Satyam to set up leadership university headed by Ed Cohen

Mumbai:
28 November 2005

Mumbai: Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE:SAY), will launch a 'corporate university' to develop and nurture leaders to accelerate Satyam's growth. Called the Satyam School of Leadership (SSL), it will be headed by international leadership expert Ed Cohen, who has been appointed as senior vice president.

Prior to joining Satyam, Cohen was founder and strategic leader of Booz Allen Hamilton's corporate university, the Center for Performance Excellence.

Satyam has dedicated this decade to strengthen its leadership practices. The launch of SSL as well as other leadership initiatives such as its proprietary 'full life cycle leadership' framework, web seminars involving international faculty including Harvard professors, are some of the steps Satyam says it has taken in this direction.

Satyam's founder and chairman, Ramalinga Raju says, "Satyam has set for itself the task of growing leaders faster than the competition as its primary objective. To remain competitive, we need to strengthen and spread this vision internally."

Under the full life cycle leadership model, Satyam provides entrepreneurial leadership opportunities for about 5 per cent of Satyam's 25,000 associates, including those in its subsidiaries, in areas such as relationships with customers and alliances, service offerings, projects and processes.

Prior to joining Satyam, Cohen was founder and strategic leader of Booz Allen Hamilton's corporate university - the Center for Performance Excellence. Ed has been directing organizational, training and employee development services for almost a quarter century.