And Vishal (Sikka) felt it is a good idea,” he said. “A clock tower brings a sense of academic breathing to the campus, and I felt we too will need one.
Murthy confirmed the plans for the clock tower to ET.Ĭonfirming the plans to ET, Murthy said the Mysuru training centre was “incomplete without a clock tower”. The company estimates the project to cost about Rs 60 crore and take 20 months to complete. It will be erected from a 22x22 metre base.
The tower, to be built in Gothic style to meld with the classical look of the other buildings in the campus, will have 19 floors and a board room at level seven. BENGALURU: Software giant Infosys is all set to build the world’s tallest free-standing clock tower at its 345-acre global education centre in Mysuru, a site it proudly claims as the world’s biggest corporate university, in apparent deference to founder and former chairman NR Narayana Murthy’s wishes.Īt 135 metres, the proposed tower will be taller than Big Ben (96 m) in London, Hoover Tower (87 m) in California and McGraw Tower (53 m) in Cornell.
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