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Senior Executive and Wholetime Director Employment Agreement - Sujit Sircar

 Exhibit 10.14 
 SENIOR EXECUTIVE AND WHOLETIME DIRECTOR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 BETWEEN

 iGATE Global Solutions Limited 
 AND 
 Mr. Sujit Sircar 

 SENIOR EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 

This Agreement is made as of the 1st day of January, 2010 (the “Employment Agreement”) by and between iGATE Global
Solutions Limited, a company incorporated under the [Indian] Companies Act, 1956, as amended (the “Companies Act”) with its registered office at 158-162P & 165P-170P, EPIP, Phase II, Whitefield, Bangalore 560 066,
Karnataka, India (“iGATE”) and Mr. Sujit Sircar residing at 402, VARS CASA, ROSA, 1st Main, Pai Layout, Old Madras Road, Bangalore- 560 016, Karnataka, India (“Executive”). 

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	A.	 WHEREAS, the Executive is an employee of iGATE (as defined herein) and has signed an Employment Agreement dated 4th May, 1998. The Executive joined the Company as Finance Manager
vide the above Executive Employment Agreement. 

  

	B	WHEREAS, on considering the eligibility, experience and performance of the Executive, the Board of Directors of the Company have appointed the Executive as Chief
Financial Officer & Member of the Board in Grade G of iGATE, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Employment Agreement 

  

	C.	 WHEREAS the appointment shall be effective from 1st January, 2010 and the terms of the Appointment will be for a period of 5 years and will be governed by the provisions
of the Companies Act, 1956; and 

  

	D.	WHEREAS, this Employment Agreement is necessary for the protection of the Company’s legitimate and protectible business interests in its Customers, prospective
Customers, accounts and confidential proprietary and trade secret information. 

 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration
of the premises and the agreements and covenants set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and the Executive agree
as follows: 
 1. Definitions. Unless specifically defined herein, the following terms shall have the meaning assigned to
them under this Section 1: 
 (a) “Action” shall mean any action, suit or legal, administrative or
arbitral proceeding or investigation before any governmental or regulatory authority; 
 (b) “Affiliate”
with respect to a specified Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such specified Person; provided, however, that, for purposes of this definition, the terms
“controlling”, “controlled by” or “under common control with” mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise, or the power to elect or appoint at least 50% of the directors, managers, partners or other individuals exercising similar authority with respect to such Person; 

  
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 (c) “Company” or “iGATE” shall mean iGATE and any
Affiliate or joint venture of iGATE, including any direct or indirect holding company or subsidiary of iGATE, as well as any of their respective operating divisions; 
 (d) “Company Business” shall mean the business conducted by the Company; 
 (e) “Confidential Information” shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, any information which may include, in whole or part, information concerning the Company’s
accounts, sales, sales volume, sales methods, sales proposals, customers or prospective customers, prospect lists, Company manuals, formulae, products, processes, methods, financial information or data, compositions, ideas, improvements, inventions,
research, computer programs, computer related information or data, system documentation, software products, patented products, copyrighted information, know how and operating methods and any other trade secret or proprietary information belonging to
the Company or relating to the Company’s affairs that is not public information; 
 (f) “Competing
Business” shall mean any business which provides, designs, develops, markets, engages in, invests in, produces or sells any products, services, or businesses which are the same or similar to the Company Business or those provided,
designed, developed, marketed, engaged in, invested in, produced or sold by the Company; 
 (g)
“Customer(s)” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, business or other entity, whether for-profit or not-for-profit (i) whose existence and business is known to the Executive as a result of
the Executive’s access to the Company’s business information, Confidential Information, customer lists or customer account information (including any Person to whom the Company makes a written proposal to provide services during the term
of this Agreement); (ii) that is a business entity or individual with whom the Company has a valid and subsisting contract as of the date of this Agreement; or (iii) a business entity or individual with whom the Company enters into a valid
contract during the term of this Agreement; 
 (h) “Party” shall mean either the Company or the
Executive and the “Parties” shall mean the Company and the Executive collectively. 
 (i)
“Person” means any individual, sole, proprietorship, corporation, company, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, unincorporated society, governmental authority, association or trust or any other entity or
organization. 
 2. Employment. 
 (A) iGATE hereby employs the Executive as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board and Executive hereby accepts full time employment with iGATE on the terms and conditions contained in this
Employment Agreement. The Executive confirms that there are no Actions pending against him and, to the best knowledge of the Executive, there are no Actions threatened against him. 

(B) The Executive shall be appointed as a Director on the Board of Directors of the Company and shall cease to be a Director of the
Company forthwith upon cessation of his employment with the Company. 
 3. Duties. 

(a) The Executive shall serve iGATE as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board and agrees to promote the Company’s
interests, be responsible for such duties as are 

  
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commensurate with and required by such position, and any other duties as may be assigned to the Executive by the Company from time to time. 

(b) The Executive agrees to perform his duties in a diligent, trustworthy, loyal, businesslike, productive, and efficient manner and to
use his best efforts to advance the business and goodwill of the Company. The Executive agrees to devote all of his business time, skill, energy and attention exclusively to the business of the Company. 

(c) During the time the Executive is employed with iGATE, he will not engage in any other business for his own account or be employed by
any other Person, or render any services, give any advice or serve in a consulting capacity, whether gratuitously or otherwise, to or for any other Person without the prior written approval of iGATE. 

4. Place of Work. The Executive will be based at Bangalore but may be relocated to other locations, based on mutual agreement. The
Executive’s duties will include travel in the United States of America, India and other countries, often at short notice. 

5. Compensation. 
 (a) The Executive’s annual salary and other compensation as of the date of this Employment Agreement are as set forth on Attachment A hereto. iGATE shall be entitled to withhold from any
payments due to the Executive and pursuant to the provisions of this Employment Agreement, any amounts required to be withheld by any applicable taxing or other authority, or any amounts loaned to the Executive by the Company. 

6. Policies and Practices. The Executive agrees to abide by all the Company rules, regulations, instructions, policies, practices
and procedures which the Company may amend from time to time and to indemnify the Company for any loss suffered as a consequence of a breach by the Executive of the Company rules, regulations, instructions, policies, practices and procedures.

 7. Non-Competition. In order to protect the Company’s legitimate and protectible business interest the Executive
covenants and agrees that for the entire period of his employment with iGATE, the Executive shall not, either directly or indirectly, except as provided in Section 3(c) of this Employment Agreement, engage in any Competing Business or to own,
manage, operate, control or participate in, or have any ownership interest in (except an ownership not exceeding two percent (2%) of the stock of a listed public company), or make loans to, or promote or assist financially or otherwise aid or
advise as an agent, consultant, officer, partner, director, employee, independent contractor or otherwise, whether directly or indirectly, any Person who is engaged in, or operates, or attempts to operate any business or service which is a Competing
Business anywhere in the world, including the Republic of India or any political sub-division thereof. 
 8.
Non-Solicitation. In order to protect the business interest and goodwill of the Company with respect to Customers and accounts, and to protect Confidential Information, the Executive covenants and agrees that for the entire period of his
employment with iGATE, and for a period of One (1) year after termination of the Executive’s employment, the Executive shall not: 
 (a) directly or indirectly interfere with or attempt to disrupt the relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Company and any of its employees or between the Company and any of its customers

