Talk:Infosys/Archive 1

Basic Amenities?
I dont think a very good gym and a swimming pool will be a basic amenity for each and every company. The infosys campus in bangalore is one of its kind in the world. It has all the facilities like a well maintained cricket ground, football ground, basketball, Vollyball, snookers, pool, table tennis etc.., The cricket ground in the Mysore campus of Infosys is maintained by none other than our ace indian medium pacer Javagal Srinath. The bangalore campus have a variety of buildings, which are one of there kind in india. Please see the campus and the facilities offered by Infosys before passing on any comments
 * You're right, the campus has extremely good facilities, but saying that it has facilities like lavatories/toilets just makes it sound silly. One of it's kind in the world? I'm sure likes of Microsoft and Google have pretty impressive campuses too. Please stick to the facts, this is an encyclopaedia, not a place for Infosys.


 * I agree. Wikipedia articles are read all over the world and a worldwide perspective will be perhaps more agreeable than an India or Infosys perspective. doles 13:41, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

totally overhyped
Seriously, all these "amazing" qualities about Infosys are nothing special by standards of a successful US company. In fact, after reading up on Infosys it seems the entire company is seriously over-hyped. I'm sure Infosys is unique in India, and therefore it makes for a good motivational story, but it appears to be nothing more than a fairly boring computer consulting company. It ain't no Apple, Microsoft, eBay, Google, ... the list goes on. Jawed 08:41, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


 * OK... So nobody is saying that Infosys is in the same league as Microsoft, eBay, Google etc. And as the guy below said, it is a service provider. Given the amount of resources available to it, Infosys' achievements are remarkable. Had Infosys been an American company it wouldn't have been a big deal, but the fact that it has achieved so much being based in a developing nation, makes it special. I am sure if the founders of Infosys were Americans and had all the resources Americans have, Infosys would have been as big as Microsoft, Accenture etc.


 * I do not think the article is overhyped at all, it just lists the facts ..and FYI Infosys is not similar to the IT companies listed above..its similar to IBM or Accenture.

Article Cleanup
I realize that I am making quite a few changes to the article. So far they are only corrections, formatting and adding references. But frankly this article needs a make-over. I did not want people getting upset over the edits.
 * 1) We need some more information for the history section
 * 2) Key industries section should come before offices and facilities
 * 3) All awards can be moved to a seperate Awards section
 * 4) instep, foundation, catch them young - can be consolidated into a section called Initiatives
 * 5) I think someone just pasted text from an article for the "Sexual Harassment Controversy". Need to clean this up and trim it down.
 * 6) NRN was the serving Mentor at the time of his retirement.
 * 7) Add references

I will slowly work on this. Do pitch in.

Rigmahroll 19:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

History info
Need help locating some good history info. Can someone point to a source? Thanks. Rigmahroll 22:23, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism
Someone from this IP (203.199.213.131) is repeatedly editing the article with inappropriate information. Apparently, wants to highlight the sexual harassment controversy by taking it to the top of the page. On more than one occasion, changed the word "professionals" to "asses" and then changing it back again. I am reverting the article back to the October 13, 2006 revision, since no new information has been added since then. This is a shared IP is used by IIT Madras (as seen in the user talk page). This IP has been block before. I will be voting for another block if this behavior persists.
 * and why may I know has this information been kept out of the page. The controversy is still one of the biggest news items coming out of the organization and deserves mention. Aniket ray 09:17, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Flag icons
Why is there only 1 flag icon on this page? This is completely inconsistent with pages such as Vodafone, Ranbaxy etc. Tri400 17:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually there are no flag icons next to the key people, simply because they are all Indian nationals. It makes sense to add them if at least one of them is not an Indian citizen. ɤіɡʍаɦɤʘʟʟ 00:51, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Culture and Setbacks
I see this section treated as vandalism although it has links and facts to it. I see it a bit rude but the facts are supposed to be very true as per a local Infoscion( a software engineer). It's a manager's company. Very true. I think wikipedia is also dominated by corporate culture. I see some as trying to mask things very cleverly. God save wikipedia and amount of truth it screens to be politically correct. Wiki effect has started to Wane.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.99.195 (talk) 15:01, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * If you are furstrated at not getting CRR1, talk to your manager. And if you don't have guts to write under your real name instead of defaming a company anonymously, go and create a blog. Wikipedia is not a soapbox. I hope you realize that you can easily be traced. We already known that you're editing from Koramangala in Bangalore. If you're not careful enough, you might just end up losing your job. 203.158.89.10 (talk) 12:01, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow.. that sounded like a threat - Anshuk (talk) 05:54, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Just went through recent clampings. Ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha... how comic and how pathetic a Infosys manager can be simultaneously !!!(Just imagining the state of Koramangala SE :-) ). It is not that there was no Reka and Phanish Murthy(who was incidentally leading next to NRN if that incident hadn't occured!!) and there are no scandals now going on (How innocent!). Just provide justifications that all facts are wrong. As I see the guy who has provided the facts has done a thorough research of Indian software Industry. It's like this: It happens everywhere in corporate world. So why only Infosys is targeted -- kind of approach .When Bill Gates(who still skillfully manages to bribe Karnataka government's nic site, inspite of state having a software capital shows what is code management! ) is hit left right and center by Open source  why only Infy is talked about - a kind of sympathy . So just blow the stale air into unknown proportions and keep breathing the nauseating odour. Yes, wikipedia is not a soapbox, that's why we need to clean it constantly when it becomes dirty and me being Bengaloorean would love to keep things neat and clean, well hoping wikipedia barnstars :-) would support/rewrite the  guy's (hopefully a SE) cause.

