Race is hotting up for the top chair at Mindtree

BENGALURU: Cognizant Technology Solutions’ former senior executive Debashis Chatterjee is among the front-runners to become chief executive of MindtreeNSE -1.64 %, a Bengaluru-based mid-tier IT services firm now majority owned by engineering conglomerate Larsen and ToubroNSE 0.55 %, people familiar with the development said.

Chatterjee quit as president and head of global delivery at Cognizant in May. Rajeev Mehta, the former Cognizant president who joined L&T in April, is the other person in the running for the top job, sources said.