After a long journey of about 2600 kilometers, I was finally about to reach there. It was the beginning point of my new life, new journey to a new destination. And as obvious, my heart was filled with innumerous thoughts and emotions. Yes, I was going there, Infosys Technologies.
Finally, I reached the gate, gate to a new world for which I felt that I had waited for a long time. Infosys has its training center in Mysore. It is the biggest corporate university in the world. Any fresher recruited in Infosys first comes here for training. The moment you enter the gate, everything changes. Life has totally different standards inside the campus. It feels a perfect place to start the professional life.
Infosys provides excellent living & working conditions to its employees with world class facilities. It seems a compensation for working hard & efficiently but it is what we are here for & being paid for.
The starting days have less work load & I tried to explore the huge campus (though still I find many unexplored places). It is like a small modern city. First of all, it has two huge buildings called as GEC 1 & 2 (Global Education Center) which can altogether accommodate about 13500 trainees at a given time. In the morning you can see thousands of them marching towards these buildings & they disappear inside the buildings. During the working hours, while walking in the huge, silent & empty corridors, you can’t imagine that so many of them are in the same building.
There are rules for everything & you can find large number & variety of security personnel to monitor security as well as enforce the rules. Regarding facilities, there is a nice swimming pool, multiplex, gym & all popular kind of sports for employees including rock climbing, squash, lawn tennis, table tennis, badminton, volleyball, football, basketball, cricket etc. You can also enjoy many other activities like music, yoga etc. Apart from this, all the things & facilities necessary for living are inside this campus. It makes the life of trainees easier as they do not have to run outside campus for small things.
For living, they have hotel kind of buildings, which they call hostel with single rooms for everyone with attached bathroom. There is a big bed with cable TV (yeah, its LCD, remember I said its like hotel) and as one can imagine, you have everything there to live a good life (though only for training duration).
But, regarding training, life is really tough, as they say, everything comes for a price. But the quality of training is excellent & once a person completes the training, he or she is no more the same.
A small note for prospective Infoscions
Dear Friends! I am overwhelmed to see so many people asking questions about Infosys. Being my first job, it will always remain close to my heart.
I understand your anxiety before joining Infosys as I also went through it and that’s why I try to answer each and every query as per my knowledge and awareness. But I can only help you with what I have experienced in Infosys as an employee.
A lot of questions are asked again and again which I have already answered. Please read all my replies/comments before asking anything so as to avoid asking questions which I have already replied to others.
I have also written a series of articles about my detailed experience during Infosys Mysore Training. You can find it here: https://abhineet.in/series/infosys-mysore-training-a-walk-to-cherish-for-life/
I hope my articles and replies are useful to you. Have a great time!
Note: This article was originally written on 10 February, 2011.
Hi Abhineet,
I am travel writer from Bangalore. I have noticed that a number of youngsters from outside Mysore are posted to Infosys Mysore and would love to have information about Mysore and the surrounding areas liike Coorg, Bandipur etc. I also noticed that you answer quite a few of these queries. I have recently brought out a ready-reckoner and guide book “Destination Mysore- Yoga and more”. It is currently available on Amazon Kindle as an ebook. I do believe that this will be of immense help to those non-Mysoreans coming into your campus.I This link will give you a glimpse of the book.
http://www.guidegecko.com/mysore-app.kindle
Here’s hoping a that a lot of youngsters find it useful.
Thanks.
Hi Mrs. Krishnamurthy,
I wish you the best for your book and I hope it will be helpful to people visiting Mysore, especially Infosys Trainees.
R/Sir,I am placed in Infosys through campus placement 2011 and my Date of Joining is in May 2013. Due to some financial reasons,I have some issues with my College which are unfair now they are threatening me that they will ask Infosys to cancel my offer Letter giving any uneven reason to them if i don’t fulfill their unfair demands.Can this thing affect my relation and placement in infosys?Please Reply….as soon as possible
Not sure about this.