"If you're not careful enough, you might just end up losing your job." - Too funny. :-)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.197.191 (talk) 14:58, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

About Student Program
Infosys currently has a student program in place called Campus Connect, for college students. I don't know much about it. Someone who knows can maybe put it up somewhere in the article?Jam2k 14:58, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)

Infosys training in college campus or infy campus?

Training is not at the infy campus...its at the respective college campus..where there is no basic ammenities required for the same......the teachers obviously donot know as professionals would do...and topping that is departmental biasing...since its mostly arranged by cse faculties.......basically its turning into a nightmare for the students.speciaaly of other depts. as they dnt even get the required classes....hope infy workers would go through this aand take necessary steps.~sanjucta~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.245.76.122 (talk) 17:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

The Student Program or Campus Connect Program is a short term training program of Infosys in colleges for students in final/pre-final years. Under this program, students are introduced and taught about the basics of programming, data structures, software development, algorithms, micro-processors and some other topics related to electrical and electronics engineering. Its a kind of a brief revision of all concepts (which are relevant to the IT industry) learnt by a BTech/BE student in the 4 years of his/her engineering. A college has to register for the Campus Connect Program with Infosys to impart the training at its campus. The program is open to all students, irrespective of the fact if he/she has been recruited by Infosys or not. After the college is registered, for the training of the first batch, professionals from Infosys generally visit the college and give the training. But, after the training of the first batch, the college needs to send some faculty members to be trained at the nearest Development centre of Infosys and these trained faculty of the college take campus connect classes for the future batches. It is here that the problems arise as reflected in previous comments, that these college faculties (who have been trained) donot teach as good as the professionals and other problems arise as stated earlier. From the professional point of view, if a student who has been selected by Infosys in campus recruitment, clears the campus connect exam (which is held in the college after the end of the Campus connect training at college), then he/she is allowed to appear for another exam just in the beginning of thier trainings, called the "fast-track" exam. Only campus connect passed and CS/IT students are allowed to sit for this exam, which, if successfully passed, reduces the training period to 40 days. All other students, i.e. non-CS/IT students, non-campus connect passed students and those who fail to clear the Fast-track exam, undergo the long cycle of training of 4-5 months. 122.50.204.9 (talk) 15:00, 7 January 2009 (UTC)Ronit

K. Dinesh
Hey, could someone create a K. Dinesh page. I'm not really experienced enough to do one and would like to see how one's created.173.95.138.76 (talk) 23:36, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Add Bangalore to Bengaluru
I added Bangalore because Bengaluru is quite unknown outside of India. I have read the warning in the page that all names should be in Kannada, but in this case I think it is necessary make the article understandable. Andries (talk) 09:35, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Best place to work for fresher?
Last line in the introduction says "Infosys is the best place to work for a fresher." I cannot think of a more random statement! Is is best place among Indian companies? Or is it best for an engineer? In either case, I can think of much better companies like Google, Microsoft, etc for a fresher to work. Give some sort of evidence for the claim! 117.193.48.46 (talk) 06:55, 21 May 2011 (UTC) Radheshyam

About listing date
There is no information of the listing date of the company being listed in BSE in 1993-94. You can check on the BSE site scripcode=500209. Please check and verify it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Numbicom (talk • contribs) 15:37, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Global Offices
The current Global Offices section is very cluttered and hard to understand. It also adds little to the article, as locations of the offices could be found on the company website. The bulleted format (as I added) clears the clutter and makes the section more "readable." Should there be a reversion? If not, maybe the flagicons could be removed but retaining the bulleted form.

