IIT Hyderabad Student Lands Record Rs 2.5 Crore Package at Optiver

• Edward Nathan Varghese, an IIT Hyderabad computer science student, secured a record-breaking Rs 2.5 crore job offer from Optiver.
• This is the highest placement package ever recorded by IIT Hyderabad since its establishment in 2008.
• Varghese converted a two-month summer internship with Optiver, a Netherlands-based global trading firm, into a pre-placement offer.
• He credits his success to early interest in competitive programming and the IIT tag, despite a broader hiring slowdown.
• Varghese will join Optiver as a software engineer in July and will be based at their Netherlands office.

Why It Matters: IIT Hyderabad student Edward Nathan Varghese secured the institute's highest-ever Rs 2.5 crore package from Optiver.