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The facility is an extension of the IT major's Global Education Centre (GEC), which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in February 2005.

Combining the two, Infosys can now train 14,000 new recruits at the same time, company officials said. Given its infrastructure and size of operations, GEC is the largest corporate education centre in the world, they said.

The GEC, which offers hostel facility, imparts generic and stream-specific training in various technology areas to fresh engineering graduates joining the company. The facility is also used to train employees in continuing education in technology and management skills, the officials added.

Infosys' Mysore campus is also one of the largest in India. It boasts of seven food courts that can cater to approximately 10,871 people at any given time. These multi-cuisine food courts offer various cuisines ranging from South Indian to continental food.

In keeping with Infosys' focus on all-round development, the campus provides fitness and recreation facilities for Infoscions including a large gymnasium, badminton and squash courts, table tennis, pool and snooker tables, an aerobics centre, a swimming pool, a Jacuzzi, a bowling alley, a rock climbing wall, a meditation hall, and an eight-lane bowling alley.

The campus also has a cricket ground of international standards, a football ground with an eight-lane athletics track, two basketball courts, one volleyball court and eight tennis courts with a synthetic surface.