8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  May 2, 2005
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                                  Syntel, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                    Michigan
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

               0-22903                                 38-2312018
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      (Commission File Number)             (IRS Employer Identification No.)

   525 E. Big Beaver Road, Suite 300, Troy, Michigan              48083
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     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                   (Zip Code)

                                 (248) 619-2800
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.

Syntel, Inc. ("Syntel") appointed Revathy Ashok to Chief Financial Officer,
effective May 2, 2005. Prior to joining Syntel, Ms. Ashok, age 46, served as
Executive Vice President and Group Chief Financial Officer of Microland Group,
an information technology services company specializing in IT infrastructure
management and technical support services, from May 2001 to April 2005, where
she was responsible for finance and accounting, treasury, taxation, risk
management, and investor relations functions. Prior to that position, Ms. Ashok
served as Director Business Development and Financial Controller for Tyco
Electronics Corporation, India, a subsidiary of Tyco Electronics Corporation,
USA, the Electronics Division of Tyco International and a manufacturer of
electronic components and systems, from December 1993 to May 2001, where she was
responsible for business development, finance, legal, secretarial, and corporate
communications functions for the Tyco Electronics Group of companies in India
and for its Middle Eastern subsidiary.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)  Exhibits.

       Exhibit
       Number
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       99.1       Press Release dated May 6, 2005 announcing the appointment of
                  a new Chief Financial Officer.



                                   SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                                      Syntel, Inc.
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                                                      (Registrant)


Date    May 6, 2005                    By            /s/ Daniel M. Moore
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                                          Daniel M. Moore, Chief Administrative
                                          Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.           Description

99.1                  Press Release dated May 6, 2005.


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EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

                   SYNTEL APPOINTS NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

TROY, Mich. - May 6, 2005 - Syntel, Inc., a global information technology
services company, today named corporate finance veteran Revathy Ashok, to the
position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective immediately.

The position had been previously held by Keshav Murugesh. Murugesh was promoted
to COO in October 2004 and continued to perform CFO duties until a replacement
was appointed.

As CFO of Syntel, Revathy will oversee all global finance functions and have
direct responsibility for leading all corporate accounting, tax, and treasury
activities. Revathy joins Syntel's Leadership Team and will report directly to
company CEO Bharat Desai.

"We are pleased to have Revathy join the Syntel team in this key role," said
Bharat Desai. "Syntel has a long history of strong financial performance and
Revathy brings a track record of strong financial discipline and extremely
profitable operations to Syntel. Her deep experience in global finance,
strategy, alliances and joint ventures is invaluable to the Company and our
plans for future growth."

"I am very excited to join Syntel at this time of growth and unlimited
potential," Revathy said. "I am impressed with Syntel's culture, market
position, strong management team, and commitment to customer satisfaction. I
look forward to contributing to our accelerated growth and continued success in
the ITO and BPO sectors."

Revathy joins Syntel from Microland Group, a privately-held IT infrastructure
management services company. Since 2001, she has served as Executive Vice
President and Group Chief Financial Officer, responsible for finance &
accounting, treasury, taxation, risk management, strategic direction, and
investor relations functions of Microland and its subsidiaries. She also
provided strategic direction to the Group's plans for future growth - both
organic and through strategic alliances, partnerships, synergistic acquisitions
and other investment opportunities. Most recently she negotiated a successful
funding round of $7.3 million for the company and another funding round of $2
million for a group company both from a combination of leading U.S.-based and
Indian venture capitalists and investors.

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From 1993 to 2001, Revathy served as Director Business Development and Financial
Controller for an Indian subsidiary of a large U.S. electronic components
manufacturing corporation.

Revathy holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of
Management, Bangalore, where she was a gold medalist in her stream of
specialization, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Mount Carmel College,
Bangalore.


ABOUT SYNTEL, INC.
Syntel (NASDAQ: SYNT) is a leading global provider of custom outsourcing
solutions in a broad spectrum of information technology and information
technology-enabled services. The Company's vertical practices support the entire
Design-Build-Operate-Optimize lifecycle of systems and processes for
corporations in the Financial Services, Insurance, Retail, Health Care and
Automotive industries. The first US-based firm to launch a Global Delivery
Service to drive speed-to-market and quality advantages for its customers,
Syntel now leverages this efficient model for the majority of its Global 2000
customers. Recently named one of Forbes Magazine's "Best 200 Small Companies in
America," Syntel has more than 4,700 employees worldwide, is assessed at Level 5
of the SEI's CMM, BS 7799-2:2002 as well as ISO 9001:2000 certified. To learn
more, visit us at www.syntelinc.com.


Safe Harbor Provision
This news release includes forward-looking statements, including with respect to
the future level of business for Syntel, Inc. These statements are necessarily
subject to risk and uncertainty. Actual results could differ materially from
those projected in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk
factors set forth in the Company's Annual Form 10-K document dated March 15,
2005. Factors that could cause results to differ materially from those set forth
above include general trends and developments in the information technology
industry, which is subject to rapid technological changes, and the Company's
concentration of sales in a relatively small number of large customers, as well
as intense competition in the information technology industry, which the Company
believes will increase.

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