EXHIBIT 5.1

                       [Crawford Bayley & Co. Letterhead]



                               February 11, 1999



Infosys Technologies Limited
Electronics City, Hosur Road
Bangalore, Karnataka, India 561 229


     Re:  Infosys Technologies Limited Registration Statement on Form F-1

Gentlemen:

     We have acted as your counsel in connection with the registration, offering
and sale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of up to 1,035,000
equity shares (including up to 135,000 equity shares that the underwriters have
the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if any), par value Rs.10 per
share (the "Shares")  of Infosys Technologies Limited, a company with limited
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liability incorporated in the Republic of India (the "Company").  Each of the
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Shares being so registered is represented by two American Depositary Shares.
We have examined the registration statement on Form F-1 (the "Registration
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Statement") filed by you with the United States Securities and Exchange
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Commission on February 11, 1999 for the purpose of registering the Shares.  The
Shares are to be sold to the underwriters for resale to the public in a form
evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, to be issued by the Depositary, all
as described and defined in the Registration Statement and pursuant to the
underwriting agreement filed as an exhibit thereto (the "Underwriting
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Agreement").  As your counsel, we have also examined, under Indian law, the
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proceedings proposed to be taken in connection with such offering and sale of
the Shares.

     Strictly limited to Indian law, it is our opinion that the Shares to be
sold by the Company in the offering pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement have
been duly authorised and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.

     We hereby confirm to you that subject to the assumptions and limitations
set forth therein, the statements set forth under the caption "Taxation--Indian
Taxation" in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement constitute
our opinion with respect to the Indian income tax consequences of the
acquisition, ownership and disposition of the Shares and the American Depositary
Shares representing such Shares.


 
     We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Legal Matters,"
"Taxation--Indian Taxation" and "Enforcement of Civil Liabilities" in the
prospectus included as a part of the Registration Statement and to the use of
this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    /s/ Crawford Bayley & Co.

                                    CRAWFORD BAYLEY & CO.