Retired IAS officer Rohit Kumar Singh Talks About His First Salary from TCS Mumbai
Retired IAS officer Rohit Kumar Singh Talks About His First Salary from TCS Mumbai
Retired IAS officer Rohit Kumar Singh revealed the starting salary he received from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Mumbai nearly forty years ago.
Currently serving as a member of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NDCRC), Rohit Kumar Singh obtained his Electrical Engineering degree from IIT BHU before his tenure at TCS.
A little more than 40 years ago, I got my first job at TCS Mumbai through campus recruitment at IIT BHU.
— Rohit Kumar Singh (@rohitksingh) September 29, 2024
With a princely salary of 1300 Rupees, the ocean view from the 11th Floor of Air India Building at Nariman Point was regal indeed! pic.twitter.com/A9akrhgu7F
Singh, an IAS officer from the 1989 batch of the Rajasthan cadre, shared a post on X reflecting on his initial experiences at TCS Mumbai, noting that a salary of Rs 1,300 was regarded as “princely” during that period.
“A little more than 40 years ago, I got my first job at TCS Mumbai through campus recruitment at IIT BHU. With a princely salary of 1300 Rupees, the ocean view from the 11th Floor of Air India Building at Nariman Point was regal indeed,” said his post on X.
After a short tenure at TCS in Mumbai, Singh decided to further his education by enrolling in a Master’s program in Computer Engineering at Clarkson University in New York.
He has shared his appountmennt letter. The appointment letter, dated June 20, 1984, officially recognized his role as a trainee at TCS Mumbai.
His post has received varied comments by internet users. One user said, “That was a good salary considering Ram Prasad Dashrat Prasad Sharma got 850rs salary at Urmila traders in 1979 film Golmal.” Yet another comment was,” I did the math so that no one else has to, as per some online calculator website a salary of 1300 INR in 1984 would translate to 21000 INR in 2024 which means that TCS has a history of 30+ yrs of not paying well.”
However, some comments also highlighted a salary of 1300 back then was a huge amount almost equal to one lakh per month in the current times.
“What you fail to see is the purchasing power of Rs 1300 in 1984. That indeed was a handsome salary at that time. The IT boom in the late Nineties created the chaos and made these salaries look pathetic. Iam an Engineer and I used to earn Rs 5K per month in 94 in Blr and that was quite good to meet the expenses. Compare that with current day where guys earning 2L per month are still crying,” said another interesting comment about the value of 1300 during those days.
