Global Outsourcing Leader to Sponsor Executive Leadership Forum as Certificate Program for Senior Executives CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patni Computer Systems, a global IT services provider, has announced its partnership with Boston College's Carroll School of Management to offer an Executive Leadership Forum entitled "Managing Outsourcing in the 21st Century." The workshop will host 20-25 participants on the Boston College (BC) campus from June 11th to 13th, 2007. The Forum is for senior executives who are looking to get a complete perspective on outsourcing and globalization. Taught by a combination of BC faculty, executives from Fortune 500 companies and Patni staff, this program will cover a broad range of topics related to the effective management and implementation of an outsourcing and globalization initiative. Sunil Chitale, Senior Vice President & Head of Manufacturing Practice at Patni, is looking forward to the Forum, where he will serve as an instructor. "By combining the academic and commercial perspectives on globalization, we're providing attendees with a unique learning experience," said Chitale. "This Forum will be an invaluable asset to executives who want to leverage their business to a higher level of success." Dr. Mohan Subramaniam, Associate Professor of Strategy at the Carroll School of Management, also an instructor at the Forum, thinks of this program as a distinctive opportunity to understand how outsourcing provides a critical role in gaining competitive advantage. "The fundamentals of managing organizations are changing because of today's global environment," said Dr. Subramaniam. "There is a pressing need to reassess how organizations create and deliver value to their customers. This forum will highlight the significance of outsourcing to this process and its intricate links to a firm's competitive strategy." Each participant in the Executive Leadership Forum Program will receive a Certificate of Outsourcing from BC's Carroll School of Management on completion of the course. For more information, or to register, please visit: http://www.patni.com/CSM/index.html Questions or other inquiries may be directed to or call 617-914-8000. About the Carroll School of Management: The Carroll School of Management at Boston College provides management education attuned to the needs of today's business world. Aligned with the philosophy of Boston College, the Carroll School develops leaders and managers who bring an ethical perspective to business decision making. In addition to its 6 degree programs and 8 centers which provide various executive development programming for professionals, the School partners with the business community to provide student consulting services in the areas of financial and strategic analysis, product development, and general business planning. The Carroll School of Management educates undergraduates preparing for careers in management, graduate students aspiring to greater responsibilities in a complex global economy and practitioners and executives seeking renewed vision and new skills for that economy. About Patni Computer Systems: Patni Computer Systems Limited (BSE:PATNIBSE:COMPUTBSE:NSE:BSE:PATNIBSE:NYSE:BSE:PTI) is a global provider of IT Services and business solutions, servicing Global 2000 clients. Patni caters to its clients through its industry-focused practices, including insurance, financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications and media, and its technology-focused practices. With an employee strength of over 12,000; multiple global delivery centers spread across 12 cities worldwide; 21 international offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific; Patni has registered revenues of US$ 579 million for the year 2006. Patni's service offerings include application development and maintenance, enterprise application solutions, product engineering services, infrastructure management services, business process outsourcing, quality assurance and engineering 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 CONTACT: Tony Viola of Patni Computer Systems, +1-617-914-8255, ; or Jill Reuter of Pan Communications, +1-978-474-1900, , for Patni Computer Systems Web site: http://www.patni.com/

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