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Infosys: Nandan Nilekani should continue for 2-3 years, Ravi Venkatesan must resign, says V Balakrishnan
•Balakrishnan also stuck to his demand that co-chair-turned-independent director Ravi Venkatesan step down from the Board.
Infosys: Nandan Nilekani may be returning; did Arundhati Bhattacharya get an invite to the board?
Fp Staff •There is strong opinion from the investors and former Infosys executives in favour of getting Nandan Nilekani back
Infosys to consider proposal for share buyback in board meeting on Saturday, stock up nearly 4%
•The announcement comes close on the heels of the completion of a Rs 16,000 crore share buyback by rival Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
Reliance Capital arm invests $1 mn in startup Billionloans Financial Services
•The investment is in line with RCap's strategy to expand its consumer lending business across platforms
Nasscom's IT export growth projection is realistic, reasonable: Experts
•The numbers put out by the industry body are very realistic because the global IT spending is not going up this year and there are political uncertainties in the US and parts of Europe, two key markets of Indian firms, said T V Mohandas Pai
IT layoffs: Techies well taken care of, no need for union, says V Balakrishnan
•Whenever there is a downturn, there is always noise about unions coming into play in the IT industry but it never sustained, Balakrishnan said
Infosys: V Balakrishnan says terrible for leaders to take huge pay hikes while subordinates sacrifice
•V Balakrishnan wants Infosys Chairman R Seshasayee to step down and the board to be reconstituted to ensure the governance and value system of the company are protected.
Infosys shouldn’t follow TCS and buy back shares but spend on futuristic restructuring
Narayanan Madhavan •It makes more sense for Infosys to make a strategic choice towards innovation-led growth in an emerging future than save some pennies to boost the short-term earning per share.
Infosys' senior staff salary cut by up to 47% in FY16 but founders not convinced
Fp Staff •Of the 195 senior executives that earned a salary of over Rs 5 lakh per month, 88 of them witnessed fall in their gross remuneration by 0.45 percent to 47.31 percent in 2015-16
Infosys governance row: Mohandas Pai asks investors to question company's huge cash pile
•Markets regulator Sebi said it was keeping a “close watch” on all developments with a “special focus” to ensure that minority investors’ interests were safeguarded.