LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

Power of Attorney
I, Raj Rajgopal, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Kris A.
Canekeratne, Thomas R. Holler and Paul D. Tutun, and each of them individually,
as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. Complete and execute on my behalf, as an executive officer and/or director of
Virtusa Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company") any Form ID or Forms
3, 4, or 5 required to be filed by me under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules and
regulations thereunder;

2. Do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which may be necessary
or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID or Forms 3, 4 or 5 and
timely file such forms with the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

3. Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing, which in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required of me, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my
behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such information as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

I hereby grant to each of such attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do
and perform all and every act which is necessary, proper or desirable to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights, powers and authority granted in this Power
of Attorney, with full power of substitution and revocation, and I ratify and
confirm every act that such attorney-in-fact lawfully performs or causes to be
done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney and the powers and authority granted herein.

I acknowledge that the attorneys-in-fact appointed in this Power of Attorney, in
serving in such capacity at my request, are not assuming, and the Company is not
assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange
Act or the rules or regulations thereunder.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to my holdings or
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless I earlier revokes this
Power of Attorney in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of
November 5, 2008.

/s/ Raj Rajgopal
Name: Raj Rajgopal

STATE OF Massachusetts
COUNTY OF Worcester

On this 5th day of November, 2008, Raj Rajgopal personally appeared before me,
and acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes
therein contained.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.

Maryellen Donohue
Notary Public
/s/ Maryellen Donohue