A panel of Global Fortune 500 senior executives and internationally recognised knowledge management experts chose the 2003 Global MAKE winners. The sixth annual Global MAKE study recognises Infosys for developing knowledge workers through senior management leadership and maximising enterprise intellectual capital.

Infosys is the only company founded and headquartered in India that has been named among the Global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises. Other winners include Accenture, Amazon.com, BP, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft, Nokia, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Toyota Motor and World Bank.

In 2002, Infosys had achieved the distinction of being the only Indian company to have won the Asian MAKE award.

Teleos, an independent Knowledge Management Research Company, administers the MAKE programme. The MAKE research programme consists of the annual Global MAKE study — the international benchmark for best practice knowledge organisations, and similar studies at regional and national levels.

Dr Rory Chase, the managing director of Teleos, says: "Organisations like Infosys have been recognised as global leaders in effectively transforming enterprise knowledge into wealth-creating ideas, products and solutions. They are building portfolios of intellectual capital and intangible assets which will enable them to outperform their competitors in the future."

Says Infosys COO and deputy managing director Kris Gopalakrishnan: "We are delighted to be ranked among the world's Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises in the 2003 Global MAKE study. At Infosys, knowledge management has helped us connect people, bring together geographically dispersed workgroups, and create an enduring culture of sharing and caring. It has also provided us a platform for creative and collaborative problem solving, and the means for creating a symbiotic relationship between the individual and organisational objectives for development."

Adds Infosys principal knowledge manager Dr J K Suresh: "It is with pleasure that we acknowledge the singular honour of being ranked as one of the world's Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises in the 2003 Global MAKE study, and bracketed with the best of breed knowledge organisations in the world.

"Infosys' effort to provide genuine customer value is based on our commitment to innovation and excellence in execution centred on knowledge management in its many flavours. Given that our customer provides the basic direction to these attributes, the primary benefits of leveraging knowledge management have been in ensuring that our customer's business does better in smaller time frames and with a lower cost of ownership."