Infosys: Major Indian IT company Infosys suffered a major setback, Chairman Ravi Kumar S resigned from the post.

Indian IT company Infosys, which is facing allegations of gender bias, has suffered another setback. Infosys said in a communication sent to the stock exchanges on Tuesday that the company’s chairman Ravi Kumar S has resigned from his post. However, the company has not given any reason behind his move. According to reports, his resignation will be effective from October 11.

The resignation of the company’s chairman Ravi Kumar comes at a time when the company is about to announce its September quarter earnings a few days later. Apart from this, soon the company is also going to discuss the proposal of share buyback. Earlier last year, the Infosys board had approved a buyback plan of up to Rs 9,200 crore. On Tuesday, Infosys shares closed at Rs 1,465, up 0.95 per cent on the BSE.

Infosys said in a regulatory filing that the board of directors appreciated Ravi Kumar S’s contribution to the company and the services rendered by him. Ravi Kumar S, in his role as the Chairman of Infosys, led the Infosys Global Services Organization across all industry sectors. He also represented service lines and specialized digital sales across the consulting, technology, infrastructure, engineering and process verticals.

Infosys chairman was appointed in 2016

Ravi Kumar S started his career as a nuclear scientist at Bhabha Atomic Research Center. He then joined Infosys in the year 2002. He was made the chairman of the company in 2016, after 14 years of joining the company. Not only this, in the year 2017 he was also named as the Deputy COO of the company and he was also informed about this, although later Infosys removed him from the post of COO after the retirement of UB Praveen Rao. done.

The company is facing allegations of gender bias

Recently, Jill Prezien, former Vice President of Talent Acquisition at Infosys, has made serious allegations while filing a complaint in a US court. Prezine reported that Infosys had asked people of Indian origin, women with children and candidates who are 50 or above to avoid hiring. I was also discriminated against for refusing to screen candidates on the basis of such illegal, discriminatory parameters. Not only this, many officers tried to control me. Prezine alleged that she was threatened with removal for non-compliance and faced discrimination in the unfavorable work environment as well as herself. He was later fired after an alleged pressure campaign.