Infosys' second campus in Bhubaneswar to employ 5,000 people

Will complete work at its campus in Infovalley in next two-three months

Infosys, India's second largest IT services company, plans to complete work on its second campus in Bhubaneswar at Infovalley complex in next three months. The new campus will house about 5,000 employees.

"Infosys will complete work at its campus in Infovalley which will house 5,000 people in next two-three months. The space for 1,000 people will be ready within a month," said G Srinivas, state IT secretary. The expansion plans of the company was revealed in an interaction meeting of the state IT secretary with Vishal Sikka, chief executive officer and managing director, Infosys during the latter's visit to the state.

Sikka is likely to come again to Odisha for meeting with chief minister, Naveen Patnaik and chief secretary Gokul Chandra Pati.

Presently, Infosys is operating at Infocity, an IT park developed in the late 90s.

The IT major, the anchor tenant for Infovalley project, is allotted about 50 acres of land in the park, which is developed by Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco), spreading over 500 acres of land.

The development of Infovalley complex is significant as the state's new ICT policy aims to achieve employment generation for 60,000 IT (information technology) professionals and a turnover (including exports of software and IT services and Electronic System Design Manufacturing, domestic consumption and training) of four billion dollar by 2020.