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

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Exam : 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 smalltown 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.

It may be noted that Prasanna had failed to get through any of the campus interview conducted by software companies this year. ?Research and development is my interest area and some day I would like to take up teaching,? he said adding this Rolls-Royce offer is an opportunity to improve his knowledge in the field of engines, fuels and combustion.

?I am interested in pulse detonation engines , which are used in aircraft and I would like to master in this area,? he said. A native of Periyanaickenpalayam, Coimbatore, he has been selected as a graduate trainee.

Interestingly , Prasanna is one of the two non-IITians among the 120 selected from India by Rolls-Royce through an open recruitment this year. The other non-IITian is a student from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, (earlier known as Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute).

When ET met Prasanna, he said of those shortlisted, only 22 are pursuing engineering . ?The rest of them have either completed their Masters or Doctorate and few are even working in industry,? he said.

Moreover, 14 girls have made it to the list, in which one 36-year-old woman with a doctorate in turbo engine has also been selected . ?Basically, there is no age-limit and any qualified and knowledgeable candidate could apply,? Prasanna said. [Read more..]