Meet Yukta Gopalani, hired for record-breaking salary, not from IIT, IIM, NIT, her package is....

Indian education system is lauded across the world for producing superb talents and these days many Indians are leading world’s prestigious firm, including Google, Microsoft, IBM, Adobe etc. India is home to several institutes which are providing top-class education to their students. The students from India’s premier institutes like IIT, IIM, IIIT, NIT, etc are bagging record breaking packages every year. Few months ago, Yukta Gopalani from Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Allahabad created history when she landed a job package worth Rs 82.5 lakh from software company Atlassian.

Yukta Gopalani has done her BTech in IT from IIIT, Allahabad and is currently working as a Software Engineer at Bengaluru, Karnataka, office of Atlassian. She has joined the company in July 2023. “Hello Everyone, I am so much happy to share that I have joined Atlassian as a Software Engineer. Looking forward to explore and learn more here :),” Yukta Gopalani on her LinkedIn page.

Meanwhile, Rashi Bagga, a BTech student of International Institute of Information Technology Naya Raipur (IIIT-NR), was in news few weeks ago for securing a job package of Rs 85 lakh per annum. Rashi Bagga’s annual salary is a record as she has received the highest package offered to any student of IIIT-NR in 2023.

The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-Allahabad), is a public university located in Jhalwa, Prayagraj district, in Uttar Pradesh. It is listed by the Ministry of Education (India), and is classified as an Institute of National Importance.