IIT-Hyderabad Student Lands Record ₹2.5 Cr Job Offer from Optiver

• IIT-Hyderabad's Edward Nathan Varghese secured a record ₹2.5 crore job offer from high-frequency trading firm Optiver.
• The 21-year-old Computer Science Engineering student will join Optiver's Netherlands office as a Software Engineer in July.
• This is the highest salary offer received by any student from IIT-Hyderabad since its inception in 2008.
• The offer followed a successful two-month summer internship under a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) at Optiver.
• Optiver, a global trading firm, earned $44 million profit in India in FY25 and is enhancing AI/ML capabilities.

Why It Matters: IIT-Hyderabad student bags record ₹2.5 Cr Optiver offer, highlighting India's talent and global firm interest.