Sikka will serve the company till March 31, 2018 to ensure a "smooth transition" as … Vishal Sikka’s AI startup gets $50-mn funding. Who is Vishal Sikka Sikka is the brain behind SAP's HANA platform that converges database and application platform capabilities in-memory to transform transactions, analytics, text analysis, predictive and spatial processing so businesses can operate in real-time. After a few years, his family moved to Vadodara, Gujarat. In less than a week, he has lost that position, too. NEW DELHI: Outgoing Infosys CEO (chief executive officer) and MD (managing director) Vishal Sikka has said he has no immediate plans once his tenure at the IT behemoth comes to an end. After former Managing Director and CEO Vishal Sikka, Vandana Sikka resigns from Infosys Foundation. Read more about Life after being a CEO: What Chanda Kochhar, Mistry and Sikka are doing on Business Standard. Venture All that I’ve done before is valuable for what I’m doing today: Sikka The former MD and CEO of Infosys takes forward his commitment to emerging technologies such … On Thursday, Sikka stepped down from the company with immediate effect. Consulting, board memberships, new gigs keep former corporate bosses busy, but they are often under greater scrutiny It was only later that Sikka moved to New York to pursue higher education. Image source: Wonderlane8 via Flickr Vishal Sikka’s exit saddens Infosys’ young staff; a section sees silver lining A section of employees are, however, not very downcast about the change of guard and are of the view that there is substance to rumours of wrong doing that has been swirling around since the end of the first year of Vishal Sikka’s tenure Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka was 'deeply unhappy' with Ravi Venkatesan's appointment as co-chairman, and even told some executives close to him that he 'wanted to leave' BENGALURU: Last Friday, Vishal Sikka ceased to be the CEO and managing director of Infosys and got a new designation as executive vicechairman. Vishal Sikka is doing something cool! After a few years, his family moved to Vadodara, Gujarat. Vandana Sikka, the wife of Vishal Sikka, is a strong advocate of the universal right to education, especially for the disadvantaged. Vishal Sikka, the first non-founder CEO brought in to put Infosys back on track, has lifted the fortunes of Infosys, which struggled to grow till two years back. Vishal Sikka has been appointed as the new CEO and MD of IT-major Infosys. Bengaluru: On Wednesday, 9 August, at Infosys Ltd’s Palo Alto outpost, chief executive Vishal Sikka decided that he had had enough—and told non-executive chairman R. Seshasayee he wanted to quit. On Thursday, Sikka stepped down from the company with immediate effect. But a more realistic approach is needed, says Vishal Sikka. AI brings human-like understanding to machine systems to increase efficiencies. And, it's got to do with artificial intelligence India Today cover story lays bare the clash of Murthy’s vision of frugal capitalism and Sikka’s focus on the bottom line. Ex Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka working on AI startup that expands human creativity The venture is reportedly still in its early stages. Read more about 5 things to know about Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka on Business Standard. Here is all that you need to know about the new CEO of India's most talked about IT company: After Vishal Sikka's dramatic exit as Infosys CEO, company faces recruitment headache; After Vishal Sikka’s dramatic exit as Infosys CEO, company faces recruitment headache Vishal Sikka resigns as CEO: Infosys and its founder executives, led by Murthy, have been at odds since February. NEW DELHI: Outgoing Infosys CEO (chief executive officer) and MD (managing director) Vishal Sikka has said he has no immediate plans once his tenure at the IT behemoth comes to an end. Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka says he's working on Artificial Intelligence venture Sikka said that there needed to be more education on AI as there were currently fewer than 250,000 people who could use machine learning tools.