NOW, SENIOR VP N BUDHIRAJA QUITS INFOSYS

BENGALURU: A little over a month after Vishal Sikka stepped down as chief executive of Infosys Ltd, another of his key lieutenants who had followed him from German software giant SAP SE to India’s second largest software services firm has resigned.

According to three people directly familiar with the development, architecture and technology head Navin Budhiraja put in his papers over the weekend— making him at least the 12th former SAP executive to have left Infosys since March last year.

A senior vice-president, Budhiraja joined Infosys in August 2014, and was one of at least 16 executives from SAP to join Infosys at the rank of associate vicepresident and above. His exit is easily the most high-profile executive departure since another key Sikka lieutenant and confidante Ritika Suri resigned in July.

Earlier, in September, Sanjay Rajagopalan who had also joined Infosys from SAP in August 2014 put in his papers.

According to the people mentioned above, Budhiraja’s exit does not come as a complete surprise, given that a number of Sikka loyalists inside Infosys were expected to resign.

Budhiraja has been involved with several key Infosys projects, such as the company’s ₹1,380crore outsourcing contract with the government’s Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) initiative.

Infosys declined to comment on Budhiraja’s exit.

“We do not comment on exits or appointments other than those of Key Management Personnel,” said an Infosys spokesperson.