IIIT Basara Placements 2022: Btech graduate bags dream job with pay package of INR 64 Lakh

Nikhil Thangellapally, a 21-year-old student from a small village in Kothagudem who graduated from the computer science stream from the institute, bagged INR 64 lakh package in Amazon.

IIIT Basara Placements 2022: While the Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, popularly known as IIIT Basara is making headlines over student protests, lack of infrastructure, faculty, hostel and mess facilities, a BTech graduate of the technology institute is catching the attention because of the glistering pay package.

Nikhil Thangellapally, a 21-year-old student from a small village in Kothagudem who graduated from the computer science stream from the institute, bagged INR 64 lakh package in Amazon. Nikhil will be joining the position at Madrid, Spain. Nikhil, who cracked the interview in May, says it’s a dream come true as his family comes from a humble background. “My father works as an LIC agent and my mother is a homemaker. We faced a lot of challenges, especially during Covid-19 when members of my family fell sick. Yet, I focused on getting this job because this is what I wanted,” Nikhil told TOI.

Applied across 40 teams to bag his dream job

Talking about the struggle, he did to bag his dream job, Nikhil, who hails from Muthyalampadu in Tekulapally mandal, said that he has applied to over 40 teams of the company across the world, cracked the first round of interviews, and bagged the job. “It was nearly a one-and-a-half year process which I began by brushing up my skills first and then applying in various companies. After applying in almost 40 teams, I got response from two teams who asked me to write an online assessment in February this year. I qualified in this stage for one of the teams and eventually cracked the interview in May,” said Nikhil, who also used LinkedIn to connect with Amazon employees.

“The whole village, my college, everyone, is happy for my achievement. For my family, this is huge as I will be the first one going abroad,” he said. IIIT Basara felicitated Nikhil.

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