[mebesilly]

I trained at CMC Vellore and was an intern and then a neurosurgical registrar there in 1983 . I was paid 300 rupees ( around 5 dollars at current exchange rates ) a month for working 80 to 100 hours a week. Good times :-)

BTW,some of my classmates who stayed on at Vellore, rose to be Heads of Department and were paid around 25,000 Rupees a month ( around $500 ) just a few years ago ( not sure what the current salaries are ).