Which are the Top 5 Highest paying jobs in India?

We often envy people who are recruited by top-notch companies with high salary packages in millions and billions. Now the question is what the essential qualities to attain such accomplishments are and which jobs have high salary packages.  

The fundamental basics are educational qualification preferably from premier institutions, comprehension, the attitude of the applicant and also a bit of luck.

Most government and private sector enterprises in India offer high pay packages to individuals hailing from the following backgrounds -

1. Indian Administrative Service
Indian Administrative Service is still the most sought after career for most outstanding students in India due to the attractive pay package and illustrious career prospects.

The lucrative pay package for administrative officials is anything between Rs 500,000 and Rs 2.25 million per annum.

2. Management Professions
Students of foremost B-Schools such as IIM are hired as management trainees by leading multinationals with a lucrative pay package. The pre-placement offer during campus interviews can be as high as Rs 2-2.5 million per annum.

3.Investment Bankers
The career of investment bankers usually follows a standard trajectory with five levels - Analyst, Associate, Vice President, Director and Managing Director.

The remuneration for the different levels is Rs 500,000-900,000 for analysts, Rs 700,00-Rs1.3 million for associates and Rs 1 million-4 million for vice presidents in leading companies and organizations.

4. IT and Software Engineers
Salary package for trainee software engineers who are fresh college pass outs from top level institutions such as IIT is between Rs 150,000-Rs 250,000 annually, which gradually increase with promotions and lifts.

Senior software engineers and programmer analysts can easily earn anything between Rs 600,000 and Rs 1 million per year. Project managers have earning potentials up to Rs 1.9 million per year.

Moreover, besides the money-spinning pay packages, there are profuse international projects that require overseas travel and stay for a prolonged period.

5. Modeling & Acting
Successful models and top-level actors earn in millions depending on their commercial and box-office success and TRP value.