Resignation letter: Vishal Sikka cites false, malicious campaign against him for quitting Infosys
In his resignation letter, Vishal Sikka cited false and malicious campaign against him which led to his quitting.
Bengaluru, August 18: Vishal Sikka resigned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of the IT behemoth, Infosys, on Friday. Want to know what led to his resignation?
Vishal Sikka resigns as MD & CEO of Infosys citing personal attacks
Read here the full text of his resignation letter:
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Over the last few days, since our earlier call, I've met Sesh several times, talked to you individually at length, and spent time thinking things thru with Vandana. During this time, one of our employees, Sandeep Karamongikar, died in his sleep, likely of a massive heart attack. He was working on the chatbot frontend in Nia.
Also over the weekend, in possibly the greatest demonstration of AI capability ever, a bot built by the researchers at OpenAI (yes, that OpenAI), defeated the world's best players of DOTA2, a multiplayer online video game, a game where the bot learned to play entirely from scratch.
Further
demonstrating
that
the
force
to
automate
routine,
even
advanced,
activities
is
an
unstoppable
and
exponential
one.
And
the
Charlottesville
incident
here
in
the
US
demonstrated
once
again
the
power
of
words
and
silences
to
cause
real
damage,
or
to
heal.
After much reflection, I have concluded that it is indeed time for me to leave my current positions as MD and CEO, and I have communicated my resignation to Sesh. I will be working closely with Sesh, Ravi, Pravin, with all of you, and the senior management team to plan out the details and the timelines to ensure a smooth transition and in the meantime, continue our work without disruption, and ensuring that we protect our company, the employees, the clients, and the interests of every shareholder. You can count on my commitment to this.
I came here to help navigate the company through what I saw as a massive transformation opportunity, to transform our company and restore strong profitable growth, as well as help transform the business of our customers. I came to do this with the power of technology, given my experiences with similar transformations, my background in AI, and the structural changes that I saw happening in the IT services industry.
This
needed
new
skills,
new
thinking,
new
initiatives,
and
a
transformation
in
the
culture,
from
a
cost-oriented
value
delivery,
to
entrepreneurship
oriented
value
delivery.
You
have
heard
me
articulate
this
many
times
before.
This type of a transformation has always been a passion for me, indeed I took this job for this reason. We have achieved much in the last 3+ years, and for sure we can all be proud of the powerful seeds of transformation that have already been sowed.
No one anticipated the additional headwinds like the geo-political disruptions (Brexit, Trump, visa etc.) that made this transformation even more challenging, but also rewarding.
But, the distractions that we have seen, the constant drumbeat of the same issues over and over again, while ignoring and undermining the good work that has been done, take the excitement and passion out of this amazing journey.
Over the last many months and quarters, we have all been besieged by false, baseless, malicious and increasingly personal attacks. Allegations that have been repeatedly proven false and baseless by multiple, independent investigations.
But despite this, the attacks continue, and worse still, amplified by the very people from whom we all expected the most steadfast support in this great transformation.
This continuous drumbeat of distractions and negativity over the last several months/quarters, inhibits our ability to make positive change and stay focused on value creation.
Addressing
the
noise
by
itself
is
damaging;
hundreds
of
hours
of
my
own
time
has
gone
into
this
recently.
But
the
structural
challenges
this
engenders
within
the
organization,
has
a
very
damaging
effect
on
our
ability
to
carry
out
any
kind
of
a
transformation,
especially
one
that
is
as
fundamental
as
transforming
from
a
cost-oriented
to
an
innovation-oriented
value
delivery
to
clients.
Therefore, I have come to this moment and the end of this journey. I hope that it gives everyone a chance to reflect, and give the transformation effort another big push and move the company forward rapidly to build its future, to build upon the foundation that we have laid over these past 3 years.
If these types of attacks continue, I hope each of you will continue to be the voice of fairness and reason--providing the active, emphatic and unequivocal support that the company, the management, the employees, and all of the stakeholders and friends of the company need in order to succeed.
Since
the
board
deeply
believes
in
the
cause
we
have
started,
I
will
be
happy
to
support
all
of
you
to
achieve
a
smooth
transition,
and
serve
as
your
Executive
Vice
Chair
as
discussed.
I
would
like
to
thank
each
one
of
you,
my
dear
colleagues,
my
friends
and
mentors,
and
look
forward
to
working
with
you
to
close
this
chapter
and
open
a
great
new
one
for
all
of
us.
Best, V
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