Jharkhand Student got the Biggest Package in the History of IIIT

• 08 Dec 2022

Why In News?

According to information received from the media on December 7, 2022, Charmy Ashish Mehta, a student of Computer Science and Engineering of IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology) Ranchi, has received the biggest package (Rs 83.38 lakh) in the history of IIIT.

Key Points

• Charmy Ashish Mehta has received this package as a software engineer in Australia's Atlassian company. This is the largest package ever since the establishment of IIIT. Earlier, many students had received a package of Rs 50 lakh.
• Apart from this, Charmy Ashish Mehta has also received offers from two other companies. These include a package of Rs 14.5 lakh from Infods Company and Rs 25 lakh from the productive company.
• Director of IIIT Ranchi Prof. Vishnupriye said that after the Corona epidemic, students of the year 2019-2023 batch have managed to get many placement offers from multinational companies across India. In the current academic session, more than 83 per cent of the students have been placed.
• Director Prof. Established in 2016, the institute is running on PPP mode in collaboration with the Centre and the state government.
• Tushar Jain, a final year computer science and engineering student of the institute, won the UNESCO India-Africa Hackathon held from November 22 to 25, 2022 at Gautam Buddh University in Uttar Pradesh. Tusshar and his team were given Rs 3 lakh by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.
• Tushar developed an app for self-care and regular check-ups for early detection of complications of diabetes mellitus in a 36-hour programme under the sub-theme of Health and Hygiene. Tushar won the title after 36 hours of intense coding.