Chennai, March 17, 2008: Congruent as a specialist organization providing back office administration and IT services to the pension industry, constantly strives to provide delightful experience to its customers. In addition to ISO 9001:2000 certification initiative, Congruent has encouraged its employees to undergo continuous education and certifications in relevant areas.

Congruent takes pride in announcing that Mr. S. Chandrasekar, Vice President-Business Services Delivery, has been certified by NIPA (National Institute of Pension Administrators, USA) as an Accredited Pension Administrator (APA). He is among the first NIPA certified administrators to be certified outside the US.

Mr. Bala. J Raman, President, Congruent Solutions, Commenting on this unique achievement said, "Chandru has built a strong team to deliver high quality back office administration for the pensions industry. As an Accredited Pension Administrator (APA), Chandru can guide his team to align with the needs and objectives of our clients much more quickly. Chandru has been a great inspiration to his team and this is one more example of his leading from the front".

About NIPA

The National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA) is a national association representing the retirement and employee benefit plan administration profession. The goal of NIPA is to improve the quality and efficiency of plan administration.

The certification ensures that professionals are in tune with the increasingly complex statutory mandates governing the pension industry and also ensures that high professional standards are maintained by professionals in the industry.

About Congruent Solutions

Congruent Solutions is an SEI CMMi Level 5 and IS0 9001:2000 certified software services and back office administration services company focused on the pension industry. The company employs 200 professionals and has offices in California, New Jersey, London, Luxembourg, and Singapore. Its development centre is based in Chennai, India.

The company has excellent track record in developing solutions on Microsoft and Java technologies. Congruent is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. The company's back office division provides pension plan administration services to plan providers and third party administrators. It has expertise in handling, both, Defined Benefits and Defined Contribution processes.