SAP University Alliances program fortifies growth in India

Launches TERP10 certification academy

Students at over 30 leading colleges to benefit from stronger foundations in Enterprise Resource
Planning

Pune, May 25, 2009 – SAP today announced the continued success of the SAP University
Alliances in India with the launch of the TERP10 certification academy, its global baseline
certification standard. Adopted by over 30 eminent Indian educational institutions including
XLRI Jamshedpur, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Indore, IIT Kanpur, Symbiosis Center for Management
and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD) Pune, International Management Institute (IMI)
Delhi, Symbiosis Center for Information technology (SCIT) Pune, Xavier Institute of
Management (XIMB), Bhubaneswar and National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE )
Mumbai, the SAP University Alliances program is an endeavor to develop a high-end SAP
skilled workforce, a critical requirement in today’s competitive economy. With the introduction
of TERP10, Indian students can now avail of a wider breadth and a deeper understanding of the
main functional areas within SAP’s world-leading Enterprise Resource Planning software.

Launched at the Symbiosis Center for Management and Human Resource Development Institute
in Pune, TERP10 will subsequently be made available to all interested Indian colleges and
universities that are members of the SAP University Alliances program. University Alliances
program member students will receive the additional benefits of the advanced Enterprise
Resource Planning certification course being delivered through specially trained professors at an
especially low cost.

“SAP has a long history of supporting colleges and universities in developing the
business and IT talent required for today’s 21st century workforce,” said Prof., Dr. Robert
LoBue, Vice President, Global University Alliances, SAP AG “We are indeed pleased to
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launch TERP10 at universities in India. This is a highly-valued professional qualification that

provides students with an opportunity to strengthen their university degree or diploma with an
officially-recognized SAP certification; a winning combination in today's demanding job search
environment.”

SAP® University Alliances program (UAP) displays measurable economic outcomes with
substantially higher salaries

The SAP® University Alliances program makes a key contribution to SAP skills
workforce development by directly nurturing the SAP ecosystem and supporting society’s
educational goals. Reaching over 900 UA member institution and 180,000 students annually,
measurable economic outcomes of the program include substantially higher salaries and reduced
ramp-up time to full productivity for graduates entering the workforce.

The SAP University Alliances program also provides a broad set of free, continuously
updated curriculum materials for undergraduate and graduate courses covering topics in
computer science and information technology, management information systems, accounting,
finance, marketing and sales management, supply chain management, business process
integration, and other important business functional areas. The diversity of curriculum materials
supports lecturers in their delivery of highly innovative and interdisciplinary academic
experiences which significantly enrich the learning effectiveness for students.

“We are pleased to be associated with the SAP University Alliances program. This has helped
our students gain a strong foothold in the IT industry and has proved to be a platform for
collaboration within the SAP ecosystem,” said Mr. S. Vijayakumar Bharathi, Associate
Professor, Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology. “We at SCIT believe in creating
professionals that help meet the demands of a skilled workforce, and the SAP University
Alliances program is a prominent step in this direction.”

“Both SAP and XLRI are working towards a common cause goal of creating a skilled
workforce for the 21st century India,” said, Prof Sanjay Kumar, XLRI Jamshedpur. “As one
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of the oldest business schools in India, it has been our endeavor at XLRI Jamshedpur, to equip
our students with the best of analytical and reasoning skills, to enable them to become successful
managers. The SAP University Alliances program has helped us in that pursuit. Our partnership
with SAP has enabled and supported various courses with exposure to real business scenarios
and IT based tools and has thus enhanced the learning and employability of our students.”

“We have been associated with SAP for the past 4 years and have integrated the SAP
course into our curricula whereby we could upgrade subjects with theoretical relevance to
subjects which were more practical in nature,” said Aradhana Gandhi, Head Centre of
Excellence - SAP, Assistant Professor, SCHMRD. “There has been a tremendous amount of
learning for our students. We find them more skilled and thus employable in the Indian job
market.”

SAP University Alliances community - SAP's commitment to the education and mentoring of
university students and graduates

In 2009 SAP has also launched the SAP University Alliances community. This is an
advanced, interactive Web portal designed for the academic population worldwide. The portal is
a multifaceted online environment that delivers the latest academic resources for bringing real-
life SAP knowledge and skills into university classrooms. The site facilitates faculty and student
collaboration and contribution, job posting and search, as well as networking with SAP
customers, partners and business units. Skills development and career opportunities for
university students, professors, and other community participants are the central focus of the site.

The portal is built on the advanced technology of the SAP® Community Network, where the
SAP® Developer Network (SDN), Business Process Expert (BPX) and SAP®
BusinessObjects™ communities also offer active online collaboration and co-innovation
opportunities for SAP customers, partners and employees. Faculty and students now have the
ability to communicate and participate with the larger SAP online community of 1.5 million
users.
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than 25 industries to become best-run businesses. With more than 86,000 customers in over 120 countries, the company is listed on several
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