iGATE Named Among Top 20 Best IT Employers in India

Company Ranked Second in the Annual DQ-IDC Best Employer Survey 2009

• Press Release
• Source: iGATE Corporation
• On 4:15 pm EDT, Wednesday September 16, 2009

FREMONT, Calif. and BANGALORE, India, Sept. 16, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- iGATE (Nasdaq:IGTE - News), the integrated Technology and Operations (iTOPS) company, announced being ranked second in Dataquest-IDC's (DQ-IDC) annual survey of the top 20 Best IT Employers in India.

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For the third year in a row, iGATE was ranked among the top employers due to its excellent and innovative work culture coupled with a best-in-class performance management and career planning system.

"It's heartening to see iGATE being named among the top three employers in India for the third year in a row by DQ-IDC Best Employer Survey," said Dr Srinivas Kandula, Global Head-Human Resources, iGATE. "We continue to invest in state-of-the-art people management practices, regardless of the economic condition and we are delighted that there is external recognition for the work we are doing."

Participating IT companies across India entered a two-part process to determine the DQ-IDC Best Employers. The first part consisted of selecting companies based on five key parameters such as Employee Size, Average Tenure (years), Total Average Training, Retention Rate, and Average Salary Hike (%). The second part consisted of a confidential Employee Satisfaction survey. The combined scores from both the process determined the top companies and final ranking.

About iGATE

iGATE (Nasdaq:IGTE - News) is the first outsourcing solutions provider to offer a business outcome based pricing model through a fully integrated technology and operations (iTOPS) structure with global service delivery. iGATE works with clients to optimize their businesses, secure substantial and sustainable year on year cost benefits and tie costs to business needs and results. iGATE provides IT consulting; application development and maintenance; data warehousing; business intelligence solutions; ERP/ enterprise solutions; BPO/business service provisioning; infrastructure management; independent verification and validation; KPO and contact center services. The company has been assessed at CMMI Level 5, follows Six Sigma methodologies, is COBIT, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified, ensuring the highest levels of quality and data security. iGATE has 34 offices in 16 countries and manages global delivery centers in Mexico, Australia, Malaysia and India. iGATE is rated as a leading employer in India. For more information, please visit www.igate.com

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