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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20100504150709
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-10-024155
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100426
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100504
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100504

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NESS TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001089638
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES [7371]
		IRS NUMBER:				980346908
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NESS BLDG 4 PO BOX 58182
		STREET 2:		KIRYATATIDIM
		CITY:			TELAVIV ISRAEL
		STATE:			L3
		ZIP:			61580
		BUSINESS PHONE:		0119723766800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NESS BLDG 4 PO BOX 58182
		STREET 2:		KIRYATATIDIM
		CITY:			TELAVIV ISRAEL
		STATE:			L3
		ZIP:			61580

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CITIGROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000831001
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-50954
		FILM NUMBER:		10796857

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		399 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10043
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2125591000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		399 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10043

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TRAVELERS GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950519

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TRAVELERS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940103

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PRIMERICA CORP /NEW/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2010-04-26</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001089638</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NESS TECHNOLOGIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NSTC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000831001</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CITIGROUP INC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>399 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10043</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-04-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1193</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>7.23</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3658264.00</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Subsidiary</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (&quot;Common&quot;), reported in Table I represents (i) 3,657,667 Common directly beneficially owned by CVCIGP II Jersey Investment L.P. (&quot;CVCIGP II Jersey&quot;) and (ii) 597 Common directly beneficially owned by Citibank, N.A. (&quot;CNA&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Citigroup Venture Capital International Investment G.P. Limited (&quot;CVCII&quot;) is the general partner of CVCIGP II Jersey.  Citigroup Venture Capital International Delaware Corporation (&quot;CVCIDC&quot;) is the sole stockholder of CVCII.  Citicorp International Finance Corporation (&quot;CIFC&quot;) is the sole stockholder of CVCIDC.  Citicorp Banking Corporation (&quot;CBC&quot;) is the sole stockholder of CIFC.  Citicorp, formerly known as Citicorp Holdings Inc., is the sole stockholder of CNA.  Citigroup Inc. is the sole stockholder of each of Citicorp and CBC.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The director seat is held by Ajit Bhushan, an employee of the London branch of CNA.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>CVCIGP II Jersey Investment L.P., By:  Citigroup Venture Capital International Investment G.P. Limited, as General Partner, By: /s/ Michael Robinson, Alternate Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Citigroup Venture Capital International Investment G.P. Limited, By: /s/ Michael Robinson, Alternate Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Citigroup Venture Capital International Delaware Corporation, By: /s/ Alfred Rodrigues, Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Citicorp International Finance Corporation, By:  /s/ William H. Wolf, Vice President</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Citicorp Banking Corporation, By:  /s/ William H. Wolf , Senior Vice President</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Citibank, N.A., By: /s/ Michael J. Tarpley, Assistant Secretary</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Citicorp, By: /s/ Michael J. Tarpley, Assistant Secretary</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Citigroup Inc., By: /s/ Julie A. Bell Lindsay, Assistant Secretary</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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