5. WORDS SAID BY
N.R.NARAYANA MURTHY
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF MENTOR
“I BELIVE THAT WE HAVE ALL AT SOMETIME
EATEN THE FRUIT FROM TREES THAT WE DID
NOT PLANT .IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME ,WHEN
IT IS OUR TURN TO GIVE ,IT BEHOOVES US IN
TURN TO PLANT GARDENS THAT WE MAY
NEVER EAT THE FRUIT OF , WHICH WILL
LARGELY BENEFIT GENERATIONS TO COME
.THIS IS A SACRED RESPONSIBILITY , ONE
THAT INFOSYS HAS SHOULDERED SINCE ITS
INCEPTION. WE BUILD THIS COMPANY ON
VALUES , ADOPTING THE FINEST PRACTICES
IN GOVERNANCE AND COMMUNITY
6. 1981: Infosys Technologies Ltd. is founded in
Bangalore, India, by N.R. Narayana Murthy and
seven other software engineers.
1987: Infosys opens its first U.S. office.
1992: Infosys becomes a public limited company
in India.
1993: Company issues stock through public
offerings on three stock exchanges in India.
1999: Infosys becomes the first India-based
public company to be listed on an American stock
exchange, the NASDAQ.
7. Infosys Technologies Ltd. is a software development
company with headquarters in , Bangalore, India, an
area known as 'India's Silicon Valley' for its
concentration of high-tech multinational and Indian
companies. Cofounded by Chairman and CEO N.R.
Narayana Murthy, Infosys Technologies has
accomplished a number of firsts for an Indian company,
including becoming the first to be listed on an American
stock exchange and the first to offer an employee stock
option plan (ESOP). About 500 employees have become
millionaires as a result of the company's ESOP. In 2000
the firm's international client base included 200
American firms, for which Infosys Technologies provided
software for enterprise resource planning (ERP), Y2K
compliance, electronic commerce, and other
applications.
8.
9. Early History: 1980s
Infosys Technologies Ltd. was founded in 1981 in
Bangalore, India, by N.R. Narayana Murthy and
seven other software engineers with a combined
investment of about $1,000. One of eight children
of an Indian village official, Murthy would emerge
as the company's chairman and CEO. He
became regarded as the most highly esteemed
manager in India, due in part to his mathematical
abilities and Western style of management. The
company opened its first international office in the
United States in 1987.
Favorable Business Climate: 1990s
10. 1981
Infosys is established by N. R.
Narayana Murthy and six engineers
in Pune, India, with an initial capital
of US$ 250
Signs up its first client, Data Basics
Corporation, in New York
19. 1999
Touches revenues of US$ 100 million.
Listed on NASDAQ
Infosys becomes the 21st company in the
world to achieve a CMM Level 5 certification
Opens offices in Germany, Sweden,
Belgium, Australia, and two development
centers in the US
Infosys Business Consulting Services is
launched
20. 2000
Touches revenues of US$ 200 million
Opens offices in France and Hong Kong, a
global development center in Canada and
UK, and three development centers in the
US
Re-launches Banks 2000, the universal
banking solution from Infosys, as Finacle™
21. 2001
Touches revenues of US$ 400 million.
Opens offices in UAE and Argentina, and a
development center in Japan
N. R. Narayana Murthy is rated among Time
Magazine/CNN's 25 most influential
businessmen in the world
Infosys is rated as the Best Employer by
Business World/Hewitt
22. 2002
Touches revenues of US$ 500 million
Nandan M. Nilekani takes over as CEO from N.R.
Narayana Murthy, who is appointed Chairman
and Chief Mentor
Opens offices in the Netherlands, Singapore and
Switzerland
Sponsors secondary ADS offering
Infosys and the Wharton School of the University
of Pennsylvania set up The Wharton Infosys
Business Transformation Awards (WIBTA)
Launches Progeon, offering business process
outsourcing services
23. 2003
Establishes subsidiaries in China and
Australia
Expands operations in Pune and China, and
sets up a development center in
Thiruvananthapuram
25. 2005
Records the largest international equity
offering of US$ 1 billion from India
Selected to the Global MAKE Hall of Fame
26. 2006
Infosys celebrates 25 years. Revenues
cross US$ 2 billion. Employees grow to
50,000+
N. R. Narayana Murthy retires from the
services of the company on turning 60. The
Board of Directors appoints him as an
Additional Director. He continues as
Chairman and Chief Mentor of Infosys
27. 2007
Infosys crosses revenues of US$ 3 billion.
Employees grow to over 70,000+
Kris Gopalakrishnan, COO, takes over as
CEO. Nandan M. Nilekani is appointed Co-
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Opens new subsidiary in Latin America
Reports Q2 revenue of over US$ 1billion
30. Design of A380 Inboard Fixed Trailing Edge
Design of Fuselage Frame Installations
Design of Nose Landing Gears Doors and
associated mechanism elements
Design of Floor panels
Complex composite and metallic structures
Knowledge-based engineering
31. Automotive
Seating system design
Door and Pillar trims
Instrument floor consoles
Overhead systems
Model for Combustion Pressure inside Engine
Test Automation for Dashboard SW
Embedded control development of Electro
Hydraulic Breaking, Adaptive Cruise Control and
Fuel Injection system
Design and development of software in Antilock
Breaking Systems
Body control module Platform Porting and
Optimization
32. Business Software & Enterprise
Products
Enhancement of Business Intelligence
Product
Development of Retail server product
Development of Enterprises Integration
platform components
Design and development of Internet
security product suite
Development of leading MNP and LNP
solutions
33. Hardware
•Professional Video Deck for real-time video and audio
editing
•Reference Platform for High End Cell phone
•Processor Board redesign for RoHS compatibility
keeping the old form factor, and minimizing software
impact
•Optical Channel Monitor using DSP for control of
tunable optical filter, piezo-electric sensors and signal
processing
•Oil Well Monitoring system to compute oil flow rates,
bulk velocity, and measurement of pressure and
temperature; based on industrial PC running Windows
NT
34. Medical Devices
•New software products in the Patient Tracking and
Health Information Management areas
•Web-enablement of payor product suite including
sustenance and maintenance
•End-to-end product development for respiratory devices
•End-to-end development of comprehensive healthcare
monitoring applications
•Innovation in all aspects of medical image-analysis
platform and biochemical- markers in drug development
for a CRO
•New product development, regulatory testing and
support of several medical devices
35. Semiconductors, Scientific & Industrial
Equipment
•Design of reservoir monitoring system
•Development of silicon wafer inspection solution
•Development of monitoring solutions for
chemical processing industry
•Development and sustenance of defect tracking
and diagnostic systems for railway tracks