IIT Hyderabad Student Bags Record 2.5 Cr Package, Challenges Top IITs

• An IIT Hyderabad student secured a record 2.5 crore annual package from Optiver, a global trading company.
• This marks the highest placement package ever for IIT Hyderabad, significantly up from last year's 1 crore.
• The institute, established in 2008, operated from a temporary campus for 7 years until 2015.
• Now boasts a modern 576-acre permanent campus in Kandi, Sangareddy district, Telangana.
• IIT Hyderabad is emerging as a strong contender against older IITs like Delhi and Bombay.

Why It Matters: IIT Hyderabad achieves record placement, proving its rapid rise among India's premier engineering institutes.