"Sikka and cochairman Ravi Venkatesan met in June for a long discussion where Ravi told Sikka that he would resolve the situation but that didn't happen," said a source close to Sikka. "A former independent director with Infosys, on condition of anonymity, said that the company lost Sikka because the board took too long to take a strong public stand against Murthy. In a press conference that month, the board had come together in a show of strength to back Sikka but still shied away from attacking Murthy. "A lot of those SAP executives were effectively given a free hand. Head of architecture Navin Budhiraja and head of platforms Abdul Razack are some of the high-ranking SAP executives still at the company.

Source: Economic Times August 20, 2017 18:33 UTC