Narayana Murthy / Vishal Sikka
Story By:- Anirban Sen & Varun Sood (Live Mint) On Wednesday, 9 August, at Infosys Ltd’s Palo Alto outpost, chief executive Vishal Sikka decided that he had had enough—and told non-executive chairman R. Seshasayee he wanted to quit. Over the past few months, Seshasayee has been spending more time in Palo Alto—although his extended stays in the Silicon Valley were also partly on account of personal reasons. Seshasayee, after consulting with co-chairman Ravi Venkatesan, and at least three other board members convinced Sikka to think it over for a “few days”, according to three executives directly familiar with the developments. The executives, like several others Mint spoke to as it pieced together the backstory of Sikka's resignation, asked not to be identified given what went down at Infosys on Friday, 18 August, after the company announced Sikka's exit as CEO. Over the following seven days (after his chat with Seshasayee), Sikka would take a backseat and “switch off...