Possibly the section should be a new page? It does little here. Thank you for consideration! Jacsam2 (talk) 00:55, 12 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Probably a two or three-column list should help because the list appeared as lengthy as the article itself, which doesn't make sense. If you can do it, then you may as well retain the flag icons. Thanks,  Niri M / ನಿರಿ   06:43, 12 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I found an article that has a side by side list that could be used, but it would be very time consuming to make. You can find the page here. I would actually suggest making a new page (IE Infosys Global Offices) with the offices as then there would be no length constraints. It could be linked to the main Infosys article. Jacsam2 (talk) 18:50, 12 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the article link, but it's not exactly what I had in my mind. And I'm not sure about the separate article too, because it doesn't warrant the need. Flag icons are ok, as long as the list does not appear too lengthy. -  Niri M / ನಿರಿ   05:30, 13 October 2011 (UTC)


 * The link was supposed to show how to format side by side lists, if that would be okay to add. Sorry if that wasn't clear. Is it possible for you to maybe format the list? I tried unsuccessfuly on the first edit I made. This list would probably be the best solution to the added length issue. Thanks! Jacsam2 (talk) 23:28, 13 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I don't have much knowledge with formatting in Wikipedia. Right now, my hands are full to experiment stuff. Maybe in the coming days. Meanwhile, please go ahead and work on the article where needed. Appreciate your efforts, cheers. -  Niri M / ನಿರಿ   06:32, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank You! Jacsam2 (talk) 21:23, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 14 January 2012
Rahul das Shah is listed as the sigle largest shareholder with 54% of the shares. But that is false as 19 individuals in total own only about 16% of the company. Reference: http://www.infosys.com/investors/reports-filings/quarterly-results/Documents/Share-Holding/clause35-december31-2011.pdf

115.249.18.25 (talk) 09:42, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: I don't see that mentioned anywhere in the article. &mdash;  Abhishek  Talk 12:39, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Infosys Foundation page is redirected to Infosys. Why?
i wanted to know about the activities of Infosys Foundation. Unfortunatley, that page is redirected to Infosys page. I think Foundation activities should be different from the Infosys activities. Can the Editors / Administrators look into this.--Srini1951 (talk) 06:36, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Its not, maybe the URL you used has been updated.Infosys Foundation —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.50.204.9 (talk) 15:51, 7 January 2009 (UTC)


 * This issue has been fixed. Now it redirects to the title, Infosys Science Foundation found within the Infosys article. Phanstar (talk) 03:14, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

"[M]ultiple issues" template+
I'm new to the article. I came to the talk page hoping for illumination on the "multiple issues". Now I'm a little overwhelmed: lots of old comment; then a 2007-11 gap pretty much; some renewal since. But even out-of-chron.-order sections. The various parts of the template were placed early in '12. No addressing of the template here on the talk page that I noticed, in a quick scan. The elaborate header to this talk page may connect somehow to the template -- I haven't addressed that.

I've done quite a lot of work on the article today, following on the visa-controversy news. Like an advertisement? Well, certainly much info still is from the company one way or other. Close-connection writer(s)? Maybe. I have no connection but, except for the news story, was largely dependent on the company. Yet I felt it was important info to add. Original research? Seems to run counter to the other complaints. Detailing what would be helpful.

I hope improvement can continue, including possible removal or downgrading of the template. Maybe an archive of older items here on talk page? More outside sources (straight) to the page, of course. (Seems there's a "sandbox"/help me feel to some of the posts on this talk page. Help can be found. Post ; query me. Can the sandbox items be converted to article contributions?

Some thoughts. Cheers. Swliv (talk) 21:33, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, I ... did some more pondering of the article/y'day experience here for another of y'day's editors; but now am greeted with (a) an unexplained removal of the whole "mult. issues" template and (b) a (big, flashy) (new?) section, with I'd say a maybe cavalier "everyone has one"+- explanation. I'm doing no more now here than noting developments. Comments certainly welcome. Swliv (talk) 18:59, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Warning to Wikipedia
(Legal threat redacted -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:58, 15 April 2012 (UTC))

UK company with same name - InfoSys Limited
The UK company InfoSys Limited was set up in the Swindon in 1988 by Dave Caddy, Marcus Khoo and Richard Perry. It is a computer services company and have the domain name infosys.co.uk.

So far as I can tell, unless there is a mention of InfoSys Limited in the UK in this article, the current post continues to be misleading. It clearly states the new name for Infosys Technologies as Infosys Limited but does not clearly indicate that this is NOT the name in the UK.

