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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Patni Computer Systems LTD [PTI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MAPLES & CALDER, P.O. BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, SOUTH CHURCH STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/17/2012 (Street) GEORGE TOWN, E9 00000 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Ordinary Shares 02/17/2012   P   13,950 A $ 470.2148 (1) 8,866,354 I See (4) Ordinary Shares 02/17/2012   P   27,000 A $ 470.3183 (1) 8,893,354 I See (4) Ordinary Shares 02/17/2012   P   19,500 (2) A $ 19.0738 (3) 8,912,854 D   Ordinary Shares 02/21/2012   P   10,066 A $ 471.3707 (1) 8,922,920 I See (4) Ordinary Shares 02/21/2012   P   75 A $ 471.3544 (1) 8,922,995 I See (4) Ordinary Shares 02/21/2012   P   16,834 (2) A $ 18.9971 (3) 8,939,829 D   Ordinary Shares 02/22/2012   P   20,000 A $ 471.2195 (1) 8,959,829 I See (4) Ordinary Shares 02/22/2012   P   13,268 A $ 471.2454 (1) 8,976,097 (5) I See (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P. C/O MAPLES & CALDER, P.O. BOX 309 UGLAND HOUSE, SOUTH CHURCH STREET GEORGE TOWN, E9 00000		X

Signatures

Elliot Greenberg, V.P. of Elliott International Capital Advisors Inc., as Attorney-In-Fact for Elliott International, L.P.		02/22/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Reflects prices in Rupees.
(2)	Reflects Ordinary Shares represented by American Depositary Shares held by Elliott International, L.P. ("Elliott International").
(3)	Reflects prices in U.S. Dollars per American Depositary Share.
(4)	Reflects a transaction by Suffolk (Mauritius) Limited, a Mauritius company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Elliott International ("Suffolk").
(5)	The 8,973,097 Ordinary Shares reported on this Form 4 consist of: (a) 8,929,679 Ordinary Shares owned by Elliott International through Suffolk, and (b) 21,709 American Depositary Shares owned directly by Elliott International, representing 43,418 Ordinary Shares. Each American Depositary Share represents two Ordinary Shares.
Remarks: Prices were rounded to the nearest 0.0001.

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