PES student gets ₹1.5cr/yr offer in UK

PES student gets ₹1.5cr/yr offer in UK

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Bengaluru:12.07.2021 

A computer science engineering student from PES University here has bagged an offer of Rs 1.5 crore per year to work in the London office of Confluent.

Sarang Ravindra  from Jayanagar has been interning with the company over the past six months, before he attended interviews and got his placement confirmed.

“I want to believe that it is only my intent to learn and curiosity that the company saw in me. It will overshadow all the other talents. With virtual internships, networking and visibility might come down. But your hard work will show and help you get noticed,” the student said. Sarang said he spoke to his manager and got interviews organised and cleared them.

While the joining date is in July-end, travel will depend on the pandemic scenario, Sarang added.

“I took science in PU and we had computer science in the junior college. That’s when my interest started building. My elder brother is also a computer science engineer. I started coding with him and enjoyed it,” said Sarang.

A tabla player, Sarang completed his schooling from Kumaran’s School and pre-university education from RV PU College.

PES stated that 1,283 sixth-semester students across its campuses had virtual internships during the pandemic year, with them receiving monthly stipends ranging from Rs 15,000 – Rs 87,000. The highest stipend offered was around Rs 1.3 lakh per month.

‘Placements on track’

“The Covid-19 pandemic has had no negative impact on placements. The internship offers are good and conversion rates to preplacement offers are over 90%. Companies want to catch the students young and train them before anyone else can offer them jobs. The numbers are very encouraging. The final placements for the next academic year will start by August and not July because of the pandemic,” said Shridhar KS, registrar, PESU.