Country: India

If you are confident that you will get the job or if you can sense that they are eager to hire you, go as high. For example, for my 5.5 lpa job (which I accepted), I asked for 7 Lakhs. If they say its out of their range, say you are willing to negotiate because you like the outlook of the organization etc.

Never broach the subject yourself. Especially during the tech interview. Wait until they make the offer.

Try to negotiate as much as possible. Once you are inside the company, you will not get many opportunities for a raise.

pay me not according to me currenbt worth but what i will be worth after 5 years

For last 12 years I am working on my own as an IT consultant to urban banks. The knowledgebase I have acquired getting bits of knowledge whereever I can find and have applied them practically. Over the period I came to know that the knowledgebase with me has been is recognised as standard world wide. Now I want myself to use the same at a broad sprectum instead of using it at urban level. I feel that this experience is going to benefit the company at a large scale.