INDUSTRIAL VISIT REPORT Infosys - Chandigarh (1st-Sep -2012)

Mr. Sunil Kumar Saini (Dean - TPO Department) Attended by: Students of IV year (CSE & IT) Bijalwan Submitted by: Faculty accompanied: Mr. Anchit Mr. Anurag

Agarwal Surbhi Aren Computer Science-2 09430101075 Acknowledgement

Mr. Vishal Vig

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering & Information Technology organized a visit to Infosys (Chandigarh) for the coveted Spark Workshop Program on 1st September 2012. A total of 97 Students accompanied by Dean of TPO Department and 3 Faculty members attended the workshop.

Objective of the visit

To pertain the knowledge about the inner atmosphere and industrial acquaintances of the finest company in the country.

History of Infosys
Established in 1981, Infosys is a NASDAQ listed global consulting and IT services company with more than 151,000 employees. From a capital of US$ 250, we have grown to become a US$ 7.075 billion (LTM Q1 FY13 revenues) company with a market capitalization of approximately US$ 26 billion. Over the years, we have catalyzed some of the major changes that have led to India's emergence as the global destination for software services talent. We pioneered the Global Delivery Model and became the first IT company from India to be listed on NASDAQ. Our employee stock options program created some of India's first salaried millionaires. The defining moments in Infosys' history are : 1981 - On July 2nd the company was incorporated as Infosys Consultants Private Limited at Mumbai. - INFOSYS was promoted by software professionals, Viz Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan, Mr. K. Dinesh, Nandan M Nilekani, Mr. S.D. Shibulal, Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy & Mr. N S Raghavan. - The company is engaged in software development in the form of services, turnkey projects and products for the domestic and export market. The software development is targeted towards the distribution, banking, telecommunication and manufacturing sectors worldwide. 1992

- On April 21st the name changed to Infosys Technologies Private Limited, and the Registered office was moved to Bangalore. - On June 2nd the company was converted into a Public Limited Company under the name Infosys Technologies Ltd. - The company provides software maintenance, re-engineering and downsizing of software applications in these market segments. It also markets internationally, two well-known packages, one for the distribution industry (DMAP) and one for retail banking (Bancs 2000). 1993 - The Company turned up with ISO 9000 certification. - 19,76,100 No. of equity shares of Rs 10 each issued, subscribed and paid-up (15,84,000 shares to directors, promoters; 2,68,100 shares to employees of the company and 1,24,000 shares at a prem., of Rs 70 per to shareholders on right basis). - 68,600 shares reserved for allotment in preferential basis to employees of the company and group company (only 10,3000 shares taken up). Balance 13,07,200 shares along with 58,500 shares not taken up by employees were issued to the public (all were taken up). 1994 - During the year marketing offices were opened in San Francisco, Cincinnati, New York and Dallas. - During the year company proposed to make a preferential issue of 7,50,000 warrants convertible into shares to the Infosys Technologies Ltd. Employees Trust to form the basis of employee stock offer plan. 1995 - Necessary permissions were received for selling up wholly owned subsidiaries in the USA, Europe & Asia-pacific. - During the year the company established Yantra Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary in USA investing US $ 5,00,000 in the equity of the said subsidiary.

1997 - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India awarded the Silver shield for the BestPresented-Accounts, amongst the entries received from the non-financial, private sector companies for the year 1995. - The readers of the well-known Asia Money magazine have voted the company as India's best-managed Company for the year 1996. Company also won several awards for export performance. - In December, the Company announced its plans for an ADR issue up to US$ 75 million. - The World Economic Forum selected Infosys as one of India's most remarkable and rapidly growing entrepreneurial companies in November. And then its growth never stopped and has reached such a great height while following the principle:

WINNERS NEVER DO DIFFERENT THINGS THEY ONLY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

Insight
Objective of the spark Programme is to raise the aspirations of the students and to check their readiness to work. Students of Quantum School of Technology have actively participated in the SPARK programme and fulfilled the objective of the event. Infosys empowers the youth by providing them with hands-on experience in Information Technology through SPARK. The on-campus program initiates high school and engineering students across India. SPARK offers a learning environment that helps students realize their potential and assess their industry-preparedness. The program partners with academic institutions to enhance the pool of talent as well as meet the demands of the IT industry. Launched in August 2008, SPARK is managed by 2,400 Infosys volunteers across Development Centers (DCs).It has benefited more than 73,000 students and 4,000 teachers.

SPARK which is an initiative to enlighten students and prospective employees of the company. We were briefed by the SPARK team and given a tour of the campus. Students were also addressed by the Head of SPARK Program Mr. Anurag in auditorium. Students were shown two short documentaries on the history, culture, vision, mission, success story, value and the customers feedback on Infosys. There is a centre called PMCoE Project Management Center of Excellence in Infosys, which has developed a technique called Project Think Approach. This approach involves taking every work as a project and following certain steps to make it a success. Basically it summarizes as follows : Project think approach 1. Identify the objectives. 2. Identify assumptions and constraints. 3. Address those constraints that really count in the end. 4. Identify what needs to be done (the scope). 5. Determine the plan of action. 6. Identify the risks. 7. Anticipate the risks and reduce their effect on the goal.

Session
These seven steps basically form the Project Think Approach. They say that, this approach can be followed anywhere even in our daily tasks of life. The students were given a real

world problem as a team assignment, and were asked to solve it using the Project Management Approach, in the last session of the workshop. SPARK session has given an insight to students such as to set goals, never give up and reaffirmed that nothing is impossible. A vedio was shown in which students got an insight to high standards set by Infosys founder Mr. Narayana Murthy. Questions from the students were answered by Mr. Anurag. Our students clarified many doubts regarding corporate requirements and opportunities available for them.

Conclusion
In this industrial visit, we the students have learned more than what we expected before. We found it to be more interesting and informative. We got to understand the business part of IT projects, execution of projects, team work, time management and other insights of Infosys company. We are really thankful to our dean Sir Sunil Kumar and Quantum School of Technology for giving us such a opportunity.