  
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 9. Nondisclosure and Nonuse of Confidential Information. The Executive covenants and
agrees that during the Executive’s employment or any time after the termination of such employment, not to communicate or divulge to any Person, either directly or indirectly, and to hold in strict confidence for the benefit of the Company, all
Confidential Information except that the Executive may disclose such Confidential Information to Persons who need to know such Confidential Information during the course and within the scope of the Executive’s employment. The Executive will not
use any Confidential Information for any purpose or for the Executive’s personal benefit other than in the course and within the scope of Executive’s employment. The Executive agrees to sign and abide by the terms and conditions of the
Confidential Information and Intellectual Property Protection Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Attachment B and incorporated as though fully set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the confidentiality obligations of
this Section 9 will not apply to information which: (a) The Executive is compelled to disclose pursuant to any applicable law or any order of any court of competent jurisdiction or any competent judicial, governmental or regulatory body;
(b) can be shown to have been generally available to the public other than as a result of a breach by the Executive of his confidentiality obligations herein contained; or (c) can be shown to have been provided to the Executive by a third
party who obtained such information other than from the Executive or other than as a result of a breach by the Executive of his confidentiality obligations herein contained. 
 10. Termination. 
 (a) iGATE may terminate the Executive’s employment
under the following conditions: 
 (i) With Cause Termination. iGATE may, immediately and without notice,
terminate the Executive from employment with “Cause”. “Cause” shall mean (i) the commission of a crime involving moral turpitude, theft, fraud or deceit; (ii) conduct that has an adverse effect on the
Company’s reputation, (iii) substantial or continued unwillingness to perform duties as reasonably directed by the board of directors of iGATE; (iv) gross negligence or deliberate misconduct; or (v) any material breach of
Section 6 and any breach of Sections 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, or 13 of this Employment Agreement, or the Confidential Information and Intellectual Property Protection Agreement. The Executive acknowledges that he has continuing obligations under this
Employment Agreement including, but not limited to Sections 7, 8, and 9, in the event that he is terminated with Cause; provided that if the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 10(a)(ii), then the Executive will be
paid three (3) months (“Severance Period”) severance pay based on the Executive’s last basic salary. 
 (ii) Without Cause. In the event that the Executive’s employment is terminated without Cause, the Executive will be given not less than three (3) months prior written notice of such
termination. In the event iGATE desires to terminate the Executive’s employment without Cause, without prior notice as set out in this Section 10(a) (ii), then the Executive will be paid three (3) months (“Severance
Period”) severance pay based on the Executive’s last basic salary. The Executive acknowledges the Executive’s continuing obligations under this Employment Agreement including, but not limited to Sections 7, 8 and 9, in the
event that the Executive is terminated without Cause. The Executive further acknowledges that the payment of any severance under this Employment Agreement is conditioned upon the Executive first signing an agreement and release of all claims against
the Company in accordance with the Company’s policies, as amended from time to time. 

  
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 (b) The Executive may terminate his employment by giving not less than three (3) months
prior written notice of his intention to terminate, provided, however, that iGATE may decide to end his employment at any time during the said three (3) months upon payment to the Executive of the salary due to the Executive for
the remainder of the said three (3) months notice period based on the Executive’s last basic salary. The Executive acknowledges his continuing obligations under this Employment Agreement including, but not limited to Sections 7, 8 and 9,
in the event that the Executive terminates his employment with iGATE. 
 11. Equitable Relief; Fees and Expenses. The
Executive stipulates and agrees that any breach of this Employment Agreement by him will result in immediate and irreparable harm to the Company, the amount of which will be extremely difficult to ascertain, and that the Company could not be
reasonably or adequately compensated by damages in an action at law. For these reasons, iGATE shall have the right, without objection from the Executive, to obtain such preliminary, temporary or permanent injunctions or restraining orders or decrees
as may be necessary to protect the Company against, or on account of, any breach by the Executive of the provisions of this Employment Agreement without the need to post bond. Such right to equitable relief is in addition to all other legal remedies
iGATE may have to protect its rights. In the event iGATE obtains any such injunction, order, decree or other relief, in law or in equity, for any breach by the Executive of the provisions of this Employment Agreement, the Executive shall be
responsible for reimbursing iGATE for all costs associated with obtaining the relief, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, and expenses and costs of suit. 
 12. Amendments. No supplement, modification, amendment or waiver of the terms of this Employment Agreement shall be binding on the parties hereto unless executed in writing by the party to be bound
thereby. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Employment Agreement shall be deemed to or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise
expressly provided. Any failure to insist upon strict compliance with any of the terms and conditions of this Employment Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any such terms or conditions. 

13. Acknowledgments of the Executive. 
 (a) The Executive hereby acknowledges and agrees that: (i) this Employment Agreement is necessary for the protection of the legitimate business interests of the Company; (ii) the restrictions
contained in this Employment Agreement may be enforced in a court of law whether or not the Executive is terminated with or without Cause; (iii) the Executive has no intention of competing with the Company within the limitations set forth
above; (iv) the Executive has received adequate and valuable consideration for entering into this Employment Agreement; (v) the Executive’s covenants shall be construed as independent of any other provision in this Employment
Agreement and the existence of any claim or cause of action the Executive may have against the Company, whether predicated on this Employment Agreement or not, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of these covenants; and
(vi) the execution and delivery of this Employment Agreement is a mandatory condition precedent to the Executive’s receipt of the consideration provided herein. 
 (b) The Executive acknowledges that the Company is engaged in business in India, as well as in other countries and that the marketplace for the Company’s products and services is worldwide. The
Executive further covenants and agrees that the length of term and types of activities restrictions (non-competition restrictions) contained in this Employment Agreement are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of
the Company because of the scope of the Company’s business. 

  
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 (c) In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that one or more of
the provisions of Section 7 or 8 are so broad as to be unenforceable, then such provision shall be deemed to be reduced in scope or length, as the case may be, to the extent required to make Section 7 or 8, as applicable, enforceable. If
the Executive violates the provisions of Section 7 or 8, the periods described therein shall be extended by that number of days which equals the aggregate of all days during which at any time any such violations occurred. The Executive
acknowledges that the offer of employment by iGATE and the compensation payable for entering into this Employment Agreement is sufficient consideration for the Executive’s agreement to the restrictive covenants set forth in Sections 7 and 8.

 14. Full Understanding. The Executive acknowledges that he has been afforded the opportunity to seek legal counsel, he
has carefully read and fully understands all of the provisions of this Employment Agreement and that he, in consideration for the compensation set forth herein, is voluntarily entering into this Employment Agreement. 

15. Severability. This Employment Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, between the parties hereto
concerning the subject matter hereof. Whenever possible, each provision of this Employment Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Employment Agreement is held to
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but this Employment Agreement
shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. The restrictive covenants stated herein may be read as if separate and apart from this Employment
Agreement and shall survive the termination of the Executive’s employment with iGATE for any reason. 
 16.
Entire Agreement. This Employment Agreement, the other agreements provided for herein and the Attachments attached hereto, set forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior
contracts, agreements, arrangements, communications, discussions, representation and warranties, whether written or oral, between iGATE and the Executive.  
 17. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. All disputes arising between the parties shall be settled under the provisions of the [Indian] Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996. The Parties agree
(i) that the arbitration proceedings will be conducted in Bangalore; and (ii) the panel of arbitration shall consist of three (3) members, one each appointed by the Parties and the third appointed by the nominee arbitrators by
consensus. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the parties agree that this Employment Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of parties shall be governed by the laws of India, without giving effect to the
conflict of law provisions thereof. Subject to the terms of this Employment Agreement, the courts at Bangalore, Karnataka shall have exclusive jurisdiction to entertain any suit, dispute, litigation or legal proceedings in respect of or under this
Employment Agreement. 
 18. Assignment. The Company shall have the right to assign this Employment Agreement to any
Affiliate or to any other Person in connection with a merger, consolidation or restructuring involving the Company, or a sale or transfer of the business or substantially all of the assets of the Company, and the Executive agrees to be obligated by
this Employment Agreement to any such assignee. The Executive may not assign this Employment Agreement. 

