BENGALURU: Technocrat Vishal Sikka , who logged out of software major Infosys on Thursday after quitting as its first non-founder CEO on August 18, denied joining the US IT major Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), said an Indian business news channel on Saturday. "Reports of me joining HPE are false. Someone is trying keenly to put me in a box," Sikka told a news channel in a video interview from the US.Sikka, 50, remarked in the light of reports that Infosys Founder N.R. Narayana Murthy had written to his advisers that "he (Sikka) was more a CTO (Chief Technology Officer) material than a CEO (Chief Executive Officer) material".Terming the return of Nandan Nilekani as Infosys' Board Chairman an excellent idea, Sikka said the latter was an extraordinary leader and an iconic man. "Panaya was looked at as an acquisition candidate based on its strategic fit.

Source: Economic Times August 26, 2017 11:32 UTC