Patni Ranked No. 7 Preferred Employer in DQ-IDC's Best Employer Survey 2009

The criteria for evaluation for the rankings were two-fold, including employee satisfaction and company initiatives and programs. The survey attributes Patni's high ranking to a multitude of factors, prominent among which are the several new initiatives on the training front and industry-academia collaboration. In the past year, Patni's focus has been to enhance these initiatives through the launch of various global programs such as Patni Learning Edge (PLEdge), Leadership Excellence at Patni (LEAP) and Patni Academy for Competency Enhancement (PACE). The company is also in the process of launching its Leadership Academy in North America. This program, developed in conjunction with leading business schools in the US, is designed to train and develop the next generation of global leaders within the company.

Says Mr. Rajesh Padmanabhan, Executive Vice- President and Head -- Global Human Resources, "We are elated by the DQ-IDC rankings and thank our employees for their participation and recognition. It is a true testament to Patni's efforts over the years to offer its employees a conducive work environment in addition to skills development programs that allow them to excel in everything they do. While we continue to invest in our business; people and their progress are important for the evolution of the organization as a whole."

Patni is known for its exemplary HR policies and training framework which are holistic in their approach to talent management. They rest on the four pillars of Skills Augmentation (Training), Employee Relations (counseling, grievances cells), Academic Collaborations (such as PLEdge) and Celebrating Success (awards and recognition programs such as the CEO Club).

About Patni Computer Systems Ltd:

Patni Computer Systems Limited (BSE: PATNI COMPUT, NSE: PATNI, NYSE: PTI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) 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 14,500; multiple global delivery centers spread across 12 cities worldwide; 27 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 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.

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