IIT-Bombay student bags Rs 2 crore package from Facebook

Jaipur: An IIT-Bombay student has claimed tohave received a job offer of two crore rupees from the social networking site Facebook. Aastha Agrawal (20), a fourth-year student of Computer Science at IIT-B, had completed her third-year internship in the company’s headquarters in California in May-June this year    following which the company gave her the pre-placement offer.   

"I am very happy and excited with the offer and will join in the Headquarters after completing my 8th semester," Aastha, who is home in Jaipur for winter vacations, said.  She said the company was satisfied with her work duringthe internship and offered her the job soon after and added that she will be joining the job in October next year.

Her father, Ashok Agrawal, is executive engineer at  Rajasthan Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (RVPNL) here whereas    her elder sister is a chemical engineer. Aastha had secured seventh-rank in state in National  Talent Search Examination in school and also won silver medal in International Junior Science Olympiad. She had also been selected to represent India at the Junior Science  International Olympiad in 2009.