While, Sikka’s annual pay package was $7.45 million for the 2015-16, operating chief UB Pravin Rao took home around $1.4 million.
Also, newly appointed CFO MD Ranganath earned $539,141 for the same financial year.
In 2014-15, Rao received $1 million salary including other incentives such as bonuses, incentives and earnings from stock options.
Infosys increased the pay packages of top executives in a bid to retain key executives and also reward rainmakers.
Sikka was rewarded with a salary hike in starting of 2016 and his tenure was also extended after
In 2017, Sikka will make nearly $11 million every year. As part of his old contract, Sikka made $7.08 million, including stock options.
Meanwhile, former CFO Rajv Bansal, who quit Infosys in October 2015, earned $3.44 million.