IIT-Bombay Girl Receives A 2 Crore Package From Facebook

BANGALORE: Aastha Agrawal, a third-year student of Computer Science at IIT-Bombay has received a job offer from social networking site Facebook with a package of Rs 2 crore.

Rewinding a few months ago, the 20-year-old Jaipur girl had landed an internship at FB headquarters in Menlo Park, California, for a period of three months from May toJuly, following which the company had selected her during the pre-placement to work as a software engineer at FB.

Aastha’s family has been in the spirit of merriment ever since she had disclosed the news to her family. "I was supposed to develop software. They were satisfied with my work and offered me the job right away. Later, when I consented, they sent me the confirmation letter.'' Reports Economic times

During campus placements earlier, five IIT-Bombay students had received a package of Rs 1.42 crore. However, the package that has been put forward to Aastha’s is possibly the highest offered package to an undergrad.

Aastha who had also been picked to represent India at the Junior Science International Olympiad in 2009, is fervently waiting to complete her final year at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, after  which she will join FB in October next year.

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