IIT Bombay alumnus secures high-paying analyst job after overcoming severe financial hardship

Shashank Agrawal reached a major career milestone by earning a reported annual compensation of over ₹1.5 crore as an analyst at Zanskar Corporation. His journey began in a family facing deep financial limits, with his father earning about ₹3,000 every month. Despite struggling to pay for basic needs, his parents supported his schooling, and he focused on academics to change his future.

Education And Career

Shashank scored 330 marks in JEE Main 2018 and placed at All India Rank 20 in JEE Advanced, leading him to join IIT Bombay for his engineering degree. During college, he focused on coding and technical projects, which helped him secure an internship at A.P.T. Portfolio. He later joined the quantitative trading firm Quadeye as a systems engineer and quantitative strategist.

Salary Breakdown

His current annual cost to company package of ₹1.5 crore includes a base salary of ₹55 lakh and roughly ₹50 lakh in variable pay or performance bonus, alongside other components. This leaves him with a monthly take-home amount of approximately ₹8.75 lakh.

Context

Stories about graduates from premier technical schools in India often highlight how rigorous entrance exams like the JEE open doors to lucrative technology and finance roles. Quantitative trading and high-tech firms routinely recruit top engineering talent from institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology to build complex software