Asheesh Mehra, the former head of Infosys Asia-Pacific BPO operations, has resigned from the company in order to launch his own venture.

Known as Antworks, the new business is a BPO and technology startup that will serve the healthcare and financial services industries.

Former Capita, TCS and WNS senior executive Govind Sandhu is co-founding the operation. Their offices will be based in Singapore, supported by three delivery centres in India. The new company has been formed with seed capital of $8 million.

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