Infosys is funding the project for PR reasons. They&#x27;re pretty active in the CSR space too. In early 2010, there was a show in India on CNBC TV18 that showcased CSR activities by these companies.<p>As a naive college student, I believed I could contribute to these causes too. After I joined TCS (since I did not study well and couldn&#x27;t get other jobs), I realized that they had a built up an amazing PR team to attract employees and customers. On the other hand, I bet most Infosys programmers wouldn&#x27;t have heard of Alan Kay.  So Infosys needs to make up for the tech &quot;deficit&quot; by supporting research.<p>AS far as YCR are concerned, I guess they appreciate Infosys&#x27; funding and won&#x27;t let Infosys&#x27; unethical policies affect their research.