“(I am filled) with mixed emotions. I have known him for 31 years. However, the board will meet (shortly) to distribute among others the executive responsibilities which he used to (handle). While we will miss him, Infosys has a deep bench,” said Gopalakrishnan.
The board of Infosys is to meet on 10 July.
Though this is the first time that Nilekani has agreed to serve in the public domain full time, in the past he has contributed to public policy in various capacities. From 1999 to 2004, he was the chairperson of the Bangalore Agenda Task Force created by then chief minister of Karnataka S.M. Krishna to attract business to and enhance the civic infrastructure of Bangalore.
He is the right person for the ID project, said Sabyasachi Satpathy, director of Mindplex Consulting, an outsourcing advisory firm. Satpathy added that especially given the slowdown in other markets, the project would attract global information technology companies, too.
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