​Dell Hires Former Infosys Honcho Prasad Thrikutam

Prasad Thrikutam, former executive council member of Infosys, was taken on board by Dell after he decided to end his near-two-decade engagement with the Bangalore-based software giant. This underlines how IT companies are benefitting from Infosys' inability to retain talent.

Thrikutam has been made president and global head of application services at Dell, the company said in a statement released on June 5.

He joined the exodus of at least a dozen of senior executives who had walked out of Infosys since NR Narayana Murthy returned as executive chairman of the IT firm last June.

Prasad, in his new role, will report to Suresh Vaswani, the president of Dell Services.

"I am excited about being part of this journey and working with Dell's talent team to help drive its strategy," said Prasad.
Analysts believe that attrition among senior and mid-managerial ranks at Infosys is restraining the company from competing with its rivals, including TCS and Cognizant.
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