Amitabh Chaudhry, who grew Infosys’ BPO revenues to $250 million last year from around $85 million in 2006, submitted his resignation to the company in order to pursue other professional opportunities, an Infosys BPO spokesman confirmed on Monday.

“It is a professional move, however he will be around the company for some time,” an Infosys spokesman told ET. He declined to provide details about how long Mr Chaudhry will serve the company.

Mr Chaudhry took over from Akshaya Bhargava in 2005 to lead Infosys’ BPO business as its CEO, and played an instrumental role in several strategic initiatives including $38 million acquisition of McCamish Systems earlier this month. During his tenure, Infosys’ BPO revenues grew at around 72%. (more…)