Google offers Rs 1.4 Cr to 16-yr-old Chandigarh boy

08:15PM Tue 1 Aug, 2017

Chandigarh: Harshit Sharma, 16-yr-old boy Chandigarh boy has been offered Rs 1.4 Cr by Internet giant Google for icon designing. Harshit is a student of Class-XII of Government Model Senior Secondary School. The offer by the search engine was disclosed by the government official of Chandigarh. Google has offered the 16-yr-old to be part of its team as a graphic designer. For a year Google will give him advance training in graphic designer and will pay him Rs 4 lakh per month as stipend. After the completion of his one-year training, he will be enrolled as a regular employee and receive a salary of Rs 12 lakh per month. While talking to media Sharma said, “I was hunting for the job as a graphic designer online. I came across the opening with google. I had to go through an online interview” “I was interested in graphic designing since the age of 10. I designed a poster last year which was selected by Google,” he added. “I can’t share my happiness, it’s like a dream has come true,” Harshit further added. Harshit has also been awarded Rs 7,000 under the Digital India Scheme.