Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Early life and education  





2 Career  





3 Board memberships  





4 Personal life  





5 References  





6 External links  














S. D. Shibulal







 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 




In other projects  



Wikimedia Commons
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


S. D. Shibulal
Shibulal at the 2013 Horasis Global India Business Meeting
Born

Sarojini Damodaran Shibulal[1]


(1955-03-01) 1 March 1955 (age 69)
NationalityIndian
Other namesShibulal
EducationM.Sc. (Physics)
M.S. (Computer Science)
Alma materMaharaja's College, Ernakulam
Boston University
Occupation(s)Co-Founder, Infosys and Axilor Ventures
Years active1981–present
EmployerInfosys
Board member ofBoston University
Globethics.net
Seoul International Business Advisory Council (SIBAC)
SpouseKumari Shibulal
ChildrenDaughter: Shruti & Son: Shreyas

S. D. Shibulal (born 1 March 1955), better known as Shibulal, is an Indian business executive. He was the chief executive officer and managing director of Infosys,[2] and one of its seven founding members. He stepped down from the post of CEO and MD on 31 July 2014 and was succeeded by the first non-founder CEO of Infosys Dr. Vishal Sikka. He is the president of the Infosys Science Foundation for the year 2015.

Early life and education

[edit]

Shibulal, born in Alappuzha in 1955.[3] In an interview, he was quoted in reference to his early childhood life - "I was the only child, and my parents were really keen that I stay at home and take up a teaching job.”[4] His father, Damodaran, was an ayurvedic doctor; and mother, Sarojini, a state excise department employee.[1] After completing schooling in T. D. High School, Alappuzha, he went to S. D. College in Alappuzha for his graduation. Upon completion, he joined Maharaja's College Ernakulam, then under University of Kerala, where he earned his M.Sc.inPhysics. He obtained an M.S. degree in Computer Science from Boston University in 1987.[5]

Career

[edit]

Shibulal started his career in 1979, as a software engineer, with one of India's first software company and systems integrator, Patni Computer Systems.

His Infosys journey began in 1981, when "Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd."[6] was co-founded on 2 July 1981 by - N. R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, N. S. Raghavan, S. Gopalakrishnan, K. Dinesh, Ashok Arora, and Shibulal - after they resigned from Patni.[7] He played a pivotal role in the Infosys' journey; and his focus were its project management initiatives, followed by client relationships in North America. He was instrumental in the evolution of the Global delivery model,[4] which established a new standard for the delivery of outsourced IT services.

Shibulal, left Infosys in 1991 for a five-year sabbatical, and joined Sun Microsystems in the US.[8] Between 1991 and 1996, he was responsible for designing and implementing Sun's first e-commerce application.[9] In 1997, on his return to Infosys, Shibulal established and headed the Internet Consultancy practice, which set the stage for the company’s evolution into a major global business consulting and IT services provider[10] Shibulal held a number of senior leadership roles which include: Head of Worldwide Sales and Customer Delivery, and Head of Infosys Manufacturing and Distribution and Internet Consulting practice.[10][11]

On 22 June 2007, Shibulal took over from Kris Gopalakrishnan as the Chief Operating Officer. In this role, he focused on increasing competitiveness, improving customer experience, enhancing employee engagement and increasing the depth of services. Shibulal also joined as the member of the board of directors of Infosys.[10]

On 30 April 2011, the Infosys board announced that Shibulal was appointed as the new CEO and Managing director of the company.[12] On 21 August 2011, he took over his new role from Kris Gopalakrishnan.[13] Soon after taking over, Shibulal announced Infosys 3.0, the strategy that would propel Infosys into its next phase of evolution. He termed, the first 15 years of Infosys as Infosys 1.0 and the next 12–13 years as Infosys 2.0, and was quoted “This was when we innovated the global delivery model and started delivering services, predominantly applications development and maintenance,... The 12-13 years after that constituted Infosys 2.0, developing the ability to supply services that allowed clients to become much more efficient and productive.”[8] As the chief executive officer, Shibulal is focused on strengthening strategic partnerships with clients, increasing client relevance and evolving the company’s business model towards achieving Infosys’ aspirations of becoming the next generation global consulting and IT services corporation.[13] In April 2014 Shibulal expressed the desire to retire as its chief executive officer and managing director.[14] On 12 June, it was announced that Shibulal would quit as CEO and MD of Infosys from 1 August 2014.[15]

