IIT-Indore started its first academic session back in 2009
A 21-year-old B Tech student of Indian Institute of Technology-Indore has bagged a job with Google at an annual salary package of Rs 1.7 crore, one of the highest packages offered by the US-based internet giant during campus placements at the premier institutes.
Gaurav Agarwal, a student of B Tech final year in Computer Science and Engineering, has accepted the attractive offer made by Google, a spokesperson of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore told PTI today.
A delighted Gaurav, who hails from a middle-class family of Bhilai in Chhattisgarh, said his academic session with IIT-I will end in May 2015 and thereafter, he will join Google's office at California.
He said he has not yet got a specific joining date.
Gaurav said he had taken an online test at IIT-I for getting employed with Google. After passing the test, he got a call from the company's office in Gurgaon for an interview which he also cleared.
IIT-Indore, which commenced its first academic session in 2009, is among the leading technological institutes in the country.