Shikkhar Suri: Left Director Role to Tackle India's Low-Salary Crisis

Shikkhar Suri: Left Director Role to Tackle India’s Low-Salary Crisis

New Delhi [India], July 20: Shikkhar Suri did something most professionals spend their careers trying not to do. After becoming Director – Growth at a US-based company, he walked away from his own...

TBT Online Desk

July 20, 2026 2 Min Read

New Delhi [India], July 20: Shikkhar Suri did something most professionals spend their careers trying not to do. After becoming Director – Growth at a US-based company, he walked away from his own international remote job—not to take a better opportunity, but to help more Indians secure international remote careers of their own. Having spent over eight years across corporates and startups, Shikkhar worked with companies including Google, American Express, Uber, Zomato, and Blinkit, helping businesses drive growth and marketing initiatives. But throughout his corporate journey, he kept noticing the same pattern. India had no shortage of talent. Yet millions of skilled professionals continued earning salaries that were far below their true potential. According to Shikkhar, the problem wasn’t capability. The problem was awareness. Most professionals simply didn’t know that companies around the world were already hiring remotely. They had the skills to compete globally but lacked the knowledge, confidence, and roadmap to access those opportunities.

Shikkhar Suri: Left Director Role to Tackle India's Low-Salary Crisis-TBT

For decades, career growth largely depended on geography. Today, that has changed. A skilled professional sitting in Jaipur, Indore, Kochi, or Guwahati can work for a company in New York, London, or Singapore without leaving home. The internet has transformed the global job market, but many Indians are still unaware that these opportunities exist. Shikkhar believes this is one of the biggest untapped opportunities to improve the earning potential of India’s workforce. Instead of waiting for global companies to create more jobs locally, he argues that more Indians should be equipped to access the global jobs that already exist. This realization led him to leave corporate leadership and dedicate himself to helping others achieve what he had already experienced firsthand. Today, through his education platform, Shikkhar helps professionals secure international remote jobs, earn global salaries, build personal brands, and use AI to compete in an increasingly borderless economy. His educational content has grown into a community of more than one million followers and has impacted over 50,000 professionals, students, freelancers, and entrepreneurs. As remote work continues to reshape the future of employment, Shikkhar believes India’s next leap in economic growth will not come only from creating more local jobs, but from enabling millions of Indians to participate in the global workforce while continuing to live in India. What began with one professional leaving his own international remote career has since grown into a broader mission: helping Indians build global careers, earn global salaries, and prove that opportunity no longer depends on geography.