Under the leadership of N R Narayana Murthy, the company has become a global brand. The company is now headed by Kris Gopalakrishnan. The income for the quarter ended June 30 2008 was Rs 4,854 crore (Rs 48.54 billion). The net profit stood at Rs 1,302 crore (Rs 13.02 billion).

Forbes magazine named Infosys in its list of Global High Performers. Waters magazine rated Infosys as the Best Outsourcing Partner. The Banker magazine conferred two Banker Technology Awards on Infosys to acclaim its work in wholesale and capital markets in two categories - Payments and Treasury Services, and Offshoring and Outsourcing.

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) ranked Infosys at No. 3 in its '2008 Global Outsourcing 100'.

Image: Founder and mentor of Infosys Technologies N.R.Narayana Murthy (C) with NASDAQ President & CEO Bob Greifeld (6th R) celebrate with Infosys officials during the NASDAQ Remote Opening Bell Ceremony in the Infosys campus in Mysore. | Photograph: STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images