Award recognizes Virtusa's Personal Excellence Program (PEP) and people development initiatives

Bangalore (July 14, 2014) Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that combines innovation, technology leadership and industry solutions to transform the customer experience, today announced that it has been conferred with the Award for Innovation in Learning at the World HRD Congress Best-in-Class Learning and Development Awards at a glittering ceremony in Mumbai.

The Best-in-Class Learning and Development awards are held annually to celebrate leading organizations' who have leveraged learning and development in order to significantly advance workforce productivity and performance. The Award for Innovation in Learning recognizes Virtusa's Personal Excellence Program (PEP) and its journey towards becoming an employer of choice.

Speaking on the occasion Dr. R. L. Bhatia, Founder, World CSR Day and World CSR Congress & Project Director - World HRD Congress said, We are pleased to confer Virtusa with this award for the PEP training they impart as part of the Graduate Talent Program. The training has been successful in embedding excellence, validating Virtusa's commitment towards building a people-centric organization.

Accepting the award Dr. Murali Padmanabhan, senior director and global head of Learning & Leadership Development, Virtusa Corporation said, We are honoured to be recognized by the World HRD Congress for our commitment to develop a strong learning culture in the organisation. A key tenet in our corporate mantra of People Excellence is to provide our people an environment conducive for continuous learning and personal growth. We believe in the power of innovation and empower our people to achieve higher benchmarks for self and for Virtusa through a strong framework of learning and development.

Virtusa's Learning and Development Program:

As a company whose workforce is 86% millennial, Virtusa has made it a top priority to create an environment that not only retains millennial employees, but also engages and empowers them to do their best work. Virtusa regularly solicits feedback from team members, uses a Communications Framework platform to improve communication between team members and its leadership team, and has built custom internal social networks where Virtusans can interact and collaborate. The company also holds interactive YamJam sessions using Yammer and leverages gamification, rewarding team members for their dedication and hard work.

Over the years, Virtusa has been recognized all over the globe with numerous awards for its people practices; some of them being: Stevie American Business Awards, International Business Awards, Britain's Top Employer Award, Golden Peacock Award and Asia Best Employer Brand Award.

About World HRD Congress:

The World HRD Congress held in Mumbai every February for the last 18 years, is possibly the most significant event with HR as the theme. Over the years the World HRD Congress has emerged as an important platform for those in the HR and business community to share research, knowledge, and experience. Moreover, such events are fast-becoming turning points for the emergence of HR by allowing one roof to discuss burning issues facing HR in the global context.

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