Patni Appoints Dr. Anil Gupta as EVP and Global Head of Business Operations

Augments Management Team as Part of Ongoing Efforts to Strengthen Global Operations

MUMBAI--Patni Computer Systems (BSE: PATNI COMPUT, NSE: PATNI, NYSE: PTI), a leading global IT services provider, today announced the appointment of Dr. Anil Gupta as Executive Vice President and Global Head of Business Operations to its Leadership Team. Anil brings with him diverse experience of over 28 years, with a strong emphasis towards driving business efficiencies using Six Sigma methodologies, change management, and focus on customer satisfaction.

At Patni, Anil will be responsible for driving key functions including Sales Operations, Enterprise Resource Planning, Business Continuity, Enterprise Risk Management, Global Travel, IT, Procurement and Facilities. He will work closely with the CEO, Jeya Kumar, to augment business operations globally in line with Patni's strategy of IP led verticalised growth and a renewed focus on emerging geographies.

Commenting on the development, Jeya Kumar, CEO, Patni, said, "Anil comes to Patni at a crucial time in our growth trajectory. As we head into the new financial year, we have ambitious plans for our micro-vertical approach as well as geographical expansion. Anil will play a key role in increasing operational excellence and I am glad that we have his rich experience to complement our growth objective."

Said Anil Gupta, "Patni is one of the leaders in the IT services industry, strengthened by its persistent focus on the new company strategy. Patni has a strong management team and I look forward to making my contribution to Patni's accelerated growth."

Prior to joining Patni, Anil was the Chief Operating Officer of Aditi Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Before Aditi, he was with Sun Microsystems for eleven years in various executive roles, including Vice-President for India Engineering Centre in Bangalore. Prior to Sun, he was with AT&T Marketing in San Francisco as well as AT&T Bell Laboratories in New Jersey.

Anil holds a B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi; Master's in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from University of Delaware; and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from University of California, Berkeley.

Anil takes over the mantle of EVP and Global Head of Business Operations from Manish Soman.

About Patni
Patni Computer Systems Limited (BSE: PATNI COMPUT, NSE: PATNI, NYSE: PTI) is a global provider of IT Services and business solutions, servicing Global 2000 clients. Patni services its clients through its industry-focused practices, including banking, financial services (BFS) and insurance (I); manufacturing, retail and distribution (MRD); life sciences; communications, media and utilities (CMU), and its technology-focused practices.

With an employee strength of around 13,600; multiple global delivery centers spread across 13 cities worldwide; 28 international offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific; Patni has registered revenues of US$ 719 million for the year 2008.

Patni's service offerings include application development and maintenance, enterprise application solutions, business and technology consulting, product engineering services, infrastructure management services, customer interaction services & business process outsourcing, quality assurance and engineering services.

Committed to quality, Patni adds value to its clients' businesses through well-established and structured methodologies, tools and techniques. Patni is an ISO 9001: 2000 certified and SEI-CMMI Level 5 (V 1.2) organization, assessed enterprise wide at P-CMM Level 3. In keeping with its focus on continuous process improvements, Patni adopts Six Sigma practices as an integral part of its quality and process frameworks.

Patni leverages its vast experience spanning three decades; deep domain expertise; full-spectrum services; and suites of IP-led solutions, methodologies and frameworks; in being an effective business transformation partner to its clients.

For more information on Patni, visit http://www.patni.com/.

Safe Harbor
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Patni has made strategic investments, withdrawal of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. The company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company.

For further information, contact:
Heena Kanal
Patni Computer Systems
T: +91-22-66930500
heena.kanal@patni.com

Disha Hoskote
Text 100
T: +91-22-61379021
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