February 07, 2006 - Bangalore

MindTree’s Rajan Narayanan Appointed as COMMON Americas Advisory Council Member

Move to help MindTree contribute significantly to IBM’s iSeries strategy

MindTree Consulting, an international IT and R&D Services company, today announced that its Senior Vice President Rajan Narayanan has been appointed as member of the COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC). COMMON is the world’s largest community of IBM iSeries (formerly AS/400) users.

Rajan heads MindTree’s IBM Mainframe and iSeries practice and has spent over 25 years in several capacities working with customers globally.  In his capacity as member of the CAAC, Rajan will bring to bear his extensive knowledge of the iSeries environment and help in formulating prioritized requirements.  He will work with IBM to develop product strategy and directions.

“Rajan’s appointment is an indication of India’s growing role in the world software market and more specifically MindTree’s expertise and focus in IBM technologies.  The appointment will further strengthen our relationship with IBM and COMMON.  MindTree will be able to share its rich experiences in offering services around iSeries with COMMON and IBM,” said MindTree Consulting President and CEO, IT Services, Krishnakumar Natarajan.

IBM created CAAC to seek inputs from iSeries users to the strategic directions it was taking in the iSeries space.  The mission of the council is to be a vehicle for the members to discuss strategy and direction with IBM.  It also provides an opportunity for the members to present specific requirements to IBM.  For more detail refer www.common.org.

About MindTree Consulting

MindTree Consulting is an international IT services company with development centers in India and the U.S.  The Company provides end-to-end project execution through a hybrid delivery model called OneShore™.

With clients ranging from Fortune 50 companies to enterprise software organizations, MindTree delivers global technology solutions and R&D services to innovative technology leaders around the world.

MindTree has been named the leading service provider in the “Human Capital Development” category by Global Services magazine.  MindTree was also among the top 10 leading service providers worldwide on the publication’s inaugural 2006 Global Services 100 ranking. MindTree has been recognized as one of the fastest growing technology companies in India by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in the “Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India” program. MindTree has been ranked among the “Best Companies to Work for in 2005” in the Business Today-Mercer-TNS study. MindTree has also been ranked among “Great Places to Work” for the second consecutive year in 2005 in a study conducted by Grow Talent Company and Businessworld, and as one of the “Best Employers in India” for the second consecutive year in 2004 by Hewitt Associates. MindTree is also the world's youngest company to be assessed at Level 5 in both CMMi and P-CMM.  For more information, please visit www.mindtree.com .