(News) Non-IITian boards Rolls-Royce; salary beats IIT-M topgrosser's

Submitted by IITguru on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 12:48

News : Non-IITian boards Rolls-Royce; salary beats IIT-M topgrosser's

"I saw the advertisement in the company website and applied for the same,” says K Prasanna, a 22-year-old final-year student of a rural college in Tamil Nadu. This small town guy has attracted none other than the iconic auto giant Rolls-Royce .

After nine gruelling rounds of technical tests, the student of Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, has been offered a package of $92,000 per year. This pay package tops even that of IIT Madras, where the highest offer of $90,000 was made by German oilfield services provider Schlumberger last December.

Prasanna has inked a five-year bond with Rolls-Royce , during which he is permitted to pursue Masters and Doctoral programme alongside his job. Moreover, he can also apply for patents for the research he does. Rolls-Royce is into manufacturing of gas turbines , power plants, cars, marine engines, aerospace engines and rocket propulsions. 

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Courtesy : economictimes.indiatimes.com



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