This paper empirically investigates the association between Board compensation and corporate social responsibility (CSR) using data from publicly listed firms on the Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) from 2013-2023. We find that board compensation is an important determinant of CSR investment. Further analysis reveals that this relationship is more profound when director compensation exceeds a certain threshold. Our additional analysis reveals that the relationship between board compensation and board compensation is significantly positive for firms operating in low-competitive markets and having high growth opportunities. We also find that CSR is significantly negatively related to a firm's total risk. To address the endogeneity concerns, we ran a series of tests. Overall, our results are robust in the use of alternate econometric methodologies.