Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan’s initial salary was Rs 8,000 a month. It was the scholarship he received though attending the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru, the IFS officer revealed in a tweet which has taken Twitter customers on a trip down memory lane, reminiscing about their initial salary and initial job.
Mr Kaswan took to Twitter this morning to recall one of the “happiest moments” of his life – the time he was chosen for a Masters programme at IISc. “On this day many years back. One of the happiest moment when I was selected for IISc masters with 8000 per month scholarship. First salary you can say,” he wrote.
Mr Kaswan then asked his Twitter followers to reveal their initial stipend or salary – and the query sparked off a Twitter thread filled with nostalgia. “What was your first stipend/salary in life,” asked Mr Kaswan.
On this day quite a few years back. One of the happiest moment when I was chosen for IISc masters with 8000 per month scholarship. First salary you can say. What was your initial stipend/salary in life. pic.twitter.com/IFUukzQZX9
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) April 28, 2021
Take a look at some of the responses his tweet has garnered:
For IAS Priyanka Shukla, it was Rs 2,000 per month through her MBBS internship – which is also the quantity that Susanta Nanda earned when he joined the Indian Forest Services in 1989.
That’s virtually the salary when we joined IFS in 1989????????
— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) April 28, 2021
The CEO of Whisper Media, Anwesh Bose, revealed that he began out by earning Rs 25 for each and every questionnaire he filled.
Rs.25 per filled questionnaire
— Anwesh Bose (@anweshbose) April 28, 2021
One Twitter user even shared a handwritten record of his initial salary, received in 1992.
April 26, 1992 – 29 years ago. Got my initial salary of Rs 6,662.99 from a computer software corporation in New Delhi. pic.twitter.com/5opek2UfiM
— avataram (@avataram) April 28, 2021
Take a look at some of the other responses:
4000 rs as a cashier in through grad days. First complete time job 12k in 2009. 2021 5th organization 6 dights. God has been type to me.
— राहुल (@Bankwalah) April 28, 2021
First salary 10k
First stipend 25,000 in #NITK. ????.— Dr. BalaNarasimha Guniputi (@balaguniputi) April 28, 2021
Some Twitter customers remembered how they treated themselves right after finding their initial salary
First stipend was Rs 10000 for a summer time internship. I purchased my initial mobile phone with that.
— Shelly (@QueSeraSera___x) April 28, 2021
Others recalled the happiness they felt on getting their initial salary
1250/- and the feelings right after finding 1st salary was of the richest man on earth.
— kamal chhikara (@kamalchhikara) April 28, 2021
4000 per month as a Maths Coaching Teacher. It’s was like a 4 Million dollar to me????.
— Rajiv Yadav (@eccentricrajiv) April 28, 2021
Earlier this year, it was a viral trend that had Twitter customers nostalgic, when photos captioned “You had to be there” flooded the microblogging platform.