As far as UK law is concerned Infosys Technologies cannot trade as Infosys Limited in the UK. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkhoo (talk • contribs) 10:16, 25 September 2011 (UTC)


 * It would be helpful if you could start an article for that company if it's that significant and a disambiguation link can be put in place. -  Niri M / ನಿರಿ   10:51, 25 September 2011 (UTC)


 * It is not that simple. Wikipedia does not allow postings of companies without them being listed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.248.159 (talk) 13:07, 17 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Then it's not worthy enough to be mentioned in this article's lead section. -  Niri M / ನಿರಿ   16:46, 17 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Are you qualified to make that judgement? Do you work for InfoSys?  If so then it is a biased comment.  It appears that the UK company already have the name in the UK which I suppose means Infosys Limited should not trade with the same name in the UK...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.5.201.102 (talk) 22:04, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

toilets/lavatories --> amenities???
... "The campus provides amenities like toilets, lavatories, ATMs and bank extension counters, one of the largest gymnasiums in Asia and a mini golf course among others" ...

Are these the most wonderful amenities? - or the most wonderful basic needs of a well functioning office?

Further, the gymnasium is definitely not the largest by any means.

I agree. Maybe they use weights there to exercise their minds. !! doles 18:55, 2005 May 17 (UTC)

'Oye Uncle!!!' I would like to comment on infosys' recreational facilities. To summarize, i would say, most companies have none. Consider for example, Infy's very agressive competitor - CTS A person doesnt know what he has in his hands till he's lost it.

Maybe those kind of facilities are obvious for Western world, but it is not that obvious for Indians. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.52.49.120 (talk) 18:06, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

NPOV
I think the article seems to be overly slanted positive. A section about allegations of visa fraud, complete with citations and all, was blanked by an unregistered user, even though the fact that the allegations couldn't be proved was documented in the same section. Seems to be some PR/marketing effort to keep the wiki page clean. I've restored that section, but the article still needs cleanup not only for the POV issues, but to move irrelevant/trivial information out as well (e.g. full professions of all the people on the board of directors). Easwarno1 (talk) 18:29, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Reader feedback: this page need include more ...
14.194.72.106 posted this comment on 16 July 2013 (view all feedback).

"this page need include more data which helpful for student."

Any thoughts?

Reply:Please advice what kind of information do you want. Also, students undergoing different academic courses may need different set of information. Hence the best place to get such information is this company's website.

GSwarnkar 20:36, 1 August 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gswarnkar (talk • contribs)

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MBA Course
what is the process of admission for MBA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.156.211.214 (talk) 05:33, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Added template:Infosys
Hi, I have added template:Infosys at the bottom of the page. It looks outdated. I have made some changes to it. Please make changes if you feel I've left something out. Amazingcaptain (talk) 11:16, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

About the listing date and founding
Very often the data about the company is changed on this page. The founders are changed more often. There is no listing date available on the BSE website. Is something wrong with the company. As data on web cannot be authenticated someone must inquire about the company to reputable sources. In India in no newspaper it comes that there were seven founders. According to my father the company started in 1989 and when the owner with 60% stake died the whole property was transferred to her son Rahul. Who was lost in Varanasi in 1990. After that Narayanmurthy was called by the government to look after the company from the public. As he was holding the greatest numbers of shares from the public. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Numbicom (talk • contribs) 19:28, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

The information on listing date and founders is available on this company's website. GSwarnkar 20:32, 15 July 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gswarnkar (talk • contribs)

The article says it had the highest share price at $390 on Nasdaq during 2019. I think GOOG was above $1000 for the entire year. As a US investor I don't worry about share price (unless it is BRK.A), but don't know about investors in India and am leaving it. [P/E ratio and PEG ratio are more important.] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.191.81.188 (talk) 14:08, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Controversies
I think the recent whistleblower complaint regards tourist visas is different than the using B-1 in 2013. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/infosys-engaging-in-visa-fraud-again-former-employee-says 75.191.81.188 (talk) 14:10, 21 August 2020 (UTC) J

Also, I saw something in the history about some sort of sexual harassment controversy.

And some redacted legal something about a controversy on who founded the company. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.191.81.188 (talk) 00:13, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * ❌ Please provide sources for any changes you want made.  Debit pixie 💬 07:48, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 January 2021
The seven hostel buildings of Infosys campus Mysore is unique in the sense they resemble thier name I N F O S Y S. This can be seen in google maps in sattelite mode. Raja71158 (talk) 07:15, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. And is this really a notable fact? Buildings shaped like a letter as seen from top is probably not as unique as you claim. Please provide an independent source which confirms this is relevant, and not just your WP:OR. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 17:51, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Potential links to the Putin regime
Questions have been raised by Sky News if Infosys is supporting the Putin regime and subsequently the war on Ukraine. MrEarlGray (talk) 17:34, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Controversial, as Rishi Sunak's wife is apparently a shareholder. Infosys is now closing down their offices in Russia. 82.21.55.166 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 22:15, 1 April 2022 (UTC)