Infosys is an Indian multinational corporation that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services. It was founded in 1981 in Pune, India and is headquartered in Bengaluru. Infosys has over 94,000 employees and serves clients in over 30 countries. Some of its major services include software development, maintenance, independent validation, infrastructure management and business process outsourcing.

1. Infosys Technologies Limited Infosys ranked 14th among the most respected companies.

2. Founded on July 2, 1981 in Pune by : Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy Mr. Nandan Nilekani, Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Mr. N. S. Raghavan, Mr. S. D. Shibulal, Mr. K. Dinesh, Mr. Ashok Arora, Mr. Raghavan (First employee of the company) Incorporated as "Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd.", Registered office : Raghavan's house in Matunga, north-central Mumbai.

3. Type Public BSE: 500209 Founded July 2, 1981 Headquarters Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, India Key people N. R. Narayana Murthy (Co-founder, Non Executive Chairman and Chief Mentor) Nandan Nilekani (Co-founder and Co-Chairman) Kris Gopalakrishnan (Co-founder, CEO and MD) S. D. Shibulal (Co-founder and COO) Industry Software services Products Finacle (a universal banking product) Services Information technology services and solutions Revenue ▲ Rs. 16,692 crore ($4.18 billion) (FY 2007-08) Net income ▲ Rs. 4,470 crore ($1.11 billion) (FY 2007-08) Employees 94,379 (As on 30 June, 2008) Subsidiaries Infosys BPO Limited (formerly Progeon) Infosys Technologies (Australia) Pty. Limited Infosys Consulting, Inc. Infosys Technologies (China) Company Limited Infosys Technologies S. de R. L. de C. V. (Mexico) Website http://www.infosys.com/

4. Vision "To be a globally respected corporation that provides best-of-breed business solutions, leveraging technology, delivered by best-in-class people." Mission "To achieve our objectives in an environment of fairness, honesty, and courtesy towards our clients, employees, vendors and society at large."

6. Infosys serves various industries through its Industrial Business Units (IBU), such as: Banking & Capital Markets (BCM) Communications Media and Entertainment (CME) Energy, Utilities and Services (EUS) Insurance, Healthcare and Life Sciences (IHL) Manufacturing (MFG) Retail, Consumer Product Goods and Logistics (RETL) New Growth Engines (NGE) India Business Unit (IND) In addition to these, there are Horizontal Business Units (HBUs) : Consulting (CS) Enterprise Solutions (ES) (ESAP & ESX) Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) Product Engineering and Validation Services (PEVS) Systems Integration (SI)

7. Quality Focus : Infosys constantly benchmark the services and processes against globally recognized quality standards. Infosys certifications include : SEI-CMMI Level 5, CMM Level 5, PCMM Level 5, TL 9000 ISO 9001-2000. Industry Leader : Flat World Secret : Infosys' Chairman and Chief Mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy elucidates why we need a Flat World: A Flat World is a powerful platform for leveraging global intelligentsia in enhancing the innovation power of corporations It enhances the competitiveness of corporations It helps a nation overcome its supply challenges It expands the market geographically It is indispensable for a peaceful world

8. 1981: Founded. 1983: Moved its headquarters to Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka 1987: Got its first foreign client, Data Basics Corporation from the United States 1999: Attained a SEI-CMM Level 5 ranking and became the first Indian company to be listed on NASDAQ 2002: Business World named Infosys "India's Most Respected Company" 2002: Started Progeon, its BPO (business process outsourcing) subsidiary 2003: Acquired 100% equity of Expert Information Services Pty Limited, Australia (Expert) and changed the name to Infosys Australia Pty Limited. 2004: Set up Infosys Consulting Inc., U.S. consulting subsidiary in California, U.S. 2006: Became the first Indian company to ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell 2006: August 20, N. R. Narayana Murthy retired from his position as the executive chairman 2007: July 25, Infosys bags multi-million dollar outsourcing contract with Royal Philips Electronics in the area Finance & Accounting services strengthening its European operations.

9. In 1996, Infosys created the Infosys Foundation in the state of Karnataka, operating in the areas of health care, social rehabilitation and rural uplift, education, arts and culture. In 1997 Infosys started the "Catch them Young Programme", to expose the urban youth to the world of Information Technology by conducting a summer vacation programme. Beyond Business: In 2002, the Wharton Business School and Infosys started the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award . Infosys also has the largest training center for a private sector organization in Asia. In 2009 a new training center will be opened which will accommodate 10000 trainee software professionals.

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