Buyback plans unchanged; difficult to see a role for Murthy: Infosys

Infosys Co-Chairman Ravi Venkatesan also said he was not in contention for the CEO's post

Vishal Sikka’s move to executive vice-chairman from chief executive officer will make no difference to his commitment to the company, said Infosys Chairman Ramaswami Seshasayee at a press conference on Friday hours after Sikka's resignation as CEO and MD.

“Vishal is an excellent technical guy, there is no doubt about that. He has blossomed into a high performing CEO too,” Infosys Co-Chairman Ravi Venkatesan said. 

Venkatesan also said that he was not in contention for the role of CEO. Further, the IT major's co-chairman said that it was difficult to consider a role for co-founder N R Narayana Murthy at