  
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 19. Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given
under this Employment Agreement shall be in writing and shall be duly given if delivered, or if sent by prepaid registered mail or if transmitted by facsimile to a party at its address set forth below: 

 

	 	(a)	to iGATE at: 

  

			
	Address:	  	158-162P & 165P-170P, EPIP, Phase II,
		  	Whitefield, Bangalore 560 066, Karnataka, India
		
		  	Attention: Company Secretary
		  	Facsimile No: 080- 4125 9191

  

	 	(b)	To The Executive at: 

  

			
	Address:	  	402, VARS CASA, ROSA, 1st Main, Pai Layout,
		  	Old Madras Road, Bangalore- 560 016, Karnataka, India

 or
to such other address as the party to whom such notice is to be given shall have last notified the party giving the notice in the manner provided in this Section 19. Any notice delivered to the party to whom it is addressed in the manner
provided in this Section 19 shall be deemed to have been given and received on the day it is so delivered at such address, provided that if such day is not a business day, then the notice shall be deemed to have been given and received on the
next business day, then the notice shall be deemed to have been given and received on the next business day. Any notice sent by prepaid registered mail shall be deemed to have been given and received on the fifth business day following the date of
its mailing. Any notice transmitted by facsimile shall be deemed given and received upon receipt of a confirmed answer back following transmission. 
 20. Counterparts. This Employment Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but both of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 21. Headings. The headings used in this Employment Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be considered in
construing or interpreting this Employment Agreement. 
 22. Survival. The provisions of Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17
and this Section 22 of this Employment Agreement shall survive the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason. 
 23. Indebtedness: If the Executive becomes indebted to the Company for any reason, the Company may, if it so elects, set off the whole or part of such outstanding amount from any amount due and
payable to the Executive. 
 24. Waiver: No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement by the Company shall be
deemed to or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided. Any failure on the part of the Company to insist upon strict compliance with
any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any of the terms contained in this Agreement. 

  
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 25. Conflicts: The Executive’s performance of the provisions of this Agreement
shall not breach and/or constitute a breach of the Executive obligations to any other person or entity and the Executive has not and will not at any time hereafter enter into any oral/written agreement in conflict with the provisions of this
Agreement. 
 26. The Executive agrees that it has been given the opportunity to read the terms and conditions of the various
policies, procedures and processes of the Company (collectively the “Company Policies”) including the Company’s Quality Management System, Corporate Security Policy and Human Resource Policies. The Executive further
agrees that the Executive will be bound to all the terms and conditions of the Company Policies. The Executive understands that the Company Policies are subject to review and may be modified periodically and all such modified Company Policies shall
be applicable to the Executive. 
 I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE CAREFULLY READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND THAT I AM VOLUNTARILY ENTERING INTO THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. 
 iGATE Global Solutions Limited 

 

									
	By:	 	         /s/ Srinivas Rao Kandula
	 		 	 /s/ Sujit Sircar

		 	Name:	 	Srinivas Rao Kandula	 		 	Sujit Sircar
		 	Title:	 	Global Head Human Resource	 		 	

  
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 ATTACHMENT A 
 1. Base Annual Salary. Rs. 48, 00,000 /- (Rupees Forty Eight Lakhs Only) provided that the Board of Directors of the Company (Board) may, at their discretion, review the
base salary from time to time and grant such increments, not exceeding 33.33% of the then base salary at any one time, as may be deemed appropriate provided that the annual base salary shall not exceed Rs. 72,00,000/- (Rupees Seventy Two Lakhs
Only). 
 2. Annual Performance Based Incentive. An annual performance based incentive upto Rs.16,00,000/-( Rupees Sixteen Lakhs Only)
based on the performance criteria determined by the Board provided the Board may, at its discretion based upon the review of the performance of the Company and the contribution of the Executive, revise the Annual Performance Based
Incentive to a higher amount not exceeding Rs. 29,00,000/- (Rupees Twenty Nine Lakhs Only) per annum. The Annual Performance Based Incentive shall be paid quarterly/half yearly or annually as the Board may determine. 

2. Expenses. iGATE will reimburse all properly documented expenses reasonably related to the Executive’s performance of the Executive’s
duties hereunder in accordance with its standard policy. 
 3. Holidays. The Executive will be entitled to avail of holidays as per the
policies of iGATE in force from time to time. 
  

	4.	Benefits. The Executive’s entitlement to the benefit schemes of iGATE shall be in accordance with the applicable law and as per iGATE policies in force from
time to time. The Executive is entitled to join the benefit schemes of iGATE, which may include health or other insurance packages, if iGATE decides to offer these to its employees. The Executive understands that, if offered, the terms of these
schemes may be changed from time to time by iGATE and agrees to keep himself informed of the same. 

In addition to the above, the Executive will be entitled to the following benefits: 

 

	 	a)	Provision of telephones, fax and Internet access at his residence; 

  

	 	b)	Fees for one club membership, including admission fees but not including life membership and such other benefits and perquisites, if any, extended to other senior
executives of the Company, or as the Company may introduce from time to time. 

  

	 	c)	Entitled to participate in the Company / Holding Companies Stock Option Plan as may be applicable to other senior employees of the Executive’s level.

 The Executive shall report to the Board of Directors of the Company on all matters relating to the Company.

  
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 ATTACHMENT B 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
 PROTECTION AGREEMENT 
 This Confidential and Intellectual Property
Protection Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of the 11th. day of April, 2006 (the “Effective Date”) by and between 
 I. iGATE
Global Solutions Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, its registered office at 158-162p & 165p-170p, EPIP, Phase II, Whitefield, Bangalore 560 066 (the “Company or iGATE”), which term shall unless
repugnant to the context and meaning thereof mean and include its successors, nominees and permitted assigns. 
 AND 

II. Mr. Sujit Sircar aged 41 years and residing at 402, VARS CASA, ROSA, 1st Main, Pai Layout, Old Madras Road, Bangalore- 560 016, Karnataka, India
(“Executive”) which term shall unless repugnant to the context and meaning thereof mean and include his successors, nominees and permitted assigns. 
 RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, the Executive has been employed by the Company as
Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board, and that in the performance of the Executive’s duties in such capacity, the Executive may acquire Confidential Information or Trade Secrets (as those terms are defined below) relating to the
Company’s business (or that of its Affiliates or Customers) and the Executive may develop copyrightable works, inventions or improvements relating to the Company’s products and business (or that of its Affiliates); and 

WHEREAS, it is the understanding between the Company and the Executive that the Company shall have certain rights in such Confidential
Information, Trade Secrets, copyrightable works, inventions and improvements; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
Company’s agreement to employ the Executive and the salary and other compensation paid to the Executive by the Company during Executive’s employment by the Company, the Executive agrees as follows: 

