40 p.c of Infy freshers are from non-urban areas

BANGALORE, INDIA: Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan said 40 per cent of Infosys employees are from non-urban areas.

“We were pleasantly surprised that 40 per cent of new employees joining are not from urban areas,” said Kris at a convention organized by IIT Kanpur Alumni Association here on Saturday.

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Kris also said that, according to an informal survey, one or either of the parents of the majority of these non-urban area employees have not completed SSLC. He termed the entry into the company of the people from non-urban areas as a “quiet transformation” in changing lives of people and in creating “more middle-class”.

Kris delivered the keynote address at the function because Infosys chairman and chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy, who was supposed to deliver the keynote, suffered a minor injury a couple of weeks ago in one of his knees and he has been advised to take rest.

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