Infosys plans largest training centre
The software major plans to invest Rs 809 crore ($176 million) in the next one year.
By PTI |
MYSORE: Software major Infosys plans to invest Rs 809 crore ($176 million) on expanding its global education centre in the next one year, company executives said.
Over the next one year, the NASDAQ-listed firm planned to set up a new 9,000-seat training facility here, which would enable training of 13,500 individuals in a single sitting, they said.
An additional 7,750 hostel rooms were under construction, making it a total of 10,000 rooms. "When fully completed it will house five food courts, one employee care centre, one multimedia centre making it undoubtedly the largest training facility in the world," an official said.
The company's Mysore campus is spread over 335 acres and it currently has 6,378 employees. It has three million square feet of built up area, and work is in progress to build another 3.2 million square feet.
Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Monday inaugurated the company's fourth software development block here, set up with an investment of Rs 85 crore. It can seat 2,500 people.
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