Bala Mahadevan Named President of CSC's India Operations

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation today announced that Bala Mahadevan has been named president of CSC's India operations. In this role, Mahadevan will be responsible for the financial and operational performance of the business unit, including the management of more than 7,000 professionals that provide product development, application management and remote infrastructure services within the region. He reports to Mary Jo Morris, president of CSC's Global Transformation Services business unit, and replaces Tom Kenyon, who has been interim president for the past 12 months and will be returning to a senior role in North America.

Mahadevan joins CSC from Hewlett Packard (HP) GlobalSoft, where he was director of global delivery and application services. In this role, he managed HP's service delivery centers in various regions throughout South Asia. Previously, he worked for DEC and Compaq in marketing, sales, business development and program management, and for Covansys and TCS in operations and software development.

"Bala is a seasoned executive with 23 years of experience in the IT industry," said Morris. "His experience and strategic leadership skills will strengthen CSC's ability to build strategic relationships and deliver results to clients."

Mahadevan has a bachelor of engineering degree from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India.

About CSC

Founded in 1959, Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading global information technology (IT) services company. CSC's mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.

With approximately 78,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC's own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., CSC reported revenue of $14.6 billion for the 12 months ended June 30, 2006. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.csc.com/.