Built only in 1994, it's now almost a museum piece. It has even been renamed the Heritage Building. Indeed, the Infosys headquarters is like no other place in India. It's a 29-acre outpost of the New Economy in the midst of one of the world's poorest countries. Even in Bangalore, the country's high-tech capital, problems that plague India's poorer cities, such as New Delhi and Bombay, haven't disappeared.
Dismal slums are commonplace.
But that's a world away from Infosys, a 45-minute drive from the center of town. On the weekends, Infoscions have parties there, sometimes featuring the in-house rock band, the Algorithms. It's even grander inside some of the buildings. There's the auditorium, complete with a 40-screen video wall, the biggest in the country. The other walls are covered with tan silk, to lend a rich feel.