Infosys on Thursday appointed Punita Kumar Sinha, wife of MoS finance Jayant Sinha, as an independent director on its board, drawing criticism on social media. She is the founder of Pacific Parad-igm Advisors.

Netizens criticised the appointment of wife of a politician. “If it is correct for Punita Kumar Sinha to take up ind directors post at Infosys, how was Nalini Chidambaram wr-ong ” a tweet said.