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News Release-- July 26, 2007

CSC Launches "Innovation Icon"


CSC contest gives engineering and business students in India an opportunity to work on real life business problems and create innovative solutions.

Noida, India, July 26 – Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) today announced a pan-India contest that will give students of engineering and business colleges the opportunity to work on and build innovative solutions for real business problems. The contest, called “Innovation Icon”, is a part of CSC’s Collaborative Open Innovation Network (COIN) initiative launched earlier this year to drive rapid innovation in information technology (IT).

More than 1,000 colleges and universities across India will participate in the contest, which began July 20th. CSC created the contest to expose students to real-world software development scenarios, as well as provide them with a platform for turning their innovative ideas into practical solutions. The contest will also help integrate India’s academia and industry, and better equip students for work in the IT industry.

“Innovation Icon, launched by our Office of Innovation, is aimed at targeting the graduate and undergraduate community and challenging the limits of their innovation quotient,” said Bala Mahadevan, managing director and president of CSC’s operations in India. “Contestants can win cash prizes, as well as learn to use innovation at work in practical ways.”

To assist students through their projects, CSC has assigned a team of CSC mentors – 10 primary mentors and 50 secondary mentors. CSC will also provide all necessary software products, although, title to and ownership of the intellectual property rights of the software will remain proprietary to CSC. The intellectual property rights of the projects submitted during the contest will also remain proprietary to CSC.

A jury comprised of members from CSC and its alliance companies will select the winning teams by Dec. 31, 2007, based on the projects’ business relevance and concept originality, as well as quality and usability of the developed solution. The top three winning teams will receive cash awards of Rupees one lakh, Rupees seventy five thousand and Rupees fifty thousand, respectively, along with offer letters for employment at CSC. There will be seven consolation prizes as well.

About CSC

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

With approximately 87,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC's own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., CSC reported revenue of $14.9 billion for the 12 months ended March 30, 2007. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.csc.com.

About CSC in India

CSC is one of the fastest growing IT services companies in India today. With development and delivery centers in Noida, Indore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore and Vadodara, CSC’s operations in India offer applications, infrastructure and product-based services to clients worldwide, across major industry sectors. Processes conform to SEI CMM Level 5, PCMM Level 5, BS7799 and BS15000 standards. CSC in India has earned many awards and recognitions for Human Resources Best Practices and the Best Employer categories.

CSC’s operations in India include the company’s first Office of Innovation established outside the U.S. This group leverages technical expertise and deep industry knowledge to create solutions that deliver significant business value for clients.

For more information, visit the CSC India website at http://in.country.csc.com.
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