“IIT Bombay graduate Shashank Agrawal came from a family earning ₹3,000 a month; when he told his mother about his ₹1.2 crore package, Her pricless reaction was: ‘What, ₹12 lakh?’
From Baran to IIT Bombay, Shashank’s journey involved setbacks, persistence and hard work. For Shashank Agrawal, the news of a crore-plus career package did not immediately register as a number. He first had to explain it to his mother. “When I first told my mother, she said, ‘What, ₹12 lakh? What are you saying?’ Then…