Jaipur: Astha Agarwal, the student of Indian Institute of #Technology, #Bombay (IIT-B) has got an offer of Rs. 2.1 crore from Facebook.
After the May-to-July #internship in #FB headquarters in #Menlo Park, #California, she got the offer to work as a #software #engineer at FB.
While talking to a daily paper, Astha said, “But it was only recently that I calculated the money in INR and realised mine was the highest among all FB offers.”
#Astha went to St #Xavier’s School in #Jaipur and got 98% in Class 12.
Astha will join FB in October next year after she completes her eighth semester at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B).
20-year-old Astha belongs from #Rajasthan and is in #Jaipur for her winter vacation.
After the news has got out that she’s got a pre-placement offer from the social media company for Rs. 2.1 crore salary, including sign-on bonus and ESOPs, the phone at the modest Agarwal household in government colony on Sahkar Marg in Jaipur hasn’t stopped ringing.
She got into IIT when her elder sister, Pavitra, graduated from IIT, Delhi as a chemical engineer. She secured all India rank of 90 in IIT-JEE 2011 and joined department of computer science engineering at IIT-B.
Her father Ashok Agarwal said that she has got an offer from Google too but she refuses. He said, “She also got an offer from Google, but she didn’t take it… As a matter of fact, she hasn’t appeared for any other company during the placements.”
Astha said, “What I liked about FB was that is has much less employees than Google and it is easier to make an impact with less people around.”
Bureau Report
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