Satyam Foundation Launches Vizag Chapter

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Satyam’s Corporate Social Responsibility arm opens in Vizag; plans to expand outside

of India are underway

Bangalore, India, July 04, 2008: Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE: SAY), a leading global consulting and information technology services provider, announced today that its corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm, the Satyam Foundation, launched its sixth chapter, in Visakhapatnam. The Satyam Foundation, an ISO 9001:2000-certified CSR, helps vulnerable and underprivileged people in urban areas. It focuses on seven areas: livelihoods, street children, education, the environment, empowerment of disabled persons, HIV/AIDS and overall health.

Satyam Foundation’s CSR activities in Visakhapatnam began in February 2008, when initiatives to help local communities were taken up as part of Satyam’s 20-year anniversary celebrations. Today’s launch will reinforce those efforts to enable social transformation in and around the city.

Initial efforts in Vizag include encouraging volunteerism and creating enabling platforms, alliances, and partnerships with the community, NGOs, government agencies, and businesses. These efforts will help identify and prioritize Satyam Foundation programs, which extensively leverage key Satyam differentiators, such as technology, innovation and leadership

“Wherever Satyam has a significant presence, we lead programs that serve both the corporation and society,” said Naveen Yelloji, the chief executive officer and director of Satyam Foundation. “The incubation of the Call 104 Health Helpline and the subsequent scaling up of comprehensive health services to all residents of Andhra Pradesh are excellent examples of the work we do.”

In addition to its headquarters in Hyderabad, Satyam Foundation now has six chapters in India. They are in Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Gurgaon, Pune and Vizag. Efforts to open chapters in Australia, China, the UK and US are under way.

Satyam Foundation is the largest corporate volunteering program in India, and has been the largest corporate blood donor to the Red Cross in India for the last four years. The Foundation won the Business World FICCI-SEDF 2006 Award for Best Corporate Citizen, and the TERI Corporate Award in 2006-2007 for CSR activities.

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About Satyam Foundation

Satyam Foundation supports and strengthens the vulnerable and underprivileged sections in urban areas for transforming the quality of life through technology and volunteerism. It is committed to leveraging the power of IT to bridge the ‘digital divide’ that limits opportunities for success and prosperity, and thereby, transform lives of the underprivileged. All the initiatives of the Foundation are targeted towards the urban disadvantaged population in all the cities where Satyam has a significant presence.

Satyam Foundation has chapters in Hyderabad, Pune, Bangaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Gurgaon and will be opening chapters shortly in the UK, Australia, China and US. It is the largest corporate volunteering program in India.

About Satyam

Satyam (NYSE: SAY), a leading global business and information technology services company, delivers consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing solutions to clients in 20* industries and 63* countries.

Satyam leverages deep industry and functional expertise, leading technology practices, and an advanced, global delivery model to help clients transform their highest-value business processes and improve their business performance. The company’s 51,127* professionals excel in engineering and product development, supply chain management, client relationship management, business process quality, business intelligence, enterprise integration, and infrastructure management, among other key capabilities.

Satyam development and delivery centers in the US, Canada, Brazil, the UK, Hungary, Egypt, UAE, India, China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia serve 654* clients, including more than one third of the Fortune 500. For more information, see www.satyam.com.

*As of March 31, 2008

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