CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patni Computer Systems Ltd., a leading global IT consulting and services provider, announced that it received the CIO 100 Award at the CIO Symposium and Award ceremony in Mumbai. Patni was recognized as one of 'The Giant 100' companies at the first CIO 100 awards in India for demonstrating excellence in deploying technology solutions to deliver optimum business value. CIO 100 is one of the most prestigious recognitions in the IT industry, with the awards running for over 19 years in US and this being the first in India. Officially referred to as the "CIO 100", the award is presented annually by IDG's CIO magazine. Patni received the award for its technology farsightedness in building a Corporate Performance Management System (CPMS). This is based on an agile IT infrastructure that has the capability to monitor performance of its business units and fine-tune operations in accordance with the business goals. This advanced technological capability has enabled quick access to mission-critical information, which is useful for enhanced operational efficiency and superior financial performance. Commenting on the award Mr. Satish Joshi, CTO, Patni said, "The CIO 100 award is a testimony of Patni's pro-activity in addressing client needs through adoption of new technologies. CPMS is a critical component of our global delivery model and allows us to achieve improved operational efficiencies that are critical for delivering consistent and high quality IT services in every location we operate." Patni has consistently received global recognition in delivering value through innovation in IT to its clients. In a global Forrester survey, last month, Patni received the highest customer satisfaction rating among Indian offshore supply chain solution providers. The BLACK BOOK OF OUTSOURCING too ranked Patni at #6 in the list of Best Managed Global Outsourcing Vendors for 2006. About Patni Patni Computer Systems Limited (BSE:PATNIBSE:COMPUTBSE:NSE:BSE:PATNIBSE:NYSE:BSE:PTI) is a global IT Services provider servicing Global 2000 clients. Patni caters to its clients through its industry-focused practices, including insurance, manufacturing, financial services, telecommunications, and its technology- focused practices. With an employee strength of over 12,000 and multiple offshore development facilities across eight cities; Patni has 23 international offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Patni has registered revenues of US$ 450 million for the year 2005. Patni's service offerings include application development, application maintenance and support, packaged software implementation, infrastructure management services, product engineering services, business process outsourcing and quality assurance services. Committed to quality, Patni adds value to its client's businesses through well-established and structured methodologies, tools and techniques. Patni is an ISO 9001: 2000 certified and SEI-CMMi Level 5 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. 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. DATASOURCE: Patni Computer Systems Limited CONTACT: For USA, Sriya Kodial, Text 100 for Patni Computer Systems, +1-617-399-4918, , or Tony Viola, Patni Computer Systems, +1-617-354-7424, , or For UK, Simone Carr, Text 100 for Patni Computer Systems, +44-7974-161-190, Web site: http://www.patni.com/

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