At just 21, Edward Nathan Varghese, a final-year Computer Science student at IIT Hyderabad, made history by securing a ₹2.5 crore annual job offer — the highest placement package the institute has seen since 2008. He earned the offer after converting a two-month internship into a pre-placement role and will join Optiver’s Netherlands office as a software engineer in July 2026. Originally from Hyderabad and educated in Bengaluru, Edward cracked JEE Advanced with an AIR of 558 and later scored a 9

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