Challenges ahead as Nilekani takes on second innings at Infosys

Nandan Nilekani is returning as chairman to a different Infosys than the one he left when he stepped down as co-chairman to run India's national ID project in 2009. — Reuters

MUMBAI/BENGALURU: The return of former boss Nandan Nilekani to Infosys is intended as a return to normality for investors and the tech company's 200,000 employees, drawing a line under the bitter public battle between board members and founders.

The dramatic exit of Infosys' chief executive Vishal Sikka late last week took uncertainty to new highs and prompted several days of falling shares. A group of 12 major institutional investors wrote to ask for Nilekani – one of Infosys' seven co-founders, though largely absent from the spat – to come back on the board.