Infosys Chief Mentor N R Narayana Murthy will inaugurate the company’s new campus in New Town, Kolkata, later today.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will officially inaugurate the new campus of Infosys at New Town, Kolkata, along with the state’s IT and electronics minister Babul Supriyo and principal chief adviser Amit Mitra. Infosys has acquired 50 acres of land and has already started operations on 17.5 acres this year, with plans to gradually expand to the remaining land. The total investment in the project is estimated at Rs 600 crore. The IT major has started hiring and is expected to employ around 5,000 people directly, with another 3,000 getting ancillary jobs. Supriyo has stated that 800 employees who had been working in a rented location for over a year have already been shifted to the new campus. The project was first announced in 2008, but was delayed due to arson at a nearby resort. The new campus will be fully functional in the coming months, with a recruitment drive underway earlier this year.