Infosys will focus on more innovation hubs in US: Nandan Nilekani

He says India, US exchange share great deal of innovation models

Infosys plans to set up multiple innovation hubs in the US — the largest export market for Indian information technology (IT) services firms — with its first centre in Indiana, where it will be hiring over 2,000 local engineers.

The Bengaluru-based IT major will replicate its Indian model of hiring thousands of freshers from campuses and then training and deploying them on projects for customers, in the US.

“Increasingly, we are looking at how to create more innovation hubs in the US. We will be hiring 2,000 people in Indiana to create local innovations. What we are realising