As Sikka completes 3 yrs at Infosys, more time needed to execute his vision

Sikka had set a goal of more than doubling Infosys' revenues to $20 billion

Come August, Vishal Sikka is set to complete three years as the CEO of Infosys.

When he took over at the helm of India’s second-largest information technology (IT) services firm, Sikka was prescient in forecasting that automation would take away jobs and clients would shift their investment dollars to newer digital technologies.

The shift, in fact, has been faster and there is pressure on clients spending on traditional services, which Infosys and its peers such as TCS and Wipro earn four-fifths of their dollar revenue from. To address this, Sikka visualised a software plus services model — using platforms to