Reaches out to Kris Gopalakrishnan to mentor the company's science and technology initiatives.
Sikka dismissed that the new technology and connectivity would create imbalances.
Infosys is looking for acquisitions but for innovative reasons instead of revenue priorities.
As four founder families sold part of their Infosys holdings on Monday, CEO Vishal Sikka said monetisation of shares for philanthropic and entrepreneurship purposes was in line with the company's values.
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After spending time at several of the company's delivery locations in India over the past week and holding town hall discussions with employees, on Monday Sikka wrote to the company's staff seeking their views on how to improve Infosys.
In 2015-16, Sikka as CEO took home Rs 48.73 crore as salary (including, bonus and incentives), which is the highest among peers.
This is the first time, perhaps, Infosys has appointed as CEO a person who has never managed P&L or has any experience in managing lakhs of employees.
Says Murthy's initiatives over last one year showing results; to augment company's strategy with innovation
Infosys has tried to bring stability to the troubled company, which was struggling to maintain its growth momentum in the changing dynamics of technology industry.
The company attributed the cut in guidance to the macroeconomic uncertainties.
After four months of slide, the week since it announced a new CEO has seen the Infosys scrip gaining nearly 50 basis points in index weight.
Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka on Wednesday said the founders of India's second largest IT services firm Infosys still remain committed to the firm and the sold stock will be used for philanthropic purposes.
We require a very pivotal kind of leadership now from the central bank in order to work with the government
Experts believe it is extremely important for Sikka to connect with employees to gain acceptance at Infosys, which has had home-grown leaders so far.
Sikka ranks 35th in the list.
Infosys: Sikka magic may revive double-digit revenue growth
Vishal Sikka, the new chief executive officer, is in the process of internally discussing and finalising the future course of action, chief operating officer U B Pravin Rao said on Tuesday.
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Infosys will develop software for managing the kumbh mela scheduled in Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) in 2016, he told PTI in an interview.
Stamp of approval on CEO's strategy and long-term goal for the company
Infy board gets law firm to probe 'lapses', appoints Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas to engage with founders.
Infosys is steadily trying to get back its lost ground under Sikka.
The event, organised by Deutsche Messe AG, is held each year at the Hanover fairground, the world's largest, in Hanover, Germany.
Infosys has said it will look into allegations that $200-million Panaya deal was significantly overvalued.
Infosys' first non-founder CEO had been granted 232,329 RSUs at Rs 5 a unit.
More than 100 days as the chief executive of India's second-largest information technology (IT) services company Infosys, Vishal Sikka on Wednesday said he was upset at the sector. He added there was a "better direction" the industry must look to take.
Vishal Sikka's may be a formidable name in the global technology segment, but he isn't your average geek who has time only for technology labs and technical journals.
Infosys has raised its annual revenue growth guidance in constant currency terms to 8.4-8.8 per cent for the current fiscal.
Asked about his relationship with the founders, Sikka said: "My relationship with the founders? It is wonderful. I meet Mr Murthy quite frequently...I have always had a heartfelt warm relationship with Mr Murthy, probably meet him 4-5-6 times a year."
Infosys has drawn up a vision to position itself as a next generation services company.
Vishal Sikka, the IT services firm's high-profile 'servant-leader', wants to go fast forward by pressing the innovation key. Will it click?
'The move is a succession plan where Sikka comes on the board as vice chairman.'
He had said the sector was running on a treadmill of lowering costs
In the past two years, Sikka has brought in new measures by putting project managers to pitch how they cut time, saved costs and improved productivity
Leveraging next generation technologies like artificial intelligence, software services major Infosys is confident of returning to industry-leading growth and regaining its position as the bellwether of the over $100 billion Indian IT industry.
Infosys, the country's second largest IT services firm, is open to 'bigger scale' mergers and acquisitions but with a caveat, it is not interested in "yesterdays" companies.
Company to set up task force to implement 2,000-plus ideas it has received.
Infosys chief Vishal Sikka took home an annual salary package of $7.45 million (about Rs 48.73 crore) for the 2015-16 financial year.
Vishal Sikka has little time left to turnaround Infosys.
Infosys was the worst performer among the bluechips on both the key indices.
She was among the key executives brought in by Sikka from SAP and was overseeing large deals
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