New Delhi: Rohan Murthy, son of Infosys chairman NR Narayana Murthy who joined the company as an executive assistant to his father, will soon be designated as Vice President.

Narayana Murthy had on his return to India's second largest software exporter in June stated that his son would have no leadership role in the company and he was being brought in only to make him "more effective".

To a query if Murthy has become Vice President, an Infosys spokesperson said: "Rohan Murthy's appointment at Infosys is yet to be approved by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs."

The spokesperson further said: "His designation in the company will be confirmed once the process of his appointment has been completed."

30-year old Rohan is a junior fellow at the Society of Fellows at Harvard University. He is a Ph.D in Computer Science from the prestigious university and did his Bachelor's in Computer Science from Cornell University. He has held fellowships at MIT, Caltech and Microsoft Research.

Narayana Murthy, who returned to Infosys in June to help the embattled IT behemoth, had said he will be more effective with his son Rohan as an Executive Assistant but made it clear the latter has no leadership role.

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