K Krithivasan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), experienced his total compensation growing by 4.6% for the March 2025 financial year.
His income was ₹26.5 crore, up from ₹25.35 crore the previous year, as detailed in the company's just-published annual report.
Now in his second year as the topmost leader, Krithivasan's fixed compensation increased to ₹1.39 crore from ₹1.27 crore. He also got ₹2.12 crore as allowances, perquisites, and other benefits, besides a performance-linked commission of ₹23 crore. His overall remuneration is 329.8 times the median compensation of a TCS employee.
The increase in Krithivasan's compensation tracks the company's general salary increase patterns as a whole. According to the report, TCS awarded average yearly increases between 4.5% and 7% to its Indian staff, with high performers enjoying double-digit raises. Including promotions and special pay adjustment, the overall increase for the year averaged between 5.5% and 7.5%.
Internationally, staff were given modest rises of between 1.5% and 6%, consistent with current salary patterns in the different countries. According to TCS, "The remuneration increase is consistent with the market trends in the concerned countries. To make sure that remuneration accurately represents the performance of the company, the performance pay is also tied to organisation performance and individual utilisation alongside individual performance."
The average salary of TCS staff increased by 6.3% during the last fiscal year. The IT services behemoth had a total strength of 6,07,979 employees as of March 2025.
In his letter to shareholders, Krithivasan spoke of the complexity of today's world as "very challenging" as a result of continued geopolitical and economic volatility. He also highlighted the velocity of innovation in the AI domain, mentioning developments around infrastructure, data platforms, AI models, and business applications natively on artificial intelligence.
"These developments are compelling business organizations to invest in technology upgradation and quickly adopt AI to address changing customer expectations," Krithivasan wrote.
He pointed to a client strategy change—shift from concentrating on discrete AI use cases to scaling on return on investment (ROI) basis. To facilitate this transition, TCS is supporting clients by setting up AI Centres of Excellence, embarking on AI Labs for testing, and creating scalable and secure generative AI platforms under its GenAI-as-a-service initiatives.
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