Virtusa Corporation, a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company, recently announced that it has been honoured with Asia’s Best Employer Brand 2013 award.

Virtusa has been recognized under the ‘Excellence In HR Through Technology’ category, emphasizing Virtusa’s commitment in aligning its people practices to suit the requirements of the millennial generation, who makes up 86 percent of its workforce.

Asia Best Employer Brand award recognizes organisations exhibiting outstanding performance in the workplace across Asia. Virtusa was recognized as a leader in employee enablement and workplace best practices from amongst a field of over 600 companies from various industries in Asia, including some of the largest global services companies.

The awards were presented by Employer Branding Institute, World HRD Congress and Stars of the Industry Group, at a grand ceremony recently at Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore.

“Our HR team strongly believes in leveraging modern technologies to build a nurturing environment for our growing millennial workforce,” said Virtusa Vice President and Global Head of HR Sundararajan Narayanan.

“We are honoured to be recognized as Asia’s Best Employer Brand 2013 and will continue to lead by example and show our commitment towards building a brand which will make our employees proud.”

Over the past year, Virtusa has been recognized all over the globe with numerous awards, including Best Employer awards in the U.S., Britain, India and Sri Lanka.

Recently, Virtusa earned a Stevie Award for Human Resources (HR) Department of the Year-Computer Software and Services. It was listed on the Britain’s Top Employers list and The Boston Globe’s Globe 100, in addition to being recognized with a Pegasystems Partner Excellence Award for Thought Leadership in Legal Services.