India’s second-largest IT major, Infosys India business head Raghupathi CN to retire in September 2021. However, the company is trying to retain him as his exit could hamper its attempt to turn around the crucial Income Tax portal project, for which it received severe criticism this week, Moneycontrol report says.
He was supposed to be replaced by Karthikeyan Neelakandan, Vice-President, who was given charge of the India business in April 2021, making way for a transition this September. But this can’t be done at this point in time when company faces blowback for the series of glitches in the newly unveiled I-T portal.
Presently Raghu heads the India business for Infosys. He is responsible for strategy, client acquisition, project delivery, and ultimately the P&L for India for Infosys. A part of the start-up team for the India business unit, Raghu has built up considerable traction in Energy, Utilities & Manufacturing which he used to head.
Prior to this Raghu spent considerable time in the US where he was a part of the leadership team that built the Enterprise Solutions practice. Raghu has had considerable experience in EPC, Energy & Utilities and manufacturing. As head of operations of projects and manufacturing, Raghu has considerable experience in managing challenging businesses.
He is a member of the standards committee of Bureau of Industrial Standards for the standards for “Smart Grids”. He is also a part of many Government committee’s on Energy & Sustainability.
Raghu is a visiting faculty at a few Universities. He has a post-graduate degree in engineering from IIT.