1. Definitions. Unless specifically defined herein, the following terms shall have the meaning assigned to them under this
Section 1: 
 (a) “Affiliate” with respect to a specified Person, means any other Person
(a) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such specified Person; or (b) who is a Relative of such Person or their Affiliate; provided, however, that, for purposes of this definition, the terms
“controlling”, “controlled by” or “under common control with” mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise, or the power to elect or appoint a majority of the directors, managers, partners or other individuals exercising similar authority with respect to such Person; 

  
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 (b) “Company” shall mean iGATE and any Affiliate or joint venture of
iGATE, including any direct or indirect holding company or subsidiary of iGATE, as well as any of their respective operating divisions; 
 (c) “Confidential Information” shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, any information which may include, in whole or part, information concerning the Company’s
accounts, sales, sales volume, sales methods, sales proposals, customers or prospective customers, prospect lists, Company manuals, formulae, products, processes, methods, financial information or data, compositions, ideas, improvements, inventions,
research, computer programs, computer related information or data, system documentation, software products, patented products, copyrighted information, know how and operating methods and any other trade secret or proprietary information belonging to
the Company or relating to the Company’s affairs that is not public information; 
 (d)
“Customer(s)” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, business or other entity, whether for-profit or not-for-profit (i) whose existence and business is known to the Executive as a result of the
Executive’s access to the Company’s business information, Confidential Information, customer lists or customer account information (including any Person to whom the Company makes a written proposal to provide services during the term of
the Executive’s employment with the Company); (ii) that is a business entity or individual with whom the Company has a valid and subsisting contract as of the date of this Agreement; or (iii) a business entity or individual with whom
the Company enters into a valid contract during the term of this Agreement; 
 (e) “Person” means any
individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated society, governmental authority, association or trust or any other entity or organisation; and 

(f) “Trade Secret” means any useful process, machine or other device or composition of matter which is new and
which is being used or studied by the Company and is not described in a patent or described in any literature already published and distributed externally by the Company; the source code or algorithms of any software developed or owned by the
Company; any formula, plan, tool, machine, process or method employed by the Company, whether patentable or not, which is not generally known to others; business plans and marketing concepts of the Company; marketing or sales information of the
Company; financial information or projections regarding the Company or potential acquisition candidates of the Company; financial, pricing and/or credit information regarding clients or vendors of the Company; a listing of names, addresses or
telephone numbers of Customers or clients of the Company; internal corporate policies and procedures of the Company; and any other undisclosed information protected in accordance with any applicable law. 

2. The Executive hereby acknowledges and agrees that each of the copyrightable works authored by the Executive (including, without limitation, all
software and related documentation and all web site designs), alone or with others, during the Executive’s employment by the Company shall be deemed to have been to be works prepared by the Executive within the scope of the Executive’s
employment by the Company and, as such, shall be deemed to be “works made in the course of employment under a contract of service” under Indian copyright laws from the inception of creation of such copyrightable works. In the event that
any of such copyrightable works shall be deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction not to be a “works made in the course of employment under a contract of service”, this Agreement shall operate as an irrevocable assignment by the
Executive to the Company of all right, title and interest in, and to, such copyrightable works, including, without limitation, all worldwide copyright interests therein, in perpetuity. The fact that such copyrightable works are created by the
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Executive’s working hours with the Company shall not diminish the Company’s rights with respect to such works which otherwise fall within this paragraph 2. The Executive agrees to
execute and deliver to the Company such further instruments or documents as may be requested by the Company in order to effectuate the purposes of this paragraph 2. 
 3. The Executive shall promptly and fully disclose to the Company all inventions or improvements made or conceived by the Executive, solely or with others, during the Executive’s employment by the
Company and, where the subject matter of such inventions or improvements results from or is suggested by any work which the Executive may do for, or on behalf of, the Company or relates in any way to the Company’s products, business or
operations (or that of its Affiliates), the Company shall have all rights to such inventions and improvements, whether they are patentable or not. The fact that such inventions and improvements are made or conceived by the Executive outside of the
Company’s facilities or other than during the Executive’s working hours with the Company shall not diminish the Company’s rights with respect to such inventions or improvements which otherwise fall within this paragraph 3. 

4. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the Company shall have no rights pursuant to this Agreement in any invention of the Executive made during
the term of the Executive’s employment by the Company, if such invention has not arisen out of, or by reason of, the Executive’s work with the Company or does not relate to the products, business or operations of the Company or that of its
Affiliates, although the Executive r shall nonetheless inform the Company of any such invention. 
 5. At the request of the Company, either
during or after termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company, the Executive shall execute, or join in executing, all papers or documents required for the filing of patent applications in India and such foreign countries as the
Company may elect, and the Executive shall assign all such patent applications to the Company or its nominee, and shall provide the Company or its agents or attorneys with all reasonable assistance in the preparation and prosecution of patent
applications, drawings, specifications and the like, all at the expense of the Company, and shall do all that may be necessary to establish, protect and maintain the rights of the Company or its nominee in the inventions, patent applications and
specifications in accordance with the spirit of this Agreement. 
 6. The Executive shall treat as confidential all Trade Secrets and
Confidential Information belonging to the Company (or information belonging to third parties to which the Company shall owe an obligation of secrecy), which is disclosed to the Executive, or which the Executive may acquire or develop, or which the
Executive may observe in the course of the Executive’s employment by the Company and which at the time of disclosure is not previously known to the Executive, and not known or used by others in the trade generally, and the Executive shall not
disclose, publish or otherwise use, either during or after termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company, any such Trade Secrets or Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Company except that the Executive
may disclose such Confidential Information to Persons who need to know such Confidential Information during the course and within the scope of Executive’ employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the confidentiality obligations of this
paragraph 6 will not apply to information which: (a) The Executive is compelled to disclose pursuant to any applicable law or any order of any court of competent jurisdiction or any competent judicial, governmental or regulatory body;
(b) can be shown to have been generally available to the public other than as a result of a breach by the Executive of his confidentiality obligations herein contained; or (c) can be shown to have been provided to the Executive by a third
party who obtained such information other than from the Executive or other than as a result of a breach by the Executive of his confidentiality obligations herein contained. 

  
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 7. Upon termination of employment with Company for any reason, the Executive shall promptly deliver to
Company the originals and copies of all correspondence, drawings, manuals, computer related or generated information, letters, notes, notebooks, reports, prospect lists, customer lists, flow charts, programs, proposals, and any documents concerning
Company’s business, Customers or suppliers and, without limiting the foregoing, will promptly deliver to Company any and all other documents or materials containing or constituting Confidential Information or Trade Secrets. The Executive agrees
to maintain the integrity of all stored computer information and agrees not to alter damage or destroy said computer information before returning it to Company. 
 8. The Executive shall keep and maintain adequate and current written records of all Trade Secrets and Confidential Information made by the Executive (solely or jointly with others) during the term of
employment (“Records”). The Records may be in the form of notes, sketches, drawings, flow charts, electronic data or recordings, laboratory notebooks and any other format. The Records will be available to and remain the sole
property of the Company at all times. The Executive shall not remove such Records from the Company’s place of business except as expressly permitted by the Company. 
 9. This Agreement shall in no way alter, or be construed to alter, the terms and conditions of any employment agreement entered into by The Executive with the Company. The Company may utilize any portion
of the Executive’s employment agreement to enforce the terms and conditions set forth herein and remedy any violation of this Agreement. The Company has the exclusive right to assign this Agreement. 

