Patni ranked as global leader in engineering services by Global Services and neoIT

Mumbai, February 06, 2007: Patni Computer Systems Ltd., a leading global IT consulting and services provider, announced that it has been ranked as the global leader in engineering services in a research study conducted by Global Services and neoIT. Patni has also been ranked second in the human capital development category and sixth in the Best Performing IT Service Providers in the same study.

The Global Services 100 is a tool for buyers of business and technology services. Judges from Global Services magazine in conjunction with outsourcing experts at neoIT, a consulting firm that specializes in services globalization, identify and evaluate the leading service providers located on four major continents.

Commenting on the award Mr. Mrinal Sattawala, COO, Patni said, "We are very pleased that our product engineering practice has received its due recognition as the global leaders in the engineering services section of this survey. Our Product Engineering business has delivered outstanding growth in the last 2-3 years and we continue to see excellent potential as we go forward."

"The evaluation for Global Services 100 was based upon data provided by the service providers and third parties regarding effective operations, service offerings, client relationships and human capital. The methodology employed by the study to arrive at each Top List was based on a rigorous frequency analysis followed by a proprietary weighting system allocated amongst the four major categories. The weighting system considers the client's perspective during the buying process.

Patni has consistently received global recognition in delivering value through innovation in IT to its clients. In a global Forrester survey in 2006, 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. Patni has also received the 'Frost & Sullivan Customer Service Leadership Award in the IT Services Market for 2006'

About Global Services
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About neoIT
neoIT is a management consulting firm that helps leading corporations improve and grow their business by capitalizing on services globalization. Through a blend of strategic advisory services and hands-on execution support, neoIT provides advice and management expertise on the globalization of Information Technology (IT) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services. For more information, visit www.neoIT.com.

About Patni
Patni Computer Systems Limited (BSE: PATNI COMPUT, NSE: PATNI, NYSE: 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 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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