Bengaluru sources have stated that Technocrat Vishal Sikka, who logged out of software major Infosys on Thursday after quitting as its first non-founder CEO on August 18, denied joining the US IT major Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Sikka told in a video interview that "Reports of him joining HPE are false. Someone is trying keenly to put him in a box".
He remarked in the light of reports that Infosys Founder N.R. Narayana Murthy had written to his advisers that "Sikka was more a CTO (Chief Technology Officer) material than a CEO (Chief Executive Officer) material. Terming the return of Nandan Nilekani as Infosys' Board Chairman an excellent idea, Sikka said the latter was an extraordinary leader and an iconic man.
Moreover after accepting Sikka's resignation as CEO, the Infosys Board
appointed him as the Executive Vice-Chairman on the same day (August 18) till
the new CEO took over by March 31, 2018 and elevated Chief Operating Officer
(COO) U.B. Pravin Rao as the interim CEO and Managing Director (MD). He pointed
that "He wanted to leave Infosys altogether after resigning as CEO last
week, but the Board had insisted his stay on for the sake of continuity".
