I wanted to get some guidance regarding work experience for CAT 2026.
I graduated in May 2025 and have been working full-time since July 2025 with a private limited EdTech company. I receive a salary of around ₹23,000/month, transferred regularly through NEFT/IMPS directly from the company’s bank account.
The directors of the company are my parents, but I am not a promoter, director, CEO, KMP, or partner. I am employed as a salaried employee and handle the company's operations almost single-handedly. The company organises certificate courses, webinars, competitions(mainly), and has some national-level collaborations.
The issue is that there is currently no TDS, EPF/PF or Professional Tax deduction from my salary(no as such statutory requirement). However, I can provide an appointment letter, salary slips, bank statements showing salary credits from the company's account, and an experience certificate.
I came across the attached last year JAP criteria, which mentions that work experience needs to be supported by TDS/PF/Professional Tax and also excludes certain types of work in family enterprises.
My questions are:
Should I claim this as work experience in the CAT 2026 form? Would the fact that the directors are my parents create an issue even though I am not a director/KMP and am a salaried employee? Is the absence of TDS/PF/Professional Tax likely to make the experience invalid? If I do claim it, what designation should I mention?
I would really appreciate any guidance. I just want to make sure I fill the CAT form correctly and don't create an issue during the later verification process.
1 Answer
Srivardhan · 2026-09-20 · 1 helpful
hey yh u can mention that in work ex and it doesnt really matter if ur parents are the directors and for verification u dont need to have tax slips specifically joining letter and experience letters work and the designation of ur work fits well with operations manager or executive