August 6, 2023: The student is neither from IIT, nor from IIM. Keep reading to know more about Anurag Makade!
Top talent is frequently produced by Indian educational institutions, with IITs, IIMs, and NITs frequently boasting outstanding postings. Without an IIT, IIM, or NIT degree to his name, Anurag Makade, a BTech student at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Allahabad, bucked convention and won a spectacular Rs 1.25 lakh package from Amazon!
Anurag Makade excitedly joined Amazon as a Frontend Engineer and shared his remarkable accomplishment on LinkedIn.
"Hello everyone, I'm so happy to announce that I joined Amazon as a Frontend Engineer!" He posted previously in September.
Anurag, a native of Nashik, worked hard persistently to climb to this prominent position.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Anurag acquired useful experience as a software engineering intern at cure-fit in Bengaluru and as an analyst intern at American Express in Gurugram before securing the dream job at Amazon.
Anurag jumped into his new position in September 2022 as a full-time Frontend Engineer at Amazon, based in Dublin, Ireland.
His selection serves as a reminder of the numerous chances available to extraordinary talent worldwide, irrespective of school background.
IMPRESSIVE PLACEMENTS AT IIIT ALLAHABAD
At IIIT Allahabad, Anurag Makade was not the only standout performer during the placement season. Pratham Prakash Gupta received a staggering package from Google around Rs 1.4 crore, and Palak Mittal also received a prestigious job offer from Amazon worth more than Rs 1 crore. Additionally, Akhil Singh received a package of Rs 1.2 crore in exchange for a key position in Rubrik.
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT Allahabad) is a public university located in Jhalwa, Prayagraj district, in Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the twenty-five Indian Institutes of Information Technology listed by the Ministry of Education, and is classified as an Institute of National Importance.
IIIT Allahabad was established in 1999, and it is one of the oldest IIITs in India. The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in various areas of information technology, including computer science, electronics and communication engineering, and information technology.
IIIT Allahabad is a highly selective university, and the minimum percentile required for admission is 99.67. The university has a strong focus on research, and it has produced several notable alumni who have made significant contributions to the field of information technology.
Some of the notable alumni of IIIT Allahabad include:
- Alok Agrawal: Co-founder and CEO of InMobi, a mobile advertising company
- Amit Agarwal: Vice President of Engineering at Google
- Mayank Agarwal: Co-founder and CEO of Housing.com, a real estate website
- Ravi Shankar Prasad: Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India