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Mumbai - KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd (BSE: 532400; NSE: KPIT) a specialist solutions partner to global manufacturing corporations, today announced a joint go-to-market partnership with SAP India.

The partnership brings together KPIT Cummins’ deep domain expertise in Automotive & Industrial Machinery verticals with SAP’s high performance enterprise software platform to benefit customers in their globalization initiatives. Specifically, KPIT Cummins will establish a dedicated Center of Excellence for SAP solutions to the Automotive industry. SAP India will leverage KPIT’s strengths in Business Intelligence (Business Objects platform) and Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC) to leverage the aggressive growth of these solutions.

Ranjan Das, President & CEO, SAP India states: “SAP is proud to be associated with KPIT to address the vibrant automotive industry in India. This alliance will help create opportunities for KPIT while corroborating the expertise of SAP to build efficient solutions. Through this partnership, SAP is confident of delivering equitable value to its customers.”

Ravi Pandit, Chairman & Group CEO, KPIT Cummins said, “This partnership with SAP holds strategic significance for us in our endeavor to become a leading solutions partner to the Automotive & Industrial Machinery verticals. This center of excellence will co-innovate industry-specific SAP solutions thus enabling profitable growth for our customers. I thank SAP for the trust and confidence shown in our business focus and vision of leadership.”
About SAP

SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software (*), offering applications and services that enable companies of all sizes and in more than 25 industries to become best-run businesses. With more than 47,800 customers (excludes customers from the acquisition of Business Objects) in over 120 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE, under the symbol “SAP” (For more information, visit www.sap.com).

About KPIT Cummins
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Limited (BSE: 532400; NSE: KPIT), a trusted global IT consulting and specialist solutions partner, is focused on co-creating domain intensive technology solutions for Manufacturing corporations (with special focus on Automotive, Industrial Machinery and Hi-Tech verticals) to help our customers become efficient, integrated and innovative enterprises.

A leader in IP (Intellectual Property) lead technology solutions and services, KPIT Cummins currently partners with 100+ global Manufacturing corporations [including 50+ OEMs/ODMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers & Original Device Manufacturers)] helping them globalise efficiently & bring complex technology products/systems faster to their global markets.

Certified as an A1 Gold Channel Partner for SAP and winner of the SAP’s Best Performer of the year award in India ((2007), KPIT Cummins has also been recognized as one of the Fast Track 100 companies by Channel World Magazine for having demonstrated extraordinary growth in business.