Infosys chief executive Vishal Sikka’s high salary, which had prompted the founder members to voice concerns, has dropped over 67 per cent in 2016-17 on lower bonus payout.
According to the annual report of Infosys, the cash component of Sikka’s salary was Rs 16.01 crore, down from Rs 48.73 crore in 2015-16.
His total compensation, including bonus and grant of stocks, fell 7 per cent to Rs 45.11 crore in 2016-17 from Rs 48.41 crore in the previous fiscal.
Sikka received a base salary of $1 million in FY17, up from $900,000 in previous year. His bonus and incentives dropped to $0.82 million ($4.36 million in FY16) as against the target of $3 million.
He also received restricted stock units worth $2 million, same as the previous year, and performance based stock incentives of $2.88 million (nil last year).
The remuneration of Sikka for last fiscal remains 283.07 times higher than the median remuneration of employees (MRE) of Infosys. The MRE of Infosys for FY17 stood at Rs 5,65,585.
According to the annual report, while the total compensation of Sikka has fallen other senior executives witnessed a rise.
Chief Operating Officer UB Pravin Rao’s total salary increased to Rs 11.80 crore in FY17 from Rs 8.14 crore in the previous year.
likewise, compensation of deputy chief operating officer, Ravi Kumar S, went up to Rs 14.87 crore from Rs 8.27 crore.
last month, Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy, who had previously questioned the principles on which the Board was paying a high salary to Sikka, had expressed anger over the steep hike in compensation to COO Rao.