Did somebody ever think that a small dream in the eyes of seven young friends could ever turn into one of the global software companies? Yes!! it did happen for those seven middle class friends who quit their jobs in order to chase their dreams and what they got in return was India’s most admired company and outsourcing giant called Infosys.



Twenty five years down the lane the company is regarded as India’s best known brand in the global market. The celebrations begins this Sunday for the company which writes software for names such as JC Penny and Goldman Sachs at its new engineering training center in Mysore. The celebrations would also include bells ringing at Nasdaq, a first for an Indian company.



What makes this company so special? It is one of India’s first global companies whose more than 90 percent of annual revenues are generated from overseas and is also one of the first to adopt a code of corporate transparency and offer stock options to employees and get listed on Nasdaq in 1999. This certainly explains why engineers prefer working in Infosys as compared to IBM and where only one in every hundred applicant is selected.



What all I can say? HAPPY BIRTHDAY INFOSYS!!!