10. The parties agree that this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of India. Jurisdiction and venue is exclusively limited in any
proceeding by the Company or the Executive to enforce their rights hereunder to the courts of Bangalore. 
 I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE
CAREFULLY READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT I AM VOLUNTARILY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS AGREEMENT AS A CONDITION OF MY EMPLOYMENT. 

 

	
	The Executive: Sujit Sircar
	
	Signature /s/ Sujit Sircar
	
	Date: January 1, 2010

  
 14Senior Executive Employment Agreement - Phaneesh Murthy

 Exhibit 10.15 
 SENIOR EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 BETWEEN 

iGATE Technologies, Inc. 
 AND 
 Phaneesh Murthy 

 SENIOR EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 

This Senior Executive Employment Agreement is made as of the 1st day of January 2010 (the “Employment
Agreement”) by and between iGATE Technologies, Inc., a company incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with its registered office at 1004 McKee Road, Oakdale, PA 15071 and its principal office at 6528 Kaiser Drive,
Fremont, CA 94555 (“iGTI”) and Phaneesh Murthy aged 46 years and residing at 33245, Lark Way, Fremont California 94555, USA (“Executive”). 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements and covenants set forth herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and Executive agree as follows: 
 1. Definitions. As used herein: 
 (a) “Action” shall
mean any action, suit or legal, administrative or arbitral proceeding or investigation before any governmental or regulatory authority; 
 (b) “Affiliate” with respect to a specified Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such specified Person;
provided, however, that, for purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” or “under common control with” mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise, or the power to elect or appoint a majority of the directors, managers, partners or other individuals
exercising similar authority with respect to such Person; 
 (c) “Company” shall mean iGTI and any
Affiliate or joint venture of iGTI, including any direct or indirect holding company or subsidiary of iGTI, as well as any of their respective operating divisions; 
 (d) “Company Business” shall mean the business conducted by the Company; 
 (e) “Confidential Information” shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, any information which may include, in whole or part, information concerning the Company’s
accounts, sales, sales volume, sales methods, sales proposals, customers or prospective customers, prospect lists, Company manuals, formulae, products, processes, methods, financial information or data, compositions, ideas, improvements, inventions,
research, computer programs, computer related information or data, system documentation, software products, patented products, copyrighted information, know how and operating methods and any other trade secret or proprietary information belonging to
the Company or relating to the Company’s affairs that is not public information; 
 (f) “Competing
Business” shall mean any business which provides, designs, develops, markets, engages in, invests in, produces or sells any products, services, or businesses 

  
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which are the same or similar to the Company Business or those provided, designed, developed, marketed, engaged in, invested in, produced or sold by the Company; 

(g) “Customer(s)” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, business or other entity, whether
for-profit or not-for-profit (i) whose existence and business is known to Executive as a result of Executive’s access to the Company’s business information, Confidential Information, customer lists or customer account information
(including any Person to whom the Company makes a written proposal to provide services during the term of this Agreement); (ii) that is a business entity or individual with whom the Company has a valid and subsisting contract as of the date of
this Agreement; or (iii) a business entity or individual with whom the Company enters into a valid contract during the term of this Agreement. 
 (h) “Person” means any individual, sole, proprietorship, corporation, company, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, unincorporated society, governmental
authority, association or trust or any other entity or organization. 
 (i) “Term” means the five year
period commencing on the effective date of this Employment Agreement (i.e., January 1, 2010) and ending on December 31, 2014). 
 2. Employment. iGTI hereby employs the Executive and Executive hereby accepts full time employment with iGTI on the terms and conditions contained in this Employment Agreement. Except as set forth
in Schedule 1 hereto, Executive confirms that there are no Actions pending against him and, to the best knowledge of Executive, there are no Actions threatened against him. 

3. Duties. 
 (a) Executive shall serve iGTI as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and agrees to promote the Company’s interests, be responsible for such duties as are commensurate with and required by such position,
and any other duties as may be assigned to Executive by the Company from time to time. Executive will be responsible for the day-to-day business operations of the Company, subject to the supervision and direction of the board of directors of the
Company. 
 (b) Executive agrees to perform his duties in a diligent, trustworthy, loyal, businesslike, productive, and
efficient manner and to use his best efforts to advance the business and goodwill of the Company. Executive agrees to devote all of his business time, skill, energy and attention exclusively to the business of the Company except for
(i) positions on the board of directors of other companies currently held by Executive and disclosed on Schedule 2 hereto, and (ii) positions on the board of directors of other companies proposed to be taken up by Executive and
disclosed to iGTI and in respect of which iGTI grants its approval in writing. 
 (c) During the time Executive is employed with
iGTI, he will not engage in any other business for his own account or be employed by any other Person, or render any services, give any advice or serve in a consulting capacity, whether gratuitously or otherwise, to or for any other Person without
the prior written approval of iGTI. 
 4. Place of Work. Executive will be based at California, United States of America
but may be relocated to other locations, based on mutual agreement. Executive’s duties will include travel in the United States of America, India and other countries, often at short notice. Executive confirms that he has a valid passport and
that iGTI has entered into this Employment Agreement on that understanding. 

  
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 5. Compensation. Executive’s annual salary and other compensation as of the date
of this Employment Agreement are as set forth on Attachment A hereto. The salary and compensation are subject to being reviewed and modified annually by iGTI. iGTI shall be entitled to withhold from any payments due to Executive pursuant to
the provisions of this Employment Agreement, any amounts required to be withheld by/under any applicable taxing or other statutory provision or authority, or any amounts loaned to Executive by the Company. 

6. Policies and Practices. Executive agrees to abide by all the Company rules, regulations, instructions, policies, practices and
procedures as amended from time to time and as posted on the Company’s intranet and to indemnify the Company for any loss suffered as a consequence of a breach by Executive of such Company rules, regulations, instructions, policies, practices
and procedures. 
 7. Non-Competition. In order to protect the Company’s legitimate and protectible business
interest Executive covenants and agrees that for the entire period of his employment with iGTI, Executive shall not either directly or indirectly, except as provided in Section 3(c) above, engage in any Competing Business or to own, manage,
operate, control or participate in, or have any ownership interest in (except an ownership not exceeding two percent (2%) of the stock of a listed public company), or make loans to, or promote or assist financially or otherwise aid or advise as
an agent, consultant, officer, partner, director, employee, independent contractor or otherwise, whether directly or indirectly, any Person who is engaged in, or operates, or attempts to operate any business or service which is a Competing Business
anywhere in the world, including the United States of America or any political sub-division thereof. 
 8.
Non-Solicitation. In order to protect the business interest and goodwill of the Company with respect to Customers and accounts, and to protect Confidential Information, Executive covenants and agrees that for the entire period of his
employment with iGTI, and for a period of two (2) years after termination of Executive’s employment, Executive shall not: 
 (a) directly or indirectly contact any Customer of the Company for the purpose of soliciting such Customer to purchase, lease or license a product or service that is the same as, similar to, or in
competition with those products and/or services provided, rendered, offered or under development by the Company; or 
 (b)
directly or indirectly interfere with or attempt to disrupt the relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Company and any of its employees or solicit, induce or attempt to induce employees of the Company to terminate employment with the
Company and become self-employed or employed with others, or knowingly permit any Person or business directly or indirectly controlled by him to do any of the foregoing. 
 9. Nondisclosure and Nonuse of Confidential Information. Executive covenants and agrees that during Executive’s employment or any time after the termination of such employment, not to
communicate or divulge to any Person, either directly or indirectly, and to hold in strict confidence for the benefit of the Company, all Confidential Information except that Executive may disclose such Confidential Information to Persons who need
to know such Confidential Information during the course and within the scope of Executive’s employment. Executive will not use any Confidential Information for any purpose or for Executive’s personal benefit other than in the course and
within the scope of Executive’s employment. Executive agrees to sign and abide by the terms and conditions of the Confidential Information and Intellectual Property Protection Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Attachment B
and incorporated as though fully set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the confidentiality obligations of this Section 9 will not apply to 

