Google offers DTU student Rs 93 lakh package

NEW DELHI: It was the best campus placement in the history of Delhi Technological University and comes at a time when the economy is in gloom. A computer engineering student, Himanshu Jindal, received an offer of an annual package of Rs 93 lakh (US$ 1,15,000) plus 125 stock units from Google, USA. Another final-year software engineering student, Nilesh Aggarwal, received an annual package of Rs 70 lakh (US$ 1,05,000) from EPIC, a US-based software company. The academic session of the university started on August 1 and over 40 companies have visited the campus so far. A total of 265 job offers were received in the first month. According to officials, Google, USA has offered the highest package so far to Jindal, a fourth-year student. "I am happy that I've got such an excellent placement in a world-renowned company. This is due to my hard work, the blessings of my parents and the support of my friends," said Jindal. Eleven students, including Aggarwal, bagged offers from EPIC. Navy Singla, Mohit Yadav, Ekaansh Goel, Ujjwal Arora and Ashutosh Mishra, all from the computer engineering branch, also received offers. A student has been offered a pay package of Rs 28 lakh by Goldman Sachs and eight students a package of Rs 19 lakh from Amazon. The leading companies are also offering paid internship to third-year students.   TOI