EXHIBIT 32

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In  connection  with the Annual Report of Syntel,  Inc. (the  "Company") on Form
10-K for the year  ending  December  31, 2003 as filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the  "Report"),  we,  Bharat  Desai,
Chairman,  President,  and Chief  Executive  Officer of the  Company  and Keshav
Murugesh, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of
2002, that:

     (1)  The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) and
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
          the Company.

/s/ Bharat Desai
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Bharat Desai
Syntel, Inc.
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
March 10, 2004

/s/ Keshav Murugesh
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Keshav Murugesh
Syntel, Inc.
Chief Financial Officer
March 10, 2004