Infosys Americas head Sandeep Dadlani quits in setback for CEO Vishal Sikka

Karmesh Vaswani and Nitesh Banga to take up the roles of Sandeep Dadlani

Sandeep Dadlani, the head of Americas and global head of manufacturing and retail for Infosys, has resigned, in a setback to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Vishal Sikka.

Dadlani, among the four presidents at Infosys, was managing nearly a third of the $10.2 billion revenue for India's second largest software exporter. He joined Infosys in 2001. 

While Dadlani, who resigned on Thursday, did not disclose where he is headed, on his LinkedIn profile he wrote: "Next up: An out-of-the world assignment! Stay tuned." 

Infosys has named two long standing executives — Karmesh Vaswani as the global head of retail, CPG and logistics (RCL) and