An industry-academia program focused at science graduate students
Mumbai, April 23, 2009: Patni Computer Systems (BSE: PATNI COMPUT, NSE: PATNI, NYSE: PTI), a leading global IT and BPO services provider, today announced the launch of Patni Learning Edge (PLEdge), an industry-academia collaboration focusing on graduate colleges. Patni has signed MoUs with 14 leading graduate educational institutes of Science in Mumbai, including Somaiya College, Ruia College, Ruparel College and Kelkar Vaze College, among others*. PLEdge is designed to effectively integrate into the supply chain, bridging the gap that currently exists between formal education and requirements on-ground.
Says Mr. Vijay Khare, Executive Vice-President, Patni, “Through PLEdge we hope to bridge the demand-supply gap that currently exists and prepare the graduates to be industry-ready. In the current economic scenario, it is imperative that students have the right mix of skill and industry knowledge, equipping them to face the future.”
The program will focus on technical education and the content will be designed in accordance with the college course structure. Working on a two-pronged approach, the program will have a distinctive training program for the students as well as the faculty members. The initiative will entail faculty development programs and specialized lectures and seminars for the student development programs.
Added Dr. Pradeep Kulkarni, Principal, Ruparel College, “We are delighted to be a part of a complementary knowledge sharing platform, designed to align the students to industry requirements. Patni’s distinct focus on science graduate students will nurture the untapped capabilities within each of these students, preparing them for the challenges in an industry environment.”
PLEdge in its first stage, will target final year students at colleges in Mumbai. In the second stage of the program, Patni will expand its focus to include first year students of Mumbai and Pune.
* Complete list of colleges attached.
Mulund College of Commerce
Ruia College
Ruparel College
R.J. College
Usha Pravin Gandhi College
Vivekanand College of Science
Vidyalankar Science College
Valia College
Siddarth College
Kelkar Vaze College
K J Somaiya
S K Somaiya College
M L Dahanukar College
Birla College
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 over 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.