Infosys to build facility at Jaipur SEZ

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government has given approval to Infosys Technology for the construction of its facility in Mahindra World City — the 3000-acre multiproduct SEZ in Jaipur. The state principal secretary to chief minister Srimat Pandey told ET that the IT company is coming up with a 6 lakh square feet development facility in the SEZ. “The construction will start soon.

The facility will have initial capacity of 4000 seats. It will offer great opportunity to the local IT talent,” he said. Infosys has taken 200 acres in SEZ for two significant investments — Infosys BPO and Infosys Technology . The company intends to invest around Rs 150 crore in its BPO operation and around Rs 250 crore in its development facility. “We plan hire 10,000 IT professionals in its development facility at its peak while Infosys BPO plans to accommodate up to 5000 employees,” said an official.

Infosys has a global footprint with 64 offices and 63 development centres in US, India, China, Australia, Japan , West Asia, UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands , Poland, Canada and many other countries. Infosys and its subsidiaries have 130,820 employees as on March 31, 2011. Apart from Infosys Technology, IT companies like Wipro Ltd, Tech Mahindra , Connexxions IT Services, Deutsche Bank, EXL BPO, Truworth Infotech and Nucleus Software among others have also set up their facilities in the IT/ITes zone of Mahindra World City which is a joint venture between Mahindra Group and Rajasthan State Industrial Development & Investment Corporation.