FREMONT, Calif. and BANGALORE, India, Sept. 18, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- iGATE Corporation (Nasdaq:IGTE), the integrated Technology and Operations (iTOPS) company, announced today that its subsidiary, iGATE Global Solutions, Ltd. ("iGATE"), has been ranked the top IT employer in India in Dataquest-IDC's (DQ-IDC) 8th annual survey. Culled from India's extensive IT industry, the Top 20 Best IT Employers are chosen based on 11 components of Human Resources and employee satisfaction. With employee strength of approximately 6500, iGATE ranked much higher in the survey than other multinationals and large companies in India's IT industry.
The DQ-IDC report states that iGATE "improved its ranking to emerge as the best IT employer in India...It goes without saying that the rise did not come by accident -- it does not for any company -- but what is noteworthy is how fast it has managed to emerge as a preferred employer."
Last year, iGATE was ranked third in the survey. This year, iGATE rose to be the top employer due to a combination of unique employment benefit programmes, coupled with a state of the art career planning initiative and home grown leadership development model. iGATE's constant focus on employee development is responsible for its recognition as the top IT employer in India.
"Being ranked as the best employer in this year's DQ-IDC survey is an endorsement of our systematic approach to people management policies, practices and processes. This recognition is a result of our persistence and commitment to creating a world class human resource system that is capable of responding to the different motivations of a global workforce," said Srinivas Kandula, Global Head-Human Resource, iGATE Global Solutions.
"Consistency is a virtue. And we are immensely pleased that we have been rated highly by Dataquest-IDC's Best IT Employer Survey two years in a row," said Phaneesh Murthy, CEO, iGATE Corporation.
About iGATE Corporation
iGATE Corporation (Nasdaq:IGTE) is the first fully integrated technology and operations firm with a global service model. iGATE enables clients to optimize their business through a combination of process investment strategies, technology leverage and business process outsourcing and provisioning. Services include consulting; IT services; data warehouse and business intelligence solutions; enterprise solutions; business process outsourcing and business service provisioning; contact center and infrastructure management services. The company services around 100 clients across the globe. Clients rely on iGATE because of the high quality of service, responsiveness, and cost-effective global reach. More information about iGATE is available at http://www.igate.com
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