the almighty Infosys

In today’s class we enjoyed a lecture from Dr. L Krishnan, a managing director from Taegu Tec. Taegu Tec’s primary business is cutting tools. He told us that about 80% of the company is owned by Berkshire Hathaway. Dr. L Krishnan also shared with us a story about how Warren Buffet acquired part of the company.

For the entirety of our time in India, we’ve been hearing a lot about Infosys. Well today we got to visit their training facilities. Like we suspected, they were incredible. I felt as if I was at a resort, not a training program. The campus in Mysore is the world’s largest training center. Employees of Infosys are sent to this location from all over the world to be trained. The new employees stay there from anywhere between 12-18 weeks, and once they leave they have what’s equivalent to a Bachelors degree in computer science. It was interesting to hear that Infosys has their own take on “The World Is Flat”. On their website it states “Infosys defines, designs and delivers technology-enabled business solutions that help global 2000 companies win in a flat world”. They even mention employees need to “think flat”. This new and inventive thinking has put Infosys at the top as being a global leader in technology.

All of this hype about Infosys and the technology age has made me start to think about something a read in “Being Indian”. It stated, “In north India it is still a common reprimand to tell a youngster: study or else you’ll cut grass; the prospect of manual work was invoked as a threat”. Obtaining a position at Infosys seems to be the dream of all young adults in India. It seems to be an excellent company to work for to receive good benefits and pay. And in no way is it manual work. It’s funny to me that manual work has such a negative connotation associated with it in India. Here in the states, many jobs that require manual labor pay even better then office positions. Yes they’re a lot of work, but you get rewarded in the end.