Retired IAS officer reveals first salary TCS Mumbai offered him 40 years ago

Retired IAS officer Rohit Kumar Singh shared a glimpse of his journey as he revealed his first salary that TCS Mumbai had offered him 40 years ago.

In Short

• Retired IAS officer Rohit Kumar Singh revealed his first salary from TCS Mumbai
• He graduated from IIT BHU and joined TCS through campus recruitment
• His initial modest salary was considered "princely" then

Retired IAS officer Rohit Kumar Singh revealed his first salary that Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Mumbai had offered him 40 years ago after he graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi (IIT BHU).

Singh, an IAS officer of the 1989 batch, Rajasthan cadre, described his early working days at TCS Mumbai and how a modest pay of Rs 1,300 was considered “princely” at that time in a post on X.

“A little more than 40 years ago, I got my first job at TCS Mumbai through campus recruitment at IIT BHU,” Singh said, adding, “With a princely salary of 1300 Rupees, the ocean view from the 11th Floor of Air India Building at Nariman Point was regal indeed.”

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Rohit Kumar Singh, now serving on the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NDCRC), had graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT BHU before accepting the TCS offer.

However, after working at TCS Mumbai briefly, Singh left to pursue a Master’s in Computer Engineering at Clarkson University, New York.

He cleared the UPSC exam and joined the Indian Administrative Services in 1989.