, is or
  was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or
  agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust,
  enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee
  benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably
  incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding. The Registrant
  shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses
  (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by any officer or director, and may pay the
  expenses incurred by any employee or agent of the Registrant, in defending any
  proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the
  extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final
  disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking
  by the person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately
  determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under the
  Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated By-laws or otherwise. The right to advancement
  of expenses provided in the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws pertains to
  expenses incurred in connection with the Proceeding for which indemnification is
  provided. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of
  such Proceeding) properly made under the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
  By-Laws is not paid in full within ninety (90) days after a written claim
  therefor has been received by the Registrant or if a claim for advancement of
  expenses under the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated By-Laws is not paid in full
  within thirty (30) days after the Registrant has received a statement or
  statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the claimant shall thereupon
  (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such
  claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the
  expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any
  such action the Registrant shall have the burden of proving that the claimant
  was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under
  applicable law. Notwithstanding anything in the Amended and Restated By-Laws to
  the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification shall be
  required to be made prior to the final disposition of a Proceeding. The
  indemnification provided in the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated By-laws shall
  not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person indemnified may
  be entitled under statute, the Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation,
  agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors. The Registrant&#146;s
  obligation, if any, to indemnify or advance expenses to any person who was or is
  serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
  corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit or
  entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification
  or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint
  venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit or entity. The rights to
  indemnification and to advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant
  to, the Amended and Restated By-Laws shall continue notwithstanding that the
  person has ceased to be a director or officer of the Registrant and shall inure
  to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors, administrators, legatees and
  distributees of such person. The Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that the
  indemnification provisions contained therein constitute a contract between the
  corporation, on the one hand, and each individual who serves or has served as a
  director or officer of the Registrant, on the other hand. Any repeal or
  modification of the indemnification provisions of the Amended and Restated
  Bylaws will not adversely affect any right or protection of any person under the
  Amended and Restated Bylaws in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to
  the time of such repeal or modification or under any agreement providing for
  indemnification or advancement of expenses to an officer or director of the
  Registrant in effect prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
  </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The Registrant has executed
  indemnification agreements with certain its executive officers and directors
  pursuant to which the Registrant has agreed to indemnify such parties to the
  fullest extent permitted by law, subject to certain exceptions, if such party
  becomes subject to an action because such party is a director, officer,
  employee, agent or fiduciary of the Registrant.</FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Section 102(b)(7) of the
  Delaware General Corporation Law enables a corporation in its certificate of
  incorporation to limit the personal liability of members of its board of
  directors for violation of a director&#146;s fiduciary duty of care. This Section
  does not, however, limit the liability of a director for breaching his or her
  duty of loyalty, failing to act in good faith, engaging in intentional
  misconduct or knowingly violating a law, or from any transaction in which the
  director derived an improper personal benefit. This Section also will have no
  effect on claims arising under the federal securities laws. The Registrant&#146;s
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director shall not be
  personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for
  breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (a) for any breach
  of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant and its stockholders; (b)
  for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
  or knowing violations of law; (c) under Section 174 of the Delaware General
  Corporation Law; or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived an
  improper personal benefit. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3 </FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade SIZE=2>
  
  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The Registrant has obtained
  liability insurance for the benefit of its directors and officers which provides
  coverage for losses of directors and officers for liabilities arising out of
  claims against such persons acting as directors or officers of the Registrant
  (or any subsidiary thereof) due to any breach of duty, neglect, error,
  misstatement, misleading statement, omission or act done by such directors and
  officers, except as prohibited by law. </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item
  7.</FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Exemption from Registration
  Claimed.</FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Not applicable. </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item
  8.</FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Exhibits. </FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>A list of exhibits included
  as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Index to Exhibits
  appearing elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item
  9.</FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Undertakings. </FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(a)</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The undersigned Registrant
  hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="margin-left: 30pt; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(1)</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>To file, during any period in
  which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
  Registration Statement: </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="margin-left: 45pt; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(i)</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>To include any prospectus
  required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="margin-left: 45pt; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(ii)</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>To reflect in the prospectus
  any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration
  Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
  information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
  foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
  total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
  registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
  offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
  Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
  and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
  price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
  registration statement; </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="margin-left: 45pt; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(iii)</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>To include any
  material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
  disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
  information in this Registration Statement; </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>provided,
  however</FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, that paragraphs
  (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be
  included on a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
  periodic reports filed by or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
  pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="margin-left: 30pt; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(2)</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>That, for the purpose of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
  amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>bona fide </FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>offering
  thereof. </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="margin-left: 30pt; text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(3)</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>To remove from registration
  by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
  which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4 </FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade SIZE=2>
  
  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(b)</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The undersigned Registrant
  hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
  Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by
  reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
  registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  </FONT><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>bona fide</FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> offering thereof. </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(c)</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Insofar as indemnification
  for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
  officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
  provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
  the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5 </FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade SIZE=2>
  
  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SIGNATURES
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
  reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
  on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Teaneck, New Jersey on
  the 6th day of June, 2017.</FONT></P>
  <DIV align=right>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="60%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%" colSpan=4><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY
        SOLUTIONS CORPORATION</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="97%" colSpan=2></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="94%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">/s/ Karen
    McLoughlin</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="97%" colSpan=2><STRONG><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Karen
    McLoughlin</FONT></STRONG></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></I></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="97%" colSpan=2><EM><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Chief Financial
    Officer</FONT></EM></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade SIZE=2>
  
  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>POWER OF ATTORNEY
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY
  THESE PRESENTS</FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>, that each person
  whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Karen McLoughlin
  and Robert Telesmanic, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful
  attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution, for him or her in
  any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
  Statement (including post-effective amendments or any abbreviated registration
  statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, increasing the number of securities for
  which registration is sought), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto
  and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto
  said attorney-in-fact, proxy, and agent full power and authority to do and
  perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
  connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might
  or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorney-in-fact, proxy and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause
  to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed
  by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
  indicated.</FONT></P>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="22%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Signature</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="51%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Title</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="24%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Date</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Francisco
        D&#146;Souza</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June
        6, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Francisco D&#146;Souza</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=center width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Karen McLoughlin</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June
        6, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Karen McLoughlin</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=center width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Robert Telesmanic</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Controller and Chief Accounting Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June
        6, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Robert Telesmanic</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=center width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ John E. Klein</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June
        6, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>John E. Klein</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chairman of the Board and Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=center width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Zein Abdalla</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June
        6, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Zein Abdalla</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=center width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Betsy S. Atkins</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June
        6, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Betsy S. Atkins</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=center width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Maureen Breakiron-Evans</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June
        6, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Maureen Breakiron-Evans</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=center width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Jonathan Chadwick</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June
        6, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Jonathan Chadwick</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=center width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ John M. Dineen</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June
        6, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>John M. Dineen</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=center width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ John N. Fox, Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June
        6, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>John N. Fox, Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD align=center width="99%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Leo S. Mackay, Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June
        6, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Leo S. Mackay, Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Michael Patsalos-Fox</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June
        6, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Michael Patsalos-Fox</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%">&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Robert E. Weissman</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap align=center width="22%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Robert E. Weissman</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="24%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>June
        6, 2017</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  </FONT></B></P>
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    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD NOWRAP WIDTH="1%" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: left"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Exhibit</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="100%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD NOWRAP ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="1%" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: left"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Number</FONT></B></TD>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="100%"><STRONG><FONT size=1 face="Times New Roman">Description of
        Exhibit</FONT></STRONG></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Form of common stock certificate
        of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (incorporated herein by
        reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment Number 4 to the
        Registrant&#146;s Form S-4 filed on January 30, 2003)</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5.1*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Opinion of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.1*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
        LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.2*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit
        5.1)</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>24.1*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Powers of Attorney (included on
        the signature page of the Registration Statement)</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.1*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation 2017 Incentive
        Award Plan</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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text: As filed with the
        United States Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6,
      2017
  Registration No.
        333-160450
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
  COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  ____________________
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Under
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ____________________
  COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY
  SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  Delaware
  13-3728359
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)
  Identification No.)
  Glenpointe Centre West
  500 Frank W. Burr Blvd.
  Teaneck, New Jersey 07666
  (201) 801-0233
  (Address, including zip
  code, of principal executive offices)
  ____________________
  COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 2017
  INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN
  (Full title of the
  plan)
  ____________________
  Matthew W. Friedrich, General Counsel
  Karen McLoughlin, Chief
  Financial Officer
  Glenpointe Centre West
  500 Frank W. Burr Blvd.
  Teaneck, New Jersey 07666
  (201) 801-0233
  (Name,
  address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
  service)
  ____________________
  Copies to:
  Keith
  Halverstam, Esq.
  Latham & Watkins LLP
  885 Third Avenue
  New York, New York 10022
  (212) 906-1200
  Indicate by check mark
  whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated filer a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth
  company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer,"
  "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and restated (the "Exchange Act").
  Large accelerated filer
  ☑
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  (Do not check if a
      smaller
  reporting company)
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth
  company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the
  extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
  accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities
  Act.
  ☐
  CALCULATION OF
  REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of Each Class of Securities to
        be
  Registered
  Amount to be
  Registered (1)(2)
  Proposed Maximum
  Offering Price Per
  Share
        (3)
  Proposed Maximum
  Aggregate Offering
  Price
        (3)
  Amount of
  Registration Fee
  Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value
  per share, reserved for issuance pursuant
      to the Cognizant Technology Solutions
  2017
        Incentive Award Plan
  10,000,000
  $67.05
  $67,050,000
  $77,710.95
  (1) Represents the number
  of shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("
  Common Stock
  ") of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
  (the "
  Registrant
  ") reserved for issuance under the Cognizant
  Technology Solutions 2017 Incentive Award Plan (Effective as of June 6, 2017)
  (the "
  Plan
  "), in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
  (2) Pursuant to Rule 416 of
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and restated (the "
  Securities Act
  "), this Registration Statement shall also cover
  any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan by
  reason of any future stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other
  similar transaction or to cover such additional shares as may hereinafter be
  offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
  dividends, recapitalizations or certain other capital adjustments, effected
  without the receipt of consideration by the Registrant, which results in an
  increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
  (3) Calculated solely for
  purposes of computing the registration fee for this offering. Pursuant to Rule
  457(h) of the Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is
  based upon the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Common
  Stock on June 1, 2017, as reported by the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item
  1.
  Plan Information.
  Not required to be filed
  with this Registration Statement.
  Item
  2.
  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual
  Information.
  Not required to be filed
  with this Registration Statement.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item
  3.
  Incorporation of Documents by
  Reference.
  The following documents,
  which have been filed by the Registrant with the United States Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the "
  Commission
  ") pursuant to
  the Exchange Act, are incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a
  part of, this Registration Statement:
  (a) The Registrant's Annual
  Report on Form 10–K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the
  Commission on March 1, 2017;
  (b) The Registrant's proxy
  statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on April 20, 2017;
  (c) The Registrant's
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, filed with
  the Commission on May 5, 2017;
  (d) The Registrant's
  Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 8, 2017,
  March 14, 2017 and March 31, 2017;
  (e) All other reports filed
  by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since
  the end of the Registrant's fiscal year ended December 31, 2016; and
  (f) The description of the
  Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
  filed under the Exchange Act on June 9, 1998, including any amendment or report
  filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
  All reports and other
  documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior
  to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
  offered pursuant to this Registration Statement have been sold or which
  deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
  of such documents or reports.
  For purposes of this
  Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document
  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to
  be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a
  statement contained therein, or in any other subsequently filed document which
  also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes
  such document or such statement in such document. Any statement so modified or
  superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
  constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item
  4.
  Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item
  5.
  Interests of Named Experts and
  Counsel.
  Not applicable.
  Item
  6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Subsection (a) of Section
  145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") empowers a corporation
  to indemnify any person who was or is threatened to be made a party to any
  threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
  criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
  right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a
  director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
  the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
  another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
  against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
  in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with
  such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner
  he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
  the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
  reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
  Subsection (b) of Section
  145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
  threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
  suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
  reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or
  agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
  as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
  joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
  fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the
  defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith
  and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
  best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be
  made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have
  been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
  the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought
  shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but
  in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
  reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery
  or such other court shall deem proper.
  Section 145 further
  provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been
  successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
  subsection (a) and (b) or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein,
  he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
  actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith; that the
  indemnification provided by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any
  other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and that the scope
  of indemnification extends to directors, officers, employees, or agents of a
  constituent corporation absorbed in a consolidation or merger and persons
  serving in that capacity at the request of the constituent corporation for
  another. Section 145 also empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain
  insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any
  liability asserted against him or her or incurred by him or her in any such
  capacity or arising out of his or her status as such whether or not the
  corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such
  liabilities under Section 145.
  2
  The Registrant's Amended
  and Restated By-laws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify and hold
  harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any director or
  officer of the Registrant who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party
  or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
  criminal, administrative or investigative (a "Proceeding") by reason of the fact
  that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is
  or was a director or officer of the Registrant or, while a director or officer
  of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
  director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership,
  joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with
  respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and
  expenses (including attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred by such person in
  connection with any such Proceeding. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,
  except as otherwise provided below, the Registrant shall be required to
  indemnify a person in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such person only
  if the Proceeding was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors.
  The Registrant shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless, to the
  fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any employee or agent of the
  Registrant who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is 
  otherwise involved in any Proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she, or a
  person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was an employee or
  agent of the Registrant or, while an employee or agent of the Registrant, is or
  was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or
  agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust,
  enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee
  benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably
  incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding. The Registrant
  shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses
  (including attorneys' fees) incurred by any officer or director, and may pay the
  expenses incurred by any employee or agent of the Registrant, in defending any
  proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the
  extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final
  disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking
  by the person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately
  determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under the
  Registrant's Amended and Restated By-laws or otherwise. The right to advancement
  of expenses provided in the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws pertains to
  expenses incurred in connection with the Proceeding for which indemnification is
  provided. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of
  such Proceeding) properly made under the Registrant's Amended and Restated
  By-Laws is not paid in full within ninety (90) days after a written claim
  therefor has been received by the Registrant or if a claim for advancement of
  expenses under the Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws is not paid in full
  within thirty (30) days after the Registrant has received a statement or
  statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the claimant shall thereupon
  (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such
  claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the
  expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any
  such action the Registrant shall have the burden of proving that the claimant
  was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under
  applicable law. Notwithstanding anything in the Amended and Restated By-Laws to
  the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification shall be
  required to be made prior to the final disposition of a Proceeding. The
  indemnification provided in the Registrant's Amended and Restated By-laws shall
  not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person indemnified may
  be entitled under statute, the Registrant's certificate of incorporation,
  agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors. The Registrant's
  obligation, if any, to indemnify or advance expenses to any person who was or is
  serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
  corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit or
  entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification
  or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint
  venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit or entity. The rights to
  indemnification and to advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant
  to, the Amended and Restated By-Laws shall continue notwithstanding that the
  person has ceased to be a director or officer of the Registrant and shall inure
  to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors, administrators, legatees and
  distributees of such person. The Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that the
  indemnification provisions contained therein constitute a contract between the
  corporation, on the one hand, and each individual who serves or has served as a
  director or officer of the Registrant, on the other hand. Any repeal or
  modification of the indemnification provisions of the Amended and Restated
  Bylaws will not adversely affect any right or protection of any person under the
  Amended and Restated Bylaws in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to
  the time of such repeal or modification or under any agreement providing for
  indemnification or advancement of expenses to an officer or director of the
  Registrant in effect prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
  The Registrant has executed
  indemnification agreements with certain its executive officers and directors
  pursuant to which the Registrant has agreed to indemnify such parties to the
  fullest extent permitted by law, subject to certain exceptions, if such party
  becomes subject to an action because such party is a director, officer,
  employee, agent or fiduciary of the Registrant.
  Section 102(b)(7) of the
  Delaware General Corporation Law enables a corporation in its certificate of
  incorporation to limit the personal liability of members of its board of
  directors for violation of a director's fiduciary duty of care. This Section
  does not, however, limit the liability of a director for breaching his or her
  duty of loyalty, failing to act in good faith, engaging in intentional
  misconduct or knowingly violating a law, or from any transaction in which the
  director derived an improper personal benefit. This Section also will have no
  effect on claims arising under the federal securities laws. The Registrant's
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director shall not be
  personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for
  breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (a) for any breach
  of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant and its stockholders; (b)
  for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
  or knowing violations of law; (c) under Section 174 of the Delaware General
  Corporation Law; or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived an
  improper personal benefit.
  3
  The Registrant has obtained
  liability insurance for the benefit of its directors and officers which provides
  coverage for losses of directors and officers for liabilities arising out of
  claims against such persons acting as directors or officers of the Registrant
  (or any subsidiary thereof) due to any breach of duty, neglect, error,
  misstatement, misleading statement, omission or act done by such directors and
  officers, except as prohibited by law.
  Item
  7.
  Exemption from Registration
  Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item
  8.
  Exhibits.
  A list of exhibits included
  as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Index to Exhibits
  appearing elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.
  Item
  9.
  Undertakings.
  (a)
  The undersigned Registrant
  hereby undertakes:
  (1)
  To file, during any period in
  which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
  Registration Statement:
  (i)
  To include any prospectus
  required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii)
  To reflect in the prospectus
  any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration
  Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
  information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
  foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
  total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
  registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
  offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
  Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
  and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
  price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
  registration statement;
  (iii)
  To include any
  material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
  disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
  information in this Registration Statement;
  provided,
  however
  , that paragraphs
  (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be
  included on a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
  periodic reports filed by or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
  pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
  (2)
  That, for the purpose of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
  amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering
  thereof.
  (3)
  To remove from registration
  by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
  which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  4
  (b)
  The undersigned Registrant
  hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
  Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by
  reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
  registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (c)
  Insofar as indemnification
  for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
  officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
  provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
  the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  5
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
  reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
  on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Teaneck, New Jersey on
  the 6th day of June, 2017.
  COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY
        SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/ Karen
    McLoughlin
  Karen
    McLoughlin
  Chief Financial
    Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY
  THESE PRESENTS
  , that each person
  whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Karen McLoughlin
  and Robert Telesmanic, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful
  attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution, for him or her in
  any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
  Statement (including post-effective amendments or any abbreviated registration
  statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, increasing the number of securities for
  which registration is sought), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto
  and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto
  said attorney-in-fact, proxy, and agent full power and authority to do and
  perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
  connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might
  or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorney-in-fact, proxy and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause
  to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed
  by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
  indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Francisco
        D'Souza
  Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive
  June
        6, 2017
  Francisco D'Souza
  Officer)
  /s/ Karen McLoughlin
  Chief Financial Officer
  June
        6, 2017
  Karen McLoughlin
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  /s/ Robert Telesmanic
  Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  June
        6, 2017
  Robert Telesmanic
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  /s/ John E. Klein
  June
        6, 2017
  John E. Klein
  Chairman of the Board and Director
  /s/ Zein Abdalla
  June
        6, 2017
  Zein Abdalla
  Director
  /s/ Betsy S. Atkins
  June
        6, 2017
  Betsy S. Atkins
  Director
  /s/ Maureen Breakiron-Evans
  June
        6, 2017
  Maureen Breakiron-Evans
  Director
  /s/ Jonathan Chadwick
  June
        6, 2017
  Jonathan Chadwick
  Director
  /s/ John M. Dineen
  June
        6, 2017
  John M. Dineen
  Director
  /s/ John N. Fox, Jr.
  June
        6, 2017
  John N. Fox, Jr.
  Director
  /s/ Leo S. Mackay, Jr.
  June
        6, 2017
  Leo S. Mackay, Jr.
  Director
  /s/ Michael Patsalos-Fox
  June
        6, 2017
  Michael Patsalos-Fox
  Director
  /s/ Robert E. Weissman
  Robert E. Weissman
  Director
  June
        6, 2017
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description of
        Exhibit
  4.1
  Form of common stock certificate
        of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (incorporated herein by
        reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Amendment Number 4 to the
        Registrant's Form S-4 filed on January 30, 2003)
  5.1*
  Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
  23.1*
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
        LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  23.2*
  Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit
        5.1)
  24.1*
  Powers of Attorney (included on
        the signature page of the Registration Statement)
  99.1*
  Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation 2017 Incentive
        Award Plan
  * Filed herewith.