IIT Hyderabad Student Bags Institute-Record ₹2.5 Crore Offer

Brief By Republic World / 11:50 AM on 02 Jan 2026

A 21-year-old final-year computer science student has secured the highest-ever placement at IIT Hyderabad, receiving a ₹2.5 crore job offer from Netherlands-based trading firm Optiver. The offer followed a two-month internship, successful training, and project work, and will see the student join the company as a software engineer later this year globally