The view point document highlights Knowledge Management Services & Solutions targeted at the education sector.

1. Infosys:
A top Corporate University
Asif Khan, Meghna Sharma
Abstract
Infosys serves and strives to partner with the education industry. Apart from
being a partner to the education industry, Infosys is also a large consumer
and provider of education. We are the largest corporate technical university
in Asia – hence we have a unique perspective when looking at issues of the
education industry.
Infosys has highly trained and motivated professionals in its education
practice with the necessary technical and business expertise to consistently
deliver for the education industry and we have invested significantly in the
education industry related capability development and research.
Infosys operates educational institutions at multiple levels within the
company for training employees. This article strives to make the reader aware
of our capabilities and focus on the education industry.
For more information, contact askus@infosys.com
Jun 2009

2. Infosys Education Practice – Our value proposition revolves around helping mitigate
risks and reduce costs while enhancing quality.
Infosys has a commitment and a proactive focus to serving all aspects of the education industry. These include Pre K-12,
K-12, Higher Education and service providers to the education industry.
Infosys is committed to serve both non-for-profit and for-profit educational institutions and service providers
Infosys has highly trained and motivated professionals in its education practice. These professionals have the necessary
technical and business expertise to consistently deliver to the education arena. Infosys has invested significantly in the
education industry related capability development and research.
There is an explicit commitment from Infosys’ founders & executive management to proactively develop Education solutions
and capabilities. Some examples of Infosys’ commitment towards education are provided below.
• 3 of 5 Founders serve on advisory boards of premier educational institutions within India.
• One of the Founders is the executive sponsor of the Education Practice at Infosys
• Tailoring the Infosys services portfolio to address Education sector needs
• Active recruitment of Education industry experts and solution consultants
• Active development of alliances and partnerships focused on Education solutions
• Active participation in related conferences – EDUCAUSE, NACUBO etc.
Infosys operates Educational institutions within the company for training internal employees.
These are:
1. Education and Research (E&R)
2. Infosys Leadership Institute (ILI)
3. InStep - Infosys Global Internship Program
4. Campus Connect
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3. A brief description of each of these institutions is provided below.
1. Education and Research (E&R)
Infosys as part of its E&R department runs the largest corporate ‘technical university’ in Asia. It has state- of- the- art
technology, offering training in all its development centers in India to about 30,000 new joiners in a year. Infosys E&R
conducts technical and project management related education programs for both in-house and strategic customers of Infosys.
The E&R department creates, manages and sustains the infrastructure for learning and knowledge sharing in the company.
This includes courseware, library services, intranet based learning and online services.
In addition, the E&R division supports universities in improving the quality of their IT education programs and anchor
external programs for school children.
Infosys E&R offers training and learning programs for employees. Some of the programs are detailed below:
1. E-learning: On-Line Learning Program to enable access to training programs from remote locations.
2. Foundation Program: Freshman graduate engineers undergo a 12-14 weeks full-time rigorous educational training
program before induction into production.
3. Just-in-Time (JIT) courses are delivered to Infosys employees based on sudden or unforeseen requirements to meet the
urgent requests of Infosys clients.
4. Knowledge Management group is the hub of all knowledge sharing activities in Infosys. This is a very active platform
and works through multiple channels of knowledge sharing.
Thanks to its strong capabilities, in knowledge management:
• Infosys has won the Global MAKE Award for the years 2007, 2005, 2004 and 2003.
• Infosys is the first Indian company to have won the Global MAKE Award in the year 2003 and also the first Indian
company to have entered the Global MAKE Hall of Fame in 2005.
• Infosys has won the Asian MAKE award 6 times. Infosys was also recognized as the Indian MAKE winner for the
4th consecutive year in November 2008.
5. Certifications: Deepening competencies is a strategic imperative with twin objectives, to give employees an
opportunity to continuously enhance their competencies and to help them achieve their career aspirations. Infosys
has a strong internal certification framework for all employees, which encompasses technical and business related
certifications.
2. ILI
The Infosys Leadership Institute (ILI) is a blend of leadership and managerial development. It has role based training
programs and a global business school for in house development of employees’ managerial and interpersonal skills.
Global Business Finishing School
The Global Business Finishing School at ILI has received the ASTD Citation for excellence in practice in the year
2002-03. This initiative is a milestone and focuses on making every fresh entrant to Infosys ready for the job in quick
time.
The Finishing school runs either as a short cycle program, (6 weeks for trainees from IT backgrounds) or as a long
cycle program, (14 weeks for trainees from non-IT backgrounds).
Role Based Training Programs
Learning is a continuous process. At the core of learning in a human being are involvement, desire to excel, and
motivation to widen horizons of knowledge; use this learning productively
Respecting this, the ILI has created multiple learning forums which offer a mix of all options to suit various learning
styles, increasing the individuals thirst for knowledge and guiding his efforts to quench his thirst while allowing him
to take responsibility for this journey himself is at the core of this philosophy.
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4. 3. InStep
InStep is Infosys’ global internship program to attract students from the best academic institutions around the world.
It includes premier institutes such as Harvard, MIT, Oxford, Princeton and Tsinghua. It helps students to work on live,
organizationally relevant technical and business projects in the company. The interns benefit from learning first-hand in
a corporate environment in India. Last year, InStep received approximately 7,000 applications of which 125 interns were
chosen
The InStep Program is largely responsible for exposing students from all over the globe to living and working in India and
experience firsthand the challenges of working in one of the most exciting emerging markets of the world.
4. Campus Connect
Engineering and management colleges are the natural bedrock for IT talent in the knowledge economy. The educational
institutions and the IT industry have realized the need to scale up industry-ready quality students to meet the growing
demands of the industry.
As a primary stakeholder in creating a vibrant talent pool of future graduates, Infosys launched Campus Connect, in May
2004, a first of its kind, industry - institute initiative. Campus Connect aims to be a forum where some of the best practices at
Infosys can be shared with educational institutions and also aligning the needs of colleges, its faculty and students, with those
of the IT industry.
Campus Connect equips graduates not only in computer science and software engineering, but also helps them apply their
learning to practical situations, with special emphasis on teamwork, project management, cross functional networking and
effective communication.