Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, Infosys chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy, and chief executive S. Gopalakrishnan were also present on the occasion.

The building of the new facility shares architectural resemblance with that of India's parliament and Rome's Colosseum.

The entire Infosys campus here is spread over 337 acres.

Murthy told the audience that the main goal of Infosys was to fight poverty with the power of entrepreneurship and creating jobs.

'The centre is a proof of the progress we have made so far. GEC is the largest monolith classical building of post independent India,' added Murthy.

Infosys, according to officials, invests an average of Rs.250,000 on training a potential employee over a period of 16 weeks.