India’s second largest software exporter Infosys has laid out an ambitious charter for next year under the leadership of Vishal Sikka and internally communicated to executives and employees that the company must grow revenues by 16% in the financial year ending March 2017, according to two people present at Infosys’s annual strategy meeting last week.The top brass at Infosys led by Sikka, who has laid out a broader vision of making Infosys a $20-billion company by 2020, wants Infosys to outpace all its top-tier rivals such as TCS and US-based Cognizant Technology Solutions, which has forecast revenue growth in the range of 10-14% for 2016.Infosys did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.At Infosys’s annual strategy meeting, which is called the Strategy and Action Planning meet (STRAP), the company traditionally lays out a blueprint for its strategy for the year ahead at its plush Greek-styled Mysore campus.This year proved to be no exception with Sikka highlighting important focus areas for the company, primarily around increasing incremental revenue growth from top customer accounts such as Bank of America and Apple and also continuing to win large deals from top technology spenders, while aggressively automating commoditised outsourcing services.The Sikka-led Infosys also wants growth to not come at the cost of margins and the company is also targeting an operating profit of 27%, as part of the aspirational goal set by the top brass while delivering top-line growth of 16%, the people mentioned above said.If Infosys does manage to deliver those numbers, it would emphatically signal to investors that the company is ready to regain its prized bellwether tag. For FY17, Nasscom has forecast export revenue growth of 10-12% for India’s $160-billion IT industry.For FY16, Bangalore-based Infosys has forecast constant-currency revenue growth of 12.8-13.2%, with actual revenue growth of 8.9-9.3%. Analysts tracking Infosys believe that the FY16 forecast is conservative, given that Infosys has consistently trumped market expectations in the previous three quarters.The three-day STRAP meeting this year included presentations from top company executives, as well as other renowned speakers such as computer science visionary Alan Kay, who Sikka considers a mentor. Kay has previously also been invited by Sikka to present at Infosys and engage with employees of the company.