Facebook has hired a final-year student from a top-ranked university in Kolkata for an Rs. 1.8 crore salary. Jadavpur University student Bisakh Mondal, who is a final-year computer science student, has gotten the highest pay package this year.

Bisakh Mondal is originally from Rampurhat, Birbhum. His father is a farmer, and his mother is an Aganwadi worker. Bishal will be working in London for his new job at Facebook. He had rejected the offers from Google and Amazon before selecting Facebook.

“I will join Facebook in September. Before accepting this job, I got offers from Google and Amazon. I thought choosing Facebook would be best as the pay package offered by them was high,” said Bishak in an interview.