IIT Bombay graduate from Rs 3,000-a-month family lands Rs 1.2 crore package

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 I said, ‘No, Mumma, ₹1 crore 20 lakh.’ She became extremely happy,” Shashank recalled in an interview with Anna Academy.But the moment was not only about the salary. For Shashank Agrawal, who grew up in Baran, Rajasthan, it was also about what the achievement meant to his parents.Describing the emotions around the news, Shashank said, “I feel that whatever success we achieve or whatever we do in life, someone has already been watching and struggling for that success before us. That is our parents.”Shashank’s journey has since become an example frequently cited in discussions around competitive exams, IITs and high-paying technology careers.