Infosys (formerly Infosys Technologies) is an Indian multinational provider of business consulting, information technology, software engineering andoutsourcing services. It is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Infosys is the third-largest India-based IT services company by 2012 revenues,and the second largest employer of H-1B visa professionals in the United States, as of 2012.On 28 March 2013, its market capitalisation was $30.8 billion, making it India's sixth largest publicly traded compan
Infosys was co-founded in 1981 by N. R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, N. S. Raghavan, S. Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh andAshok Arora after they resigned from Patni Computer Systems. The company was incorporated as "Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd." with a capital of Rs 10000 (roughly $250) in Model Colony, Pune as the registered office and signed its first client, Data Basics Corporation, in New York. In 1983, the company's corporate headquarters was relocated to Bangalore.
Change in name: It changed its name to "Infosys Technologies Private Limited" in April 1992 and to "Infosys Technologies Limited" when it became a public limited company in June 1992. It was later renamed to "Infosys Limited" in June 2011.[8]
On 1 June 2013, Mr. Narayana Murthy, one of the founding members of Infosys and its long time CEO, returned from his retirement to assume office in Infosys as its Executive Chairman
Change in name: It changed its name to "Infosys Technologies Private Limited" in April 1992 and to "Infosys Technologies Limited" when it became a public limited company in June 1992. It was later renamed to "Infosys Limited" in June 2011.[8]
On 1 June 2013, Mr. Narayana Murthy, one of the founding members of Infosys and its long time CEO, returned from his retirement to assume office in Infosys as its Executive Chairman