In 2014 Shibulal co-founded Axilor Ventures, a venture capital service for young entrepreneurs.[16][17][18][19]

Board memberships

[edit]

Shibulal is a member of the board of trustees, and the Metropolitan College Dean’s Advisory Board of Boston University.[20] He also serves on board of the foundation, Globethics.net,[21] the Seoul International Business Advisory Council (SIBAC),[22] and the Global Corporate Governance Forum’s Private Sector Advisory Group.[23]

Personal life

[edit]

Shibulal met his wife Kumari, during his university days in SD College. The couple has two children; daughter Shruti and son Shreyas. One of his hobbies is dismantling and reassembling electronic devices to figure out how they work, and likes listening to Carnatic classical music. In a Financial Times interview in 2012,[5] it was cited that his favourite city is New York. Shibulal, along with wife Kumari, daughter Shruti and son Shreyas, holds nearly 2.2% of Infosys shares, which is around $2.2 billion.[24]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Tejaswi, Mini Joseph. "Shibu: exceptional at execution and a great mentor". Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  • ^ "S.D. Shibulal and S. Gopalakrishnan: Geek gods".
  • ^ "Will Infosys stick to tradition?". 30 April 2011.
  • ^ a b "Tea with BS: Infosys co-founder, S D Shibulal". Business Standard India. 6 December 2011.
  • ^ a b Crabtree, James (12 August 2012). "Stepping out of the shadows". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  • ^ "The amazing Infosys story". 11 July 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  • ^ "The amazing Infosys story How Infosys was born".
  • ^ a b "Infosys chiefs Kris Gopalakrishnan and Sarojini Shibulal on the 'C-Life' and why the future lies in cloud computing". The Telegraph. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  • ^ "When Shibulal quit Infosys, worked in Sun for 5 years and then came back". 16 May 2011.
  • ^ a b c "Bloomberg Business Week executive profile of S.D. Shibulal". Bloomberg Business Week. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  • ^ "What's Infosys 3.0 and how it will compete". 3 June 2011.
  • ^ "K.V. Kamath is Infosys chairman; Shibulal, the new CEO and MD". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  • ^ a b "Infosys Promotes Shibulal to Chief Executive as Outsourcing Revival Sought". Bloomberg. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  • ^ "Infosys looks for new CEO as S D Shibulal quits in January 2015". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  • ^ "Vishal Sikka to replace Shibulal as CEO and MD of Infosys from August 1". news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  • ^ "Infy co-founders launch startup incubator Axilor Ventures - VCCircle". vccircle.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  • ^ "Axilor Ventures". vccircle.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  • ^ "Infosys co-founders launch Axilor Ventures to support entrepreneurship, innovation - Franchise India". franchiseindia.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  • ^ "Shibulal, Gopalkrishnan launch biz incubator Axilor Ventures". Deccan Herald. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  • ^ "Trustees Welcome Entrepreneur, Tech Expert, Investor (13 May 2011)".
  • ^ "Globethics.net Board of Foundation (since January 2009)".
  • ^ "SIBAC Members".
  • ^ "Global Corporate Governance Forum's Private Sector Advisory Group" (PDF).
  • ^ "Infosys CEO SD Shibulal owns 700+ apartments in Seattle; now buying in Berlin, Frankfurt". Economic Times.
  • [edit]
    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S._D._Shibulal&oldid=1233328164"

    Categories: 
    1955 births
    Living people
    Boston University alumni
    Indian computer scientists
    Businesspeople from Alappuzha
    University of Kerala alumni
    Maharaja's College, Ernakulam alumni
    Indian chief operating officers
    Infosys people
    20th-century Indian businesspeople
    Hidden categories: 
    Articles with short description
    Short description is different from Wikidata
    Use dmy dates from July 2015
    Use Indian English from July 2015
    All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English
    Articles with hCards
    Commons category link is on Wikidata
     



    This page was last edited on 8 July 2024, at 14:06 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki