Google has reportedly hired a 16-year-old student from Chandigarh at an annual salary of £144,000. According to a report, the teenager named Harshit Sharma, will be joining the graphic designing team of the company later this month in the US. A student of Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 33, in Chandigarh, Harshit will reportedly be undergoing training for a year at the company. During this period, he will be getting a stipend of Rs 400,000 per month. Once his training is complete, he will get a monthly salary of Rs 1200,000.
Harshit said, "I kept searching for jobs online. I applied for this job in May, and was interviewed online. I have been interested in graphic designing for the past 10 years. I was selected on the basis of the posters I designed." He added, "during my school time, I used to make posters of both Bollywood and Hollywood stars and earned Rs 40,000-50,000."
Harshit hails from Mathana in Kurukshetra, Haryana. He studied information technology in his Class 11th. Harshit's parents are school teachers. He has also received an award of Rs 7,000 under the Prime Minister's Digital India scheme.
