india is home to asias second richest billionaire the worlds costliest home and a bunch of millionaires it is also home to some of the most well paid executives heres a list of the highest paid ceos across india 1 kalanithi maran annual salary rs 5989 crores its obvious that the most profitable television network in asia would fill the pockets of its bosses while the groups tv channels and news publications are concentrated in south india its fm channels and dth services and enjoyed pan india 2 kavery kalanithi annual salary rs 5989 crores the wife of kalanidhi maran and executive director of sun tv network is the second highest paid executive according to fortune she is also the highest paid woman executive in india 3 naveen jindal annual salary rs 5498 crores the chairman of jindal steel and power ltd claims the third spot with an annual salary of around rs 55 crores jindal is also well known for his efforts that led to the revision of the flag code of india which allows every indian citizen the right to fly the national flag 365 days a year 4 kumar mangalam birla annual salary rs 4962 crores the current chairman of the aditya birla group is next in line kumar mangalam birla took over in 1995 at the tender age of 28 years after his fathers death he then led the company to around 26 acquisitions in 17 yrs the highest by an indian company 5 pawan munjal annual salary rs 3280 crores the md and ceo of hero moto corp is the fifth member on the list pawan munjal is the man behind the growth and success of the group he is also a board member of the indian institute of management lucknow 6 brijmohan lall munjal annual salary rs 3273 crores the founder and chairman of the hero group can also claim to be the president of confederation of indian industries the society of automobile manufacturers in the past and a member of rbi board the founder of the 32 billion enterprise has been awarded with the padma bhushan 7 sunil kant munjal annual salary rs 3151 crores sunil kant munjal was appointed joint managing director of hero motocorp on aug 17 2011 for a period of 5 years he was appointed on the board of directors in 2006 as a nonexecutive director 8 shinzo nakanishi annual salary rs 3090 crores shinzo nakanishi has been leading indias largest auto manufacturer maruti suzuki since 2007 he was made the director by suzuki in 1999 9 murali k divi annual salary rs 2646 crore chairman and managing director of divis laboratories dr murali k divi has 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry he is a member of several important medical associations like the american pharmaceutical association american cosmetic society american chemical society and american institute of chemical engineers 10 p r ramasubrahmaneya rajha annual salary rs 3096 crores while the name maybe ramco cement the