Released on: April 8, 2008, 5:42 pm

Press Release Author: Dr BR Natarajan

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: In an exclusive message to BITS Alumni Association (BITSAA)
after becoming the COO of MindTree, Partha has conveyed that he is proud of being a
BITSian and is looking forward for the Silver Jubilee Reunion with his batch mates
in October this year.

Press Release Body: He draws his inspiration from Swami Vivekananda quote "We are
responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power
to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions,
it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our
present actions; so we have to know how to act."

One of the co-founders of the global IT and R&D services company MindTree Consulting
Ltd which recently became MindTree Ltd, Parthasarathy N S (Partha to his buddies)
who has been the Executive Vice President took charge as Chief Operating Officer
(COO) with effect from April 1, 2008.

As the COO of a Global Services Magazine's 2008 Global Services 100 List company,
Partha's challenges include acquiring the right talent, nurturing the existing
talent, deployment of right technologies, etc and he is all geared up to face them
with his rich experience which include being General Manager at Wipro and member of
the core team which ported Unix Operating System to a RISC processor.

Partha for whom integrity is the essence of everything successful champions
strengthening of industry - academia interactions like his alma mater BITS Pilani
Rajasthan which is one among the top ranking universities in India today, where he
was a student during 1978-1983 and obtained his MSc (Hons) Mathematics.

Partha by his career achievements has undoubtedly added glory to his alma mater.

About BITS Pilani: One among the top ranking universities in India today, Birla
Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani in the heart of the Shekhawati
region of Rajasthan which has the reputation of pioneering the online examinations
for admissions through the pathbreaking BITSAT offers degrees in various disciplines
presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa campuses and in the short future at Hyderabad campus
apart from an array of work integrated learning programmes for HRD of a vast
spectrum of Indian corporates. The alumni of the Institute are spread across the
globe from Australia to America.

Web Site: http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in

Contact Details: Prof BR Natarajan
Vice President
BITS Alumni Association (BITSAA)
Vidya Vihar,Pilani 333031 (Rajasthan) India
Email brnt@bits-pilani.ac.in
Phone 91-1596-242210
Fax 91-1596-244183