Virtusa bags bronze at SLIM Brand Excellence 2012

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global IT services provider emerged triumphant at the SLIM Brand Excellence 2012 Awards, by bagging the bronze award for ‘B2B Brand of the Year ’under the ‘extra-large’ category.

The awards ceremony which recognizes and rewards brand excellence at national level endeavors to encourage best practices in branding and marketing and raise local brands to global standards.

Virtusa,as a first time contender at the awards this year, demonstrated the superiority of its branding and marketing initiativesby securing the prestigious award.

Valued at over USD 400 Mn, Virtusa offers a broad range of end to end information technology services, including IT consulting, technology implementation and application outsourcing and partners with some of the world’s largest banking and financial services companies, including retail, wholesale and investment banks, lending firms, card services, securities traders, and brokerage firms.

“Over time we have built a strong brand which epitomizes our unparalleled value proposition to our customers and one that represent the capabilities and talents of global Virtusans ”said Madu Ratnayake, Vice President and General Manager of Virtusa. “Our branding and marketing activities are mainly focused on two groups; our global clients and the Virtusans. This achievement is evidence of the strong brand we have created over the years at both these ends and will encourage us to further strengthen our commitment towards continuous improvement.” he said.