U. B. Pravin Rao is a retired corporate executive from Infosys. Rao joined Infosys in 1985 and rose through the ranks under N. R. Narayana Murthy. He was handpicked by Murthy to be member of Infosys board as well as become chief operating officer by Murthy in June 2014, when

Vishal Sikka Vishal Sikka (born May, 1967) is the Founder and CEO of Vianai, former CTO of SAP AG, and former CEO of Infosys. He currently also serves on Oracle's board of directors, the supervisory board of the BMW Group and as an advisor to the Stanford ...

was appointed as CEO. Rao served as interim CEO and MD after

stepped down till appointment of

Salil Parekh Salil Parekh is the current chief executive officer and managing director of Infosys. Parekh took over from interim CEO U B Pravin Rao on 2 January 2018. Early life and education He is a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bom ...

as CEO and MD on 2 December 2017. He retired from Infosys as

chief operating officer A chief operating officer or chief operations officer, also called a COO, is one of the highest-ranking executive positions in an organization, composing part of the "C-suite". The COO is usually the second-in-command at the firm, especially if t ...

in December 2021. He is a member of the National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Executive Council of

Nasscom The National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) is an Indian non-governmental trade association and advocacy group, focused mainly on the technology industry of India. Established in 1988, NASSCOM is a non-profit organis ...

. He served as chairman of NASSCOM in the financial year 2020-2021.

Salary

N. R. Narayana Murthy slams the salary hike to Pravin Rao when he was the

COO COO or coo may refer to: Business * Certificate of origin, used in international trade * Chief operating officer or chief operations officer, high-ranking corporate official * Concept of operations, used in Systems Engineering Management Process ...

Infosys Infosys Limited is an Indian Multinational corporation, multinational information technology company that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services. The company was founded in Pune and is headquartered in Ba ...

References

External links

Infosys - Pravin Rao , Management Profile
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