BANGALORE: In a pilot program to make Infosys a more women-friendly, the company plans to open a satellite office on Dickenson Road in the heart of the city.

The office, to be opened next month, is meant for young mothers and soon-to-be mothers who can connect to the corporate network and also avoid the painfully long commute to the Infosys campus in Electronics City.

“This is a pilot project that we will be trying out for young mothers and is part of the company’s Infosys Women’s Inclusivity Network (iWIN),” said NR Narayana Murthy, non-executive chairman of Infosys.

He also added that these employees could be spared of the traffic woes plaguing Hosur Road. Murthy was addressing the media on the sidelines of the Nasscom Women’s leadership Council in Bangalore.

Women make up for around 23 per cent of the employee workforce in Infosys. He said that the existing telecom regulations around Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and Common User Group (CUG) made it difficult for companies to introduce telecommuting on a larger scale.

“Right now, telecommuting is mere lip service and there are a lot of impediments to its implementation such as the telecom regulation and also overcoming the fear mindset among employees around telecommuting.

The company also introduced one-year sabbaticals for mothers two years ago. He urged companies to take up productivity measurements across the enterprise and come up with models of productivity.

Agreeing with Murthy, Nasscom chief Kiran Karnik also called for doing away with “silly regulations” that are preventing new models of work productivity that could be helpful to women.

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