  
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information which: (a) Executive is compelled to disclose pursuant to any applicable law or any order of any court of competent jurisdiction or any competent judicial, governmental or
regulatory body; (b) can be shown to have been generally available to the public other than as a result of a breach by Executive of his confidentiality obligations herein contained; or (c) can be shown to have been provided to Executive by
a third party who obtained such information other than from Executive or other than as a result of a breach by Executive of his confidentiality obligations herein contained 
 10. Termination. 
 (a) iGTI may terminate Executive’s employment with
or without cause under the following conditions: 
 (i) With Cause Termination. iGTI may, immediately and
without notice, terminate Executive from employment with “Cause”. “Cause” shall mean (i) the commission of a crime involving moral turpitude, theft, fraud or deceit; (ii) conduct that has an adverse effect on the
Company’s reputation, (iii) substantial or continued unwillingness to perform duties as reasonably directed by the board of directors of iGTI; (iv) gross negligence or deliberate misconduct; or (v) any material breach of
Section 6 and any breach of Sections 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, or 13 of this Employment Agreement, or the Confidential Information and Intellectual Property Protection Agreement. Executive acknowledges that he has continuing obligations under this
Employment Agreement including, but not limited to Sections 7, 8, and 9, in the event that he is terminated with Cause; provided that if Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 10(a)(ii), then Executive will be paid six
(6) months (“Severance Period”) severance pay based on Executive’s last basic salary. 
 (ii) Without Cause. In the event that Executive’s employment is terminated without Cause, Executive will be given not less than six (6) months prior written notice of such termination. In
the event iGTI desires to terminate Executive’s employment without Cause, without prior notice as set out in this Section 10(a)(ii), then Executive will be paid severance pay for the Severance Period based on Executive’s last basic
salary. Executive acknowledges Executive’s continuing obligations under this Employment Agreement including, but not limited to Sections 7, 8 and 9, in the event that Executive is terminated without Cause. Executive further acknowledges that
the payment of any severance under this Employment Agreement is conditioned upon Executive first signing an agreement and release of all claims against the Company in accordance with the Company’s policies, as amended from time to time.

 (b) Executive may terminate his employment by giving not less than three (3) months prior written notice of his
intention to terminate, provided, however, that iGTI may decide to end his employment at any time during those three (3) months, upon payment to Executive of the salary due to Executive for the remainder of the said three
(3) months notice period based on Executive’s last basic salary. Executive acknowledges his continuing obligations under this Employment Agreement including, but not limited to Sections 7, 8 and 9, in the event that Executive terminates
his employment with iGTI. 
 (c) This Agreement will terminate upon the expiration of the Term. 

11. Equitable Relief; Fees and Expenses. Executive stipulates and agrees that any breach of this Employment Agreement by him will
result in immediate and irreparable harm to the Company, the amount of which will be extremely difficult to ascertain, and that the Company could not be reasonably or adequately compensated by damages in an action at law. For these reasons,

  
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iGTI shall have the right, without objection from Executive, to obtain such preliminary, temporary or permanent injunctions or restraining orders or decrees as may be necessary to protect the
Company against, or on account of, any breach by Executive of the provisions of this Employment Agreement without the need to post bond. Such right to equitable relief is in addition to all other legal remedies iGTImay have to protect its rights. In
the event iGTI obtains any such injunction, order, decree or other relief, in law or in equity, for any breach by Executive of the provisions of this Employment Agreement, Executive shall be responsible for reimbursing iGTI for all costs associated
with obtaining the relief, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, and expenses and costs of suit. 
 12. Amendments.
No supplement, modification, amendment or waiver of the terms of this Employment Agreement shall be binding on the parties hereto unless executed in writing by the party to be bound thereby. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Employment
Agreement shall be deemed to or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided. Any failure to insist upon strict compliance
with any of the terms and conditions of this Employment Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any such terms or conditions. 

13. Acknowledgments of Executive. 
 (a) Executive hereby acknowledges and agrees that: (i) this Employment Agreement is necessary for the protection of the legitimate business interests of the Company; (ii) the restrictions
contained in this Employment Agreement may be enforced in a court of law whether or not Executive is terminated with or without Cause; (iii) Executive has no intention of competing with the Company within the limitations set forth above;
(iv) Executive has received adequate and valuable consideration for entering into this Employment Agreement; (v) Executive’s covenants shall be construed as independent of any other provision in this Employment Agreement and the
existence of any claim or cause of action Executive may have against the Company, whether predicated on this Employment Agreement or not, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of these covenants; and (vi) the
execution and delivery of this Employment Agreement is a mandatory condition precedent to Executive’s receipt of the consideration provided herein. 
 (b) Executive acknowledges that the Company is engaged in business in the United States of America, as well as in other countries and that the marketplace for the Company’s products and services is
worldwide. Executive further covenants and agrees that the length of term and types of activities restricted (non-competition restrictions) contained in this Employment Agreement are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate business
interests of the Company because of the scope of the Company’s business. 
 (c) In the event that a court of competent
jurisdiction shall determine that one or more of the provisions of Sections 7 or 8 are so broad as to be unenforceable, then such provision shall be deemed to be reduced in scope or length, as the case may be, to the extent required to make
Section 7 or 8, as applicable, enforceable. If Executive violates the provisions of Section 8, the period described therein shall be extended by that number of days which equals the aggregate of all days during which at any time any such
violations occurred. Executive acknowledges that the offer of employment by iGTIand the compensation payable for entering into this Employment Agreement is sufficient consideration for Executive’s agreement to the restrictive covenants set
forth in Sections 7 and 8. 
 14. Full Understanding. Executive acknowledges that he has been afforded the opportunity to
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this Employment Agreement and that he, in consideration for the compensation set forth herein, is voluntarily entering into this Employment Agreement. 

15. Severability. This Employment Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, between the parties hereto
concerning the subject matter hereof. Whenever possible, each provision of this Employment Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Employment Agreement is held to
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but this Employment Agreement
shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. The restrictive covenants stated herein may be read as if separate and apart from this Employment
Agreement and shall survive the termination of Executive’s employment with iGTI for any reason. 
 16.
Entire Agreement. This Employment Agreement, the other agreements provided for herein and the Attachments and Schedules attached hereto, set forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and
supercedes all prior contracts, agreements, arrangements, communications, discussions, representation and warranties, whether written or oral, between iGTI and Executive.  

17. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. The parties agree that this Employment Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with, and the rights of parties shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to the conflict of law provisions thereof. The courts in California shall have exclusive jurisdiction to entertain any suit, dispute,
litigation or legal proceedings in respect of or under this Employment Agreement. 
 18. Assignment. The Company shall
have the right to assign this Employment Agreement to any Affiliate or to any other Person in connection with a merger, consolidation or restructuring involving the Company, or a sale or transfer of the business or substantially all of the assets of
the Company, and Executive agrees to be obligated by this Employment Agreement to any such assignee. Executive may not assign this Employment Agreement. 
 19. Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given under this Employment Agreement shall be in writing and shall be duly given if delivered, or if sent by prepaid
registered mail or if transmitted by facsimile to a party at its address set forth below: 
  

					
	(a)	  	to iGTIat:	  	
			
		  	Address:	  	6528 Kaiser Drive, Fremont, CA 94555
			
		  		  	Facsimile: 510-896-3010
		  		  	Attention: Ashok Trivedi
			
	(b)	  	to Executive at:	  	
			
		  	Address:	  	[33245, Lark Way, Fremont,
		  		  	California 94555, USA
			
		  		  	Facsimile: + 1-510-972-7174]
		  		  	Attention: Mr. Phaneesh Murthy

  
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 or to such other address as the party to whom such notice is to be given shall have last notified the party
giving the notice in the manner provided in this Section 19. Any notice delivered to the party to whom it is addressed in the manner provided in this Section 19 shall be deemed to have been given and received on the day it is so delivered
at such address, provided that if such day is not a business day, then the notice shall be deemed to have been given and received on the next business day, then the notice shall be deemed to have been given and received on the next business day. Any
notice sent by prepaid registered mail shall be deemed to have been given and received on the fifth business day following the date of its mailing. Any notice transmitted by facsimile shall be deemed given and received upon receipt of a confirmed
answer back following transmission. 
 20. Counterparts. This Employment Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each
of which will be deemed an original, but both of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. 
 21.
Headings. The headings used in this Employment Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Employment Agreement. 
 22. Survival. The provisions of Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17 and this Section 22 of this Employment Agreement shall survive the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company
for any reason. 
 23. Indebtedness. If the Executive becomes indebted to the Company for any reason, the Company may, if
it so elects, set off the whole or part of such outstanding amount from any amount due and payable to the Executive. 
 24.
Waiver. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement by the Company shall be deemed to or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise
expressly provided. Any failure on the part of the Company to insist upon strict compliance with any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any of the terms contained in this Agreement. 

25. Conflicts. The Executive’s performance of the provisions of this Agreement shall not breach and/or constitute a breach of
the Executive obligations to any other person or entity and the Executive has not and will not at any time hereafter enter into any oral/written agreement in conflict with the provisions of this Agreement. 

26. The Executive agrees that he has been given the opportunity to read the terms and conditions of the various policies, procedures and
processes of the Company (collectively the “Company Policies”) including the Human Resource Policy of the Company and Information Technology Policy of the Company. The Executive further agrees that the Executive will be bound
to all the terms and conditions of the Company Policies. The Executive understands that the Company Policies are subject to review and may be modified periodically and all such modified Company Policies shall be applicable to the Executive.

  
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 I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE CAREFULLY READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND THAT I AM VOLUNTARILY ENTERING INTO THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. 
  

									
	iGATE Technologies, Inc.	  		  		  	
				
	By:	  	 /s/ Ashok Trivedi
	  		  	 /s/ Phaneesh Murthy

		  	Name : Ashok Trivedi	  		  	Phaneesh Murthy
		  	Title: Chairman	  		  		  	

									
					
	Witness:	  	  
	  		  	Witness:	  	  

	Name:	  		  		  	Name:	  	
			
	Date: January 1, 2010	  		  	Date: January 1, 2010

  
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 Compensation 

ATTACHMENT A 
  

	1.	Annual Base Salary: Annual Base Salary of US $ 5,00,000 ( US Dollars Five Lakhs Only) (or a monthly base salary of US$ 41,666 ( US Dollars Forty One
Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty Six Only)) provided that the Board of Directors of the Company ( Board ) may, at their discretion, review the base salary of the Executive from time to time and grant such increments, not exceeding 33.33% of the then
base salary at any one time, as may be deemed appropriate provided that the annual base salary shall not exceed US $ 7,50,000( US Dollars Seven Lakhs Fifty Thousand Only) (or a monthly base salary of US$ 62,500 ( US Dollars Sixty Two Thousand
Five Hundred Only)). 

  

	2.	Annual Performance Based Incentive: Annual Performance Based Incentive upto US $ 2,00,000 based on the performance criteria determined by the Board
provided that the Board may, at their discretion based upon a review of the performance of the Company and the contribution of the Executive therein, revise the Annual Performance Based Incentive to a higher amount not exceeding US $
6,00,000 per annum. The Annual Performance Based Incentive to be quantified and to be paid quarterly /half yearly or annually as the Board may determine. 

 

	3.	Expenses. iGTI will reimburse all properly documented expenses reasonably related to Executive’s performance of Executive’s duties hereunder in
accordance with its standard policy. 

  

	4.	Holidays. Executive will be entitled to avail of holidays as per the policies of iGTI in force from time to time. 

 

	5.	Benefits. Executive’s entitlement to the benefit schemes of iGTI shall be in accordance with the applicable law and as per iGTI policies in force from time
to time. Executive is entitled to join the benefit schemes of iGTI, which may include health or other insurance packages, if iGTI decides to offer these to its employees. Executive understands that, if offered, the terms of these schemes may be
changed from time to time by iGTI and agrees to keep himself informed of the same. 

  

	6.	Company Car. Executive will be entitled to a company car. 

  
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 ATTACHMENT B 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
 PROTECTION AGREEMENT 
 This Agreement is made as of the 1st day of January 2010 (the
“Agreement”) by and between iGATE Technologies, Inc., a company incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with its registered office at 1004 McKee Road, Oakdale, PA 15071 and its principal office at 6528
Kaiser Drive, Fremont, CA 94555 (“iGTI”) and Phaneesh Murthy aged 46 years and residing at [33245, Lark Way, Fremont California 94555, USA] (“Executive”). 

RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, Executive has been employed by the Company as CEO and Managing Director of iGTI, and that in the performance of Executive’s duties in such capacity, Executive may acquire Confidential
Information or Trade Secrets (as those terms are defined below) relating to the Company’s business (or that of its Affiliates or Customers) and Executive may develop copyrightable works, inventions or improvements relating to the Company’s
products and business (or that of its Affiliates); and 
 WHEREAS, it is the understanding between the Company and Executive
that the Company shall have certain rights in such Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, copyrightable works, inventions and improvements; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the Company’s agreement to employ Executive and the salary and other compensation paid to Executive by the Company during Executive’s employment by the
Company, Executive agrees as follows: 
 1. As used herein: 
 (a) “Affiliate” with respect to a specified Person, means any other Person (a) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such specified
Person; or (b) who is a Relative of such Person or their Affiliate; provided, however, that, for purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” or “under common control with”
mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise, or the power to elect or appoint a
majority of the directors, managers, partners or other individuals exercising similar authority with respect to such Person; 

