A Rs 1,650 crore facility on the 335-acre Global Education Centre (GEC) of the software major Infosys Technologies is nearing completion in Mysore.
The structure, resembling classical Roman architecture, will have 9,000 seats, adding to the existing capacity for 4,000 students, taking the total to 13,000.
"When completed, it will be one of the largest corporate investments in educational infrastructure in India and one of the largest globally," adviser (education & research) of Infosys Ravindra said.
While the earlier built capacity was expected to last about two years for accommodating 4,000 trainees, it was exhausted within 11 months, necessitating the creation of extra built space and facility to train students from across the world, Ravindra, who was formerly vice-president (E&R), said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had inaugurated the training centre on February 12, 2005. The campus has a software development centre, GEC and Infosys Leadership Institute.
With the addition of over 500 faculty rooms and 10,300 residential rooms in a built-up space of 6 million sft, the capacity to train graduates of the GEC will reach 13,000 in a single sitting.
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