Low-key start to Salil Parekh's Infosys innings

The contrast was evident at Infosys, the information technology (IT) giant. Salil Parekh (pictured), who has kept a low profile in his three- decade career, began his innings on a similar note at Infosys as its second non-founder chief executive officer (CEO).
Human resource head Richard Lobo and Deepak Padaki, head of mergers & acquistion, welcomed him with a few others on the Infosys campus. He was joined later by chief financial officer M D Ranganath for a group photograph. The images were uploaded on the company’s Facebook page and Twitter handle.
Parekh in a video address to employees expressed delight on leading the iconic company. Infosys itself was otherwise silent on the development on Tuesday.
This was very unlike the marketing exercise it undertook in June 2014, when co-founder N R Narayana Murthy introduced Vishal Sikka at a crowded press conference as the next CEO. The entire board of directors, including chairman K V Kamath, were present to herald Sikka as a person who could transform Infosys. The new CEO had talked of the need for innovation to move forward.