Hello sir,
i got offer letter and joining date as operations executive level 2 on 15th April 2013.sir can you pls let me know about the syllabus and about the job description.please reply me
No idea about this job profile.
hi sir,
i got my doj on oct15th 2012, in the above u have replied to others that it is not necessary to learn any computer courses as infosys trainng will provide us with the same….sir am a B.sc . computer science graduate and i have learnt computer languages like c,c++, .net and all theoretically.
Now my problem is that am not gud at writing programs on my own, and there will be practical tests in the training .what should i do ??
And i even got news that computer science background students are given less importance in the training than those of non computer science background …Is it true..?
You will get ample chance to learn and practice.
sir ,2 questions:-
1. can i leave the training midway..?
2. would they ask for bond money?
Answer for your questions:
1. Yes, but technically it will be illegal.
2. Yes, you are bound to obey the terms of agreement.
I got deputation letter with date 27th August 2012 to join at Mysore is this final date or there are chances that they can postponed my training date ? ? ? ?
Hi…… I got letter of deputation 2 days before in which they have mention date of joining at Mysore tanning center as 27th August 2012 so now what preparation i am suppose to do before moving to Mysore , will company provide me train ticket from my location to Mysore or i will have me arrangement for that and will they send me any mail before joining at Mysore or this depletion letter is last mail ? ? ? ?
My DOJ is 15 april 2013. What to do for 9months?
Share wth your peers…
Facebook group for students who selected as Operational Executives at Infosys (Infosys 15 April 2013 Batch of Operational Executives)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/342706342477725/
Learn new things, practice your hobbies, find a temporary job, or prepare for any better job or higher education, possibilities are endless…
hey…i want to know that how can i reach infosys mysore from bangalore airport. Please reply soon 🙂
If you in a group of 2-3 people, then the best way is to take a cab from Airport to Infosys Mysore Campus.
However, you can also use public transport. First take Vayu Vajra Airport Shuttle to Bus stand/Railway Station in Bangalore (~50 kms), then from there, take a bus/train to Mysore (You will get buses for Mysore from Mysore Satellite Bus Stand), then in Mysore, from City Bus stand, take local volvo bus to Infosys Mysore campus.
Note: Above services may have changed by now. Check the official websites of these services for updated info.
Hi Abhineet,
I am Ally…plzz reply to my query above
Thanks…waiting 4 ur reply
Hi Ally,
Keep in touch with the HR.
You will get an experience letter even if you fail in training. I am not sure if LOP period will be counted in that.
You will be called as soon as they find a new training batch in which they can accomodate you.
If you want to join the training from generic, you need to clearly communicate with the HR.
Hi Ahineet,
This is Daya.I got my joining date as October 15th as operational executive-trainee.I would like to know career growth for this role.Though career growth depends on individuality,i would like to know opportunities…pls help upon that…….
my doj in also 13 – aug -2012 at bhubaneswar
hi sir,
i got offer letter from infosys on 22nd june 12.my bcs result is declared & i got 1st class.my doj is 23rd july 12.now shud i wait for their another letter/email or whr shud i contact them ?
their immediate letter will help me in getting railway booking from pune to mysore.
thanx.waiting for ur rply.
You got Date of Joining. What else you want?
Hi Abhineet,
I joined Infy on 20th feb, I took a leave 4 a week in march end, it ws approved, but when I wanted to join back, the HR ppl said, there r no batches available for me to resume training, and I will have to stay on LOP until new batches arrive….I wanted to ask,
1. Will this period be counted and included in my experience letter when I leave infy?, even if I fail to complete training successfully.
2. When can I be called back?
Also its been almost 3 months that I am forced to stay on LOP, ive forgotten almost all the concepts, and am yet to give an exam, for the programming module to be completed. Can I request them to allow me to join from start.
Thanks…plzz do reply
Hello Sir,
1. I would like to knw smthng abt the training centre at bhubaneswar.how are the facilities over there.
2. Wil the training be startd on the vry nxt of the date of joining.
Eagerly waiting fr ur rply..:)
No idea about Bhubaneshwar Training. I got my training in Mysore.
I have been selected as operation executive trainee at myore. I have to pay for accommodation ah sir
Any idea about how to find accommodation before date of joining from other city? My DOJ is 13th Aug. and one more thing..is bike allowed in campus? i just heard not allowed so wanted to confirm..Thnx in advance
Hello Sir,
Your blog is really helpful.. 🙂
I have a question… are we allowed to carry laptops to infy training and use only in our hostel rooms?
Thank You very much sir for your reply!!
My DOJ is 11th march 2013..
dnt knw, shud i b happy or sad fr late joining..:(
well can i go for any certification lyk oracle.. or C-DAC diploma program in the mean while?? or teaching in ny institute?
Kavita,
You can go for certification, or prepare for any higher study or PSU job exam. Teaching is also a good idea.
Whatever you do, just try to utilize this time. This is the most precious time when you can completely focus on what you want to do. So, dont let it get wasted.
Thank u Sirji again..:)
bt as much as i knw, PSU exmz r fr B-Tech students,nt for MCAs..
i’m thinking abt teaching n certification.
Thnk u a ton for your valuable suggestions..:)
Thank You very much!!
N yes thnk u for reminding me “5 minutes of legalized insult” ..:D
recently one of my senior used these words in frnt of me,den i came to know..:D these wrds r really so nice, bt i came to knw wen i hd cmpltd my studies…:P..:D
So my ques is- is thr such viva at the tym of generic or on other steps of training? or only written exmz..?
Hey.. its really fantastic to see you replying to all the quiries of the students.. hats off.. !!!!
coming to me.. i was selected to infy as lateral ( 4+ exp ) and they gave me posting at mysore.
1. i am from Hyd and need to relocate to Mysore :: so will they provide me any accomodation initially
2. if yes, do I need to pay any?
3. how da rents will be in mysore ( 2 bhk & 3 bhk )?
4. I am joining as TA.. do u know what will be the expectations for that role in Infy?
5. Do i need to do any certifications ( internal & external) post joining?
6. i am supposed to join in sep … and they gave me DOJ with exact 90 days diff.. can that be extended to 10 15 days?
Reply is highly appreciated..
Thanks, KKK
Thank you Kalyan.
Actually when I was about to join Infy, I had similar curiosity like these people. So, I feel good to answer them.
First of all, congratulations for being selected in Infy.
Answers to your questions are as follows:
1. Yes, they will provide you one week accomodation in Infosys Guest House when you can search for a house in the city.
2. It is free of cost.
3. Rent in Mysore is way lower than Hyderabad. When I was in Mysore, I got a nice 3-BHK house in 7k (which was actually considered expensive as per the local rate). But dont expect apartments, you will get simple, old style independent houses in Mysore. Rent may have increased a bit by now.
4. I am not sure I can give you an efficient answer for this question. It can be better explained by HR folks.
5.Yes. You need to clear certifications as per Infosys Policy.
6. Sorry. I have no idea about date of joining related issues. For freshers, it can be extended on account of medical condition, but I am not sure about laterals.
hi
my doj is 24th sep’12..do i hav 2 arrive on 23rd ya 24th only???
Hi Akanksha,
You have to report one day before date of joining, i.e. 23 September in your case. You will receive this information from Infosys.
Hi Abhineet,
I am BSc graduate and got paced to infosys in the month of February.I got my letter of intent on 9th may.So when can i expect my DOJ?Waiting for your valuable response.
Hi Dayakar,
Nice name. I like “Daya” from CID a lot. He can break open any door in the world.
Jokes apart, regarding your joining date, I have mentioned so many times in my replies that I have no idea how Infy HR folks decide the date of joining for new joinees.
Hi Abhineet,
My date of joining is 27th August, 2012. When I should reach the Infosys Mysore campus?on 26th or before? and do we get single or shared rooms?
thanks…
Infosys will send you all the information regarding the date on which you should report.
Regarding rooms, boys get single rooms, while for girls, it may be shared or single.
hello sir,
i got selected in infosys on 28th jan 2012, i got my letter of intetent, sir can i know what is offer refernce number? is candidate id and offer reference number the same??
Sorry, no idea about that…
Sir,
I want to know about the timing of training classes. Wht about saturdays n sundays ??
Not aware of the current timings.
But typically it should be 9 to 5.
Saturdays and Sundays are holiday.