Infosys, India�s second-largest IT services firm, has expanded its executive council�the second-highest decision-making body in the company after the board of directors.

The senior executives of the company who have been inducted into the new executive council include U B Pravin Rao (senior vice-president, retail, CPG and logistics), Prasad Thrikutam (head, energy utilities communications and services), Steve Pratt, (CEO & MD, Infosys Consulting), Ramdas Kamath (senior vice-president, administration, commercial facilities and infrastructure) and Nandita Gurjar (senior vice-president and group head, human resources). Basab Pradhan, who recently rejoined Infosys as head (global sales), has also been inducted into the executive council.