(b) “Company” shall mean iGTI and any Affiliate or joint venture of iGTI, including any direct or indirect
holding company or subsidiary of iGTI, as well as any of their respective operating divisions; 
 (c) “Confidential
Information” shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, any information which may include, in whole or part, information concerning the Company’s accounts, sales, sales volume, sales methods, sales proposals, customers or
prospective customers, prospect lists, Company manuals, formulae, products, processes, methods, financial information or data, compositions, ideas, improvements, inventions, research, computer programs, computer related information or data, system
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information, know how and operating methods and any other trade secret or proprietary information belonging to the Company or relating to the Company’s affairs that is not public
information; 
 (d) “Customer(s)” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, business or other
entity, whether for-profit or not-for-profit (i) whose existence and business is known to Executive as a result of Executive’s access to the Company’s business information, Confidential Information, customer lists or customer account
information (including any Person to whom the Company makes a written proposal to provide services during the term of the Executive’s employment with the Company); (ii) that is a business entity or individual with whom the Company has a
valid and subsisting contract as of the date of this Agreement; or (iii) a business entity or individual with whom the Company enters into a valid contract during the term of this Agreement; 

(e) “Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
unincorporated society, governmental authority, association or trust or any other entity or organisation; and 
 (f)
“Trade Secret” means any useful process, machine or other device or composition of matter which is new and which is being used or studied by the Company and is not described in a patent or described in any literature already
published and distributed externally by the Company; the source code or algorithms of any software developed or owned by the Company; any formula, plan, tool, machine, process or method employed by the Company, whether patentable or not, which is
not generally known to others; business plans and marketing concepts of the Company; marketing or sales information of the Company; financial information or projections regarding the Company or potential acquisition candidates of the Company;
financial, pricing and/or credit information regarding clients or vendors of the Company; a listing of names, addresses or telephone numbers of Customers or clients of the Company; internal corporate policies and procedures of the Company; and any
other undisclosed information protected in accordance with any applicable law. 
 2. Executive hereby acknowledges and agrees that each of the
copyrightable works authored by Executive (including, without limitation, all software and related documentation and all web site designs), alone or with others, during Executive’s employment by the Company shall be deemed to have been to be
works prepared by Executive within the scope of Executive’s employment by the Company and, as such, shall be deemed to be “works made in the course of employment under a contract of service” under Indian copyright laws from the
inception of creation of such copyrightable works. In the event that any of such copyrightable works shall be deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction not to be a “works made in the course of employment under a contract of service”,
this Agreement shall operate as an irrevocable assignment by Executive to the Company of all right, title and interest in, and to, such copyrightable works, including, without limitation, all worldwide copyright interests therein, in perpetuity. The
fact that such copyrightable works are created by Executive outside of the Company’s facilities or other than during Executive’s working hours with the Company shall not diminish the Company’s rights with respect to such works which
otherwise fall within this paragraph 2. Executive agrees to execute and deliver to the Company such further instruments or documents as may be requested by the Company in order to effectuate the purposes of this paragraph 2. 

3. Executive shall promptly and fully disclose to the Company all inventions or improvements made or conceived by Executive, solely or with others,
during Executive’s employment by the Company and, where the subject matter of such inventions or improvements results from or is suggested by any work which Executive may do for, or on behalf of, the Company or relates in any way to the
Company’s products, business or operations (or that of its Affiliates), the Company shall 

  
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have all rights to such inventions and improvements, whether they are patentable or not. The fact that such inventions and improvements are made or conceived by Executive outside of the
Company’s facilities or other than during Executive’s working hours with the Company shall not diminish the Company’s rights with respect to such inventions or improvements which otherwise fall within this paragraph 3. 

4. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the Company shall have no rights pursuant to this Agreement in any invention of Executive made during the
term of Executive’s employment by the Company, if such invention has not arisen out of, or by reason of, Executive’s work with the Company or does not relate to the products, business or operations of the Company or that of its Affiliates,
although Executive shall nonetheless inform the Company of any such invention. 
 5. At the request of the Company, either during or after
termination of Executive’s employment by the Company, Executive shall execute, or join in executing, all papers or documents required for the filing of patent applications in India and such foreign countries as the Company may elect, and
Executive shall assign all such patent applications to the Company or its nominee, and shall provide the Company or its agents or attorneys with all reasonable assistance in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, drawings,
specifications and the like, all at the expense of the Company, and shall do all that may be necessary to establish, protect and maintain the rights of the Company or its nominee in the inventions, patent applications and specifications in
accordance with the spirit of this Agreement. 
 6. Executive shall treat as confidential all Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
belonging to the Company (or information belonging to third parties to which the Company shall owe an obligation of secrecy), which is disclosed to Executive, or which Executive may acquire or develop, or which Executive may observe in the course of
Executive’s employment by the Company and which at the time of disclosure is not previously known to Executive, and not known or used by others in the trade generally, and Executive shall not disclose, publish or otherwise use, either during or
after termination of Executive’s employment by the Company, any such Trade Secrets or Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the Company except that Executive may disclose such Confidential Information to Persons who need
to know such Confidential Information during the course and within the scope of Executive’s employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the confidentiality obligations of this paragraph 6 will not apply to information which: (a) Executive
is compelled to disclose pursuant to any applicable law or any order of any court of competent jurisdiction or any competent judicial, governmental or regulatory body; (b) can be shown to have been generally available to the public other than
as a result of a breach by Executive of his confidentiality obligations herein contained; or (c) can be shown to have been provided to Executive by a third party who obtained such information other than from Executive or other than as a result
of a breach by Executive of his confidentiality obligations herein contained. 
 7. Upon termination of employment with Company for any reason,
Executive shall promptly deliver to Company the originals and copies of all correspondence, drawings, manuals, computer related or generated information, letters, notes, notebooks, reports, prospect lists, customer lists, flow charts, programs,
proposals, and any documents concerning Company’s business, Customers or suppliers and, without limiting the foregoing, will promptly deliver to Company any and all other documents or materials containing or constituting Confidential
Information or Trade Secrets. Executive agrees to maintain the integrity of all stored computer information and agrees not to alter, damage or destroy said computer information before returning it to Company. 

8. Executive shall keep and maintain adequate and current written records of all Trade Secrets and Confidential Information made by Executive (solely or
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employment (“Records”). The Records may be in the form of notes, sketches, drawings, flow charts, electronic data or recordings, laboratory notebooks and any other
format. The Records will be available to and remain the sole property of the Company at all times. Executive shall not remove such Records from the Company’s place of business except as expressly permitted by the Company. 

9. This Agreement shall in no way alter, or be construed to alter, the terms and conditions of any employment agreement entered into by Executive with
the Company. The Company may utilize any portion of Executive’s employment agreement to enforce the terms and conditions set forth herein and remedy any violation of this Agreement. The Company has the exclusive right to assign this Agreement.

 10. The parties agree that this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California. Jurisdiction and venue is exclusively
limited in any proceeding by the Company or Executive to enforce their rights hereunder to the courts of California. 
 I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I
HAVE CAREFULLY READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT I AM VOLUNTARILY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS AGREEMENT AS A CONDITION OF MY EMPLOYMENT. 

 

			
	Signature:	 	   /s/ Phaneesh Murthy

	Executive:	 	Phaneesh Murthy
	
	Date: January 01, 2010

  
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 SCHEDULE 1 

Actions Pending or Threatened Against Executive 
 None 

  
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 SCHEDULE 2 

Directorships currently held by Executive 
 1. Global Edge Software Limited.; 
 2. Primentor Inc. 

3. Mascot Systems GmbH 
 4. iGATE Corporation

 5. iGATE Global Solutions Limited 

6. iGATE Global Solutions Mexico S.A.de C.V. 

  
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