News Maker Sikka Kursee Kaa

India’s IT bellwether Infosys is in the news for strange reasons that one cannot sit over and pronounce judgement as to whether they are right or wrong.

 

- A Saye Sekhar

Moreover, confusion prevails on who is the newsmaker in the whole episode? Vishal Sikka has pressed the ‘eject’ button from the driver’s seat of the company. So, he could be the ‘newsmaker’. Without mentioning the name of co-founder N R Narayana Murthy even once, Sikka threw stones at him while throwing in the towel.

Sikka’s anguish gushed out in his resignation that had mentioned of the “ (founders’) constant drumbeat over the same issues over and over again while ignoring and undermining the good work that has been done, the false, baseless, malicious and increasingly personal attacks,” and allegations that have been repeatedly proven false and baseless by multiple, independent investigations.”

Sikka has contributed his might to the company by way of enhancing its revenue from Rs 13,342 crore in Q2 (July-September) of 2014-15, when he took over the reins to Rs 17,078 crore in Q1 (AprilJune) of 2017-18. Infosys’ share price soared 26% from Rs. 810.55 to 1021.15 during his tenure.