Why Murthy-Nilekani clash is unlikely at Infosys

Murthy is unhappy with the Infosys board being cleared by the new chairman of any alleged wrongdoing in the Panaya deal and the severance payout to former CFO Rajiv Bansal

In his outburst against the Infosys board, led by his protégé Nandan Nilekani, Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy has hinted that the issue of governance failure he had earlier raised during Vishal Sikka’s tenure would be buried forever.

Yes, Murthy is unhappy with the eventual outcome: The clean chit given to Sikka and the Infosys board led by R Seshasayee in the issue of the alleged violations in spending $200 million for acquiring Israeli tech firm Panaya and the subsequent severance payout to former chief financial officer Rajiv Bansal.

He has to bite his tongue and remain silent. The