Meet Chetan Kakkar, the Delhi boy who got an offer of Rs 1.27 crore from Google!

Delhi’s Chetan Kakkar set a new record for international placement for Delhi Technological University (DTU) by grabbing an offer of 1,90,000 USD per annum (approximately Rs 1.27 crore) from Google.

"This was what I had been striving so far and I am excited to join Google," an excited Kakkar told Times of India.

A final year student of DTU's information technology department, Kakkar will be joining Google, California with a compensation of Rs 1,25,74,200 ($1,90,000) after he completes his study in 2016. The highest offer made so far in DTU campus has been Rs 93 lakh.

Kakkar, who’s an alumnus of Springdales, Pusa Road felt that DTU made a difference to his prospects. Kakkar's parents are teachers at Delhi University. Rita Kakkar is in the faculty of chemistry department and Subhash Kakkar is a teacher of management studies.

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