HCLTech CEO greeted by chants for salary hikes during anniversary event
A viral video captures a group of HCLTech staff members chanting "we want hike" while CEO C Vijayakumar stepped onto the stage during the firm's 50th-anniversary event in Chennai. Vijayakumar appeared to overlook the protests, simply greeting the crowd with "Vanakkam Chennai!" The CEO, who saw his own compensation rise by approximately 67% to ₹176.47 crore for FY26, currently holds the title of the highest-paid executive in the Indian IT sector.
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