Rohan Murthy Set To Become Vice President At Infosys


"Rohan will be my Executive Assistant. He has no leadership role," he had said, adding Infosys has competent executive directors on the board and a "very strong" cadre of senior management.

Rohan's term as Executive Assistant to the Chairman is co-terminus with that of Narayana Murthy. He had requested that he should also be paid only a token compensation of rupee one per year.

Rohan's elevation also lends strong credence to rise of the children of some of India's prominent businessmen in the IT services space, signalling the way for eventual succession.

According to analysts, the step-by-step promotion is the process of grooming the incumbent for higher responsibilities in the company.

Roshni Nadar Malhotra, the CEO of HCL Corporation and a trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, was last month appointed non-executive director on the board of HCL Technologies, India's fourth largest IT services exporter.

Although, HCL did not elaborate on the role Nadar will play, but, it is a clear signal of her growing role in the IT services exporter.

The son of IT czar Azim Premji, Rishad Premji, who joined Wipro in 2007 as business head for special projects in the banking and financial services vertical rose to become chief strategy officer of the firm in 2010.

Rishad was also promoted to the post of Vice-President of the country's third largest software services exporter in June this year.

In January 2013, Azim Premji had said his son Rishad will never be the chief executive of his company Wipro, but will represent promoter ownership on the company's board.

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Source: PTI