Reimagining Infosys: Nandan Nilekani has to restore credibility

Infosys needs such a strong and widely admired man at the top who has impeccable credentials and knows the company inside out

He may have joined Infosys at 26 and rejoined at 62, but Nandan Nilekani clearly hasn’t lost any of his old traits: Combative (some questions from the media on Friday were dismissed with disdain); clear-headed and diplomatic (over the weekend, he has already given the world enough idea about his course of action without giving away anything specific); confident (he has repeatedly asserted that he will take all the critical decisions and wants everybody to leave him alone); consensus-builder (he has talked about using his skills as a unifier) and loyal (he has described NR Narayana Murthy as the father