India’s second largest IT services company Infosys is set to provide 5,000 employees at its second campus in next three months at the upcoming Info Valley complex on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, where the IT major is the anchor tenant.
While interacting with senior officials of the Department of IT, Infosys Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Vishal Sikka revealed his plans on Tuesday. He talked to IT Principal Secretary G Srinivas. IIIT Director Gopal C Nayak was also present. It was agreed to have a follow-up meeting with the State Government.
The Infosys chief brought out issues of a four-lane approach road, acquisition of some land, progress of flyover, city bus route to Info Valley for logistic support. The IT major has been allotted about 50 acres of land in the Info Valley complex.
It was also decided by the Government to develop a second IT Park, called Info Valley, in the ITR (Investment Region) in an area of 600 acres of land. This complex is being developed by the Idco. Bhubaneswar is one of the Infosys’ three investment regions in India, the other two being in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad).
It was brought to Sikka’s notice that Odisha has now world-class institutes like IIT, IIM, Xavier, NIT, IIIT and AIIMS, which can attract best manpower so that quality manpower can be used by the IT industry.