INFOSYS

Introduction
Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) was started in 1981 by seven people with US$ 250. Today, they are a global leader in the "next generation" of IT and consulting with revenues of over US$ 4 billion. Infosys defines designs and delivers technology-enabled business solutions that help Global 2000 companies win in a Flat World. Infosys also provides a complete range of services by leveraging our domain and business expertise and strategic alliances with leading technology providers.

History
Infosys was founded on July 2, 1981 in Pune by N. R. Narayana Murthy and six others: Nandan Nilekani, N. S. Raghavan, Kris Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh and Ashok Arora,[4] with N. S. Raghavan officially being the first employee of the company. Murthy started the company by borrowing INR 10,000 from his wife Sudha Murthy. The company was incorporated as "Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd.", with Raghavan's house in Model Colony, north-central Pune as the registered office. In 1982, Infosys opened an office in Bangalore which soon became its Headquarters.

Headquarters &Branches
Its corporate headquarter is situated in Bangalore

Branches in India

Mangalore

Bhubaneshwar Chennai Jaipur Mysore Chandigarh

Branches in abroad

America Australia Europe Middle East Africa

Hyderabad Mumbai Thiruvananthapuram

 New Delhi Gurgaon Pune

Overall number of employees

Infosys and its subsidiaries have 103,905 employees as on June 30, 2009.

Turnover
Infosys with a turnover of $753 million in the last financial year, has a market cap of $12.13 billion.

Listing in stock exchange

The Stock Exchange, Mumbai NASDAQ Stock Market, New York City

Current share price (as on 28 Aug)

% increase: 2,187.65 Current value: -2.10 Days increase: -0.10% Volume 135,164 Prev Close 2,189.75 Day's H/L (Rs) 2,199.00 - 2,142.50 52wk H/L (Rs) 2,202.70 - 1,040.00 Mkt Cap (Rs Cr) 125,308.59

Contribution to GDP
Infosys and Wipro account for 5.3 per cent of GDP

Organization structure
Infosys Members of the Board
Srinath Batni Director and Head, Delivery Excellence K.Dinesh Director and Head, Communication Design Group, Information Systems and Quality and Productivity T.V. Mohandas Pai Director and Head, Finacle, Admin, Human Resources, Infosys Leadership Institute and Education and Research S.D. Shibulal Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board S.Gopalakrishnan Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director N.R.Narayana Murthy Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor

Independent Directors
Rama Bijapurkar Independent Director Dr.Omkar Goswami Independent Director Sridar Iyengar Independent Director David L.Boyles Independent Director Deepak M. Satwalekar Lead Independent Director Dr.Marti G. Subrahmanyam Independent Director Claude Smadja Independent Director K.V. Kamath Independent Director Jeffrey Sean Lehman Independent Director

Business and Department Heads

V. Balakrishnan Chief Financial Officer, Infosys Technologies Subhash Dhar Senior Vice President and Head, Global Sales, Alliances and Marketing Head, Communications, Media and Entertainment, Infosys Technologies Executive Council Member B.G. Srinivas Senior Vice President, Manufacturing; Product Engineering; Product Lifecycle and Engineering Solutions, Infosys Technologies Executive Council Member Chandra Shekar Kakal Senior Vice President and Global Head, Enterprise Solutions, Infosys Technologies Executive Council Member Ashok Vemuri Senior Vice President and Global Head, Banking and Capital Markets; Strategic Global Sourcing, Infosys Technologies Executive Council Member Amitabh Chaudhry Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys BPO Head, Independent Validation Solutions, Infosys Technologies M.D. Ranganath Chief Risk Officer, Infosys Technologies Prabhakar Devdas Mallya Vice President and Head, Security Audit and Architecture, Infosys Technologies Dheeshjith V.G. Head, New Markets and Services, Infosys Technologies Member of the Board, Infosys Australia and Infosys China

Girish G Vaidya Senior Vice President and Head, Infosys Leadership Institute Subrahmanyam Goparaju Vice President and Head, Software Engineering and Technology Labs (SETLabs), Infosys Technologies Nandita Gurjar Senior Vice President and Group Head, Human Resources, Infosys Technologies Binod Hampapur Rangadore Senior Vice President and Head, India Business, Infosys Technologies Ritesh Idnani Vice President and Head, Global Sales and Marketing, Infosys BPO

Raj Joshi

Director, Infosys Consulting

Business and Department Heads (cont.)

Ramadas Kamath U. Senior Vice President, Administration, Commercial Facilities, Infrastructure and Security, Infosys Technologies Jackie Korhonen Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Infosys Technologies, Australia K. Murali Krishna Vice President, Computers and Communications Department, Infosys Technologies Satyendra Kumar Senior Vice President, Quality, Tools and Software Reuse, Infosys Technologies Haragopal Mangipudi Vice President and Head, Finacle, Infosys Technologies Sridhar Marri Vice President, Communication Design Group, Infosys Technologies Srikantan Moorthy Vice President and Head, Education and Research, Infosys Technologies Stephen R. Pratt CEO and Managing Director, Infosys Consulting Head, Consulting Solutions, Infosys Technologies Suryaprakash K Vice President, Information Systems, Infosys Technologies Sanjay Purohit Vice President and Head, Corporate Planning and Business Assurance, Infosys Technologies Pravin Rao Senior Vice President, Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, Logistics and Infrastructure Management Services, Infosys Technologies Director, Infosys Australia Eric Paternoster Senior Vice President and Head, Insurance, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Infosys Technologies Director, Infosys BPO Director, Infosys Technologies, Sweden Prasad Thrikutam Senior Vice President and Head, Energy, Utilities and Services, Infosys Technologies Director, Infosys China

Strategies
Dominate market for system integration services in the developing geographies Provide full solution of software and services Expand to outsourcing services

Involvement in other activities

Arts and Culture Environment Healthcare & Education Diversity Talent