Exhibit 10.22(a)



AMENDMENT AGREEMENT



This AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this Amendment Agreement) is made on this the 24thday of September, 2004:



BY AND BETWEEN



|1. | Mukul Murthy, a national of the United States of America aged 12 years residing at 33245, Lark Way, Fremont California 94555, USA represented by Swarna Murthy
(MM) in her capacity as custodian;
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|2. | Nirav Murthy, a national of the United States of America aged 8 years residing at 33245, Lark Way, Fremont California 94555, USA represented by Swarna Murthy
(NM) in her capacity as custodian;
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|3. | Swarna Murthy,an Indian national residing at 2086, Boxwood Bay, Fremont, California 94539, USA in her capacity as custodian (the Trustee) for MM and NM;
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|4. | Phaneesh Murthy, a national of the United States of America aged 41 years residing at 33245, Lark Way, Fremont California 94555, USA (PM);
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|5. | Amit Sethi, an Indian national aged 44 years residing at 34276, North Wind Terrace, Fremont California 94555, USA (AS);
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|6. | Kanth Miriyala, a national of the United States of America aged 39 years residing at 499 Quail Drive, Naperville, IL 60565, USA (KM) (PM, AS and KM shall
be jointly referred to as Founders);
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|7. | Quintant Services Limited, a company incorporated under the [Indian] Companies Act, 1956, as amended (the Companies Act) with its registered office at 158
- 162 (P) & 165 (P) -170 (P), EPIP II Phase, Whitefield, Bangalore560 0066, India (Company);
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|8. | iGATE Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation with its principal place of business at 1000 Commerce Drive, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15275, USA (iGATE)
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MM, NM, the Trustee, PM, AS, KM, the Company and iGATE shall
hereinafter jointly be referred to as the Parties and severally as the Party.





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WHEREAS



|A. | MM, NM, the Trustee, PM, AS, KM, the Company and iGATE are parties to a ADR Purchase Agreement dated August 10th, 2004 (the ADR Purchase Agreement).
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|B. | The parties to the ADR Purchase Agreement desire to amend the ADR Purchase Agreement in the manner set forth in this Amendment Agreement.
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NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Amendment Agreement hereby agree as follows:



AGREEMENT



| | 1. | Annexure A, Annexure B & Annexure C of the ADR Purchase Agreement shall be replaced with the Annexures appended to this amendment agreement.
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| | 2. | Section 2.3 (b) of the ADR Purchase Agreement the amount USD 6,488,362 (US Dollars Six Million Four Hundred Eighty Eight Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Two
Only) shall be replaced with USD 6,835,929 (US Dollars Six Million Eight Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty Nine only).
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| | 3. | Section 2.4 of the ADR Purchase Agreement the date September 25, 2004 shall be replaced with October 23, 2004.
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| | 4. | This Amendment Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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| | 5. | This Amendment Agreement may not be modified or waived except in writing executed by all parties to this Agreement.
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| | 6. | This Amendment Agreement shall be governed by the laws of India.
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[signature page on following page]





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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement have caused this Agreement to be executed on the day and year
first written above.



MUKUL MURTHY REPRESENTED BY HIS CUSTODIAN
SWARNA MURTHY/s/    SWARNA MURTHYNIRAV MURTHY REPRESENTED BY HIS CUSTODIAN
SWARNA MURTHY/s/    SWARNA MURTHYSWARNA MURTHY/s/    SWARNA MURTHYPHANEESH MURTHY/s/    PHANEESH MURTHYAMIT SETHI/s/    AMIT SETHIKANTH MIRIYALA/s/    KANTH MIRIYALA




iGATE CORPORATIONBy:

/s/    MICHAEL J. ZUGAYName: Michael J. ZugayTitle: CFOQUINTANT SERVICES LIMITEDBy:

/s/    MUKUND SRINATHName: Mukund SrinathTitle: Authorised Signatory






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Annexure A



Details with respect to the ADR Purchase



|                                                        |  |                                    |  |                          
|------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------------- |  | -------------------------
|Name                                                    |  | No. of Quintant ADRs tobe encashed |  | Cash to be paid (In USD)
|Mukul Murthy represented by his custodian Swarna Murthy |  | 10000                              |  | 3,095,934                
|Nirav Murthy represented by his custodian Swarna Murthy |  | 10000                              |  | 3,095,934                
|Amit Sethi                                              |  | 5833                               |  | 1,805,860                
|Kanth Miriyala                                          |  | 5833                               |  | 1,805,860                
|                                                        |  |                                    |  |                          
|Total                                                   |  | 31666                              |  | 9,803,588                
|                                                        |  |                                    |  |                          





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Annexure B



Details with respect to consideration to be paid to the Selling ADR
holders upon the

signing of this Agreement



|                                                        |  |                          
|------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------------------
|Name                                                    |  | Cash to be paid (In USD)
|Mukul Murthy represented by his custodian Swarna Murthy |  | 986,034                  
|Nirav Murthy represented by his custodian Swarna Murthy |  | 986,034                  
|Amit Sethi                                              |  | 641,132                  
|Kanth Miriyala                                          |  | 354,459                  
|                                                        |  |                          
|Total                                                   |  | 2,967,659                
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Annexure C



Details with respect to the consideration to be paid to the Selling
ADRholders upon Closing



|                                                        |  |                          
|------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------------------
|Name                                                    |  | Cash to be paid (In USD)
|Mukul Murthy represented by his custodian Swarna Murthy |  | 2,109,900                
|Nirav Murthy represented by his custodian Swarna Murthy |  | 2,109,900                
|Amit Sethi                                              |  | 1,164,728                
|Kanth Miriyala                                          |  | 1,451,401                
|                                                        |  |                          
|Total                                                   |  | 6,835,929                
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