Our Hyderabad hub now drive end-to-end delivery; not just an offshore unit for Cigna: Yadhu Kishore Nandikolla, Evernorth Health Services India

Evernorth’s Hyderabad Innovation Hub is no longer just a backend arm, it’s now driving full product delivery for Cigna. In a recent interaction, Yadhu Kishore Nandikolla, Human Resource Senior Director, Evernorth Health Services India, shares how the company is building a 1000-strong tech team, tapping into untapped talent pools, and upskilling engineers on US healthcare through initiatives like in-house bootcamps, shadow programs, and a custom healthcare university.

Evernorth is building a 1000-strong tech team in Hyderabad. In such a competitive healthcare tech market what has been your strategy to attract, retain, and nurture top talent, especially when you’re looking for both technical skills and healthcare domain understanding?

We currently have over 1700 employees, with almost 95% of them being technology professionals. Our strategy is a multi-pronged “build and buy” approach. From a “buy” perspective, since we are building foundational teams from scratch, we’ve ...