- Career advancement, networking and international opportunities valued highly 
by interns

    Infosys(http://www.infosys.com/) (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in 
next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced that its 
flagship global internship program, InStep, was ranked number one in the 'Best 
Overall Internship Program' category in the 2021 Vault Internship Rankings 
published by Vault.com 
(https://www.vault.com/best-internships-rankings-search/top-100-internships)—a 
career intelligence organization. Infosys is the only global organization to 
have received this ranking three times in a row.

    InStep also earned the first rank in the following categories:
     1.	Best internship for the Tech and Engineering industry
     2.	Best Internship for Quality of Life, Compensation and Benefits, 
Employment Prospects and Quality of Assignments
     3.	Best Internship by role for Computer Science, Software Development and 
Software Engineering
     4.	Best Internship for Overall Diversity

    According to Vault's survey, interns who completed the InStep program 
mentioned that their top three reasons for choosing the program were career 
advancement in their chosen industry, networking opportunities, and availing 
international opportunities.
While announcing the rankings, the Editors at Vault said, "The InStep 
internship program held the top spot for an unprecedented third year in a row. 
InStep interns gave their programs rave reviews, saying the best parts of their 
programs included the fantastic people, talks with leaders, interesting 
projects, ability to make a genuine impact, focus on self-development and new 
technologies, and continuous mentorship throughout the course of the 
internship."

    In the wake of the global medical crisis, Infosys InStep is being conducted 
in a hybrid model this year, with most interns working remotely throughout the 
course of the program. Infosys InStep has brought together the power of digital 
platforms and learning tools to ensure the safety of interns and deliver on its 
commitment to provide them the best learning experience, across geographies. To 
ensure a seamless interface with project managers, interns have been given 
access to a customized virtual platform. They also have access to virtual 
experiences such as live leadership talks, hackathons, networking events, and 
webinars, ensuring holistic learning throughout the program.

    Pravin Rao, Chief Operating Officer, Infosys, said, "As the world adopts 
new ways of working amid these unprecedented times, Infosys remained committed 
to delivering an engaging learning experience for students across geographies. 
This recognition reflects our commitment to provide meaningful opportunities to 
nurture young talent and build a pool of industry-ready workforce of the 
future."

    Pawan Sinha, Professor of Vision and Computational Neuroscience, MIT 
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Director, MIT-India Program, 
said, "MIT students who have undertaken internships at Infosys have invariably 
told us about how impactful the experience was. It gave them a glimpse of 
cutting-edge R&D and data analytics in a highly collegial and collaborative 
environment, while being immersed in an incredibly rich culture. For many, it 
was a transformative experience and one of the highlights of their MIT journey."

    Gonzalo Garland Hilbck, Vice President, Strategic Global Partnerships, IE 
University, said, "IE University and Infosys have been academic partners for 
close to a decade now and it gives us immense pride to work with them in their 
initiatives. Infosys has shown great resilience in the current uncertain global 
environment, honoring their commitments to the students and the entire academic 
community, and this has been very inspiring. The internships they provide not 
only focus on work experience but we witness how students come back enriched by 
a completely immersive learning experience. We look forward to continuing 
working together in this partnership with Infosys, and also to explore other 
co-creative opportunities for the benefit of education."

    Dr. Campbell Wilson, Associate Dean (International) of the Faculty of IT 
and AiLECS Lab Co-director, Monash University, said, "Congratulations to 
Infosys on InStep being recognized as the world's number 1 internship program. 
Our partnership with Infosys has enabled our students to explore exciting 
digital careers, and we look forward to building on this collaboration as we 
continue to nurture the next generation of digital talent in Australia."

    A fully paid internship, InStep provides interns an opportunity to work on 
real-time projects across corporate functions and business units which includes 
Financial Services, Strategic Engineering Group, Artificial Intelligence, Data 
Analytics, Cybersecurity to name a few. Over 186 students from 19 countries and 
75 universities joined the InStep FY 20-21 program. 

    About Infosys

    Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and 
consulting. We enable clients in 46 countries to navigate their digital 
transformation. With nearly four decades of experience in managing the systems 
and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their 
digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core 
that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business 
with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and 
customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous 
improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and 
ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

    Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY) can help your 
enterprise navigate your next.

    Safe Harbor

    Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects, 
financial expectations and plans for navigating the COVID-19 impact on our 
employees, clients and stakeholders are forward-looking statements intended to 
qualify for the 'safe harbor' under the Private Securities Litigation Reform 
Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause 
actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking 
statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, 
but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding COVID-19 and the 
effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, risks 
related to an economic downturn or recession in India, the United States and 
other countries around the world, changes in political, business, and economic 
conditions, fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, 
our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including 
those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our 
ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost 
overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, 
restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to 
manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key 
focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our 
ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, 
liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in 
which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of 
governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, 
legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, 
unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions 
affecting our industry and the outcome of pending litigation and government 
investigation. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results 
are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year 
ended March 31, 2020. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, 
from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, 
including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The Company does not 
undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time 
to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.
 
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