Infosys under Nandan Nilekani: Focus is on business metrics

Firm is widely expected to report flat Q2 results and may announce a revision in growth forecast; equity analysts largely predict a 2% growth in revenues, while net profits are slated to see a decline

Infosys, India’s second-largest software services firm, has focused largely on ensuring business numbers during the near two-month period since co-founder Nandan Nilekani returned to take over as chairman of the firm.

As the $10.2-billion Indian information technology (IT) firm nears its crucial second-quarter (Q2) result announcement (July-September) on October 24, albeit delayed for the first time in many years, two people aware of the company’s key focus areas under Nilekani’s leadership said “the mandate is to get the numbers right for Q2 and ensure better service delivery to clients”. 

They clarified the firm’s new strategy would come up for discussion