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Infosys' global education centre inaugurated

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The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the Chief Mentor of Infosys, Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy, at the inauguration of the company's `Global Education Centre' in Mysore on Saturday. - G.R.N. Somashekar

Mysore, Feb. 12

THE Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Saturday inaugurated the Infosys Technologies' Global Education Centre in Mysore. The centre, one of the largest of its kind in the world, will train technology professionals.

Located at the 270-acre Infosys Mysore campus, the centre can accommodate 4,500 trainees at a given time and the company plans to train about 15,000 professionals annually at this centre. The company is investing close to Rs 520 crore in developing its Mysore campus, of which Rs 285 crore pertains to the global education centre complex.

"The Global Education Centre will train Infoscians on technological and managerial skills, creating high-performing multicultural teams that partner with customers for enhanced competitiveness. The Infosys Leadership Institute, also located on the same campus, will groom and develop future leaders of Infosys," said Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor.

Infosys Mysore currently employs over 1,590 software professionals and its revenues for the last 12 months ended December 31, 2004, stood at Rs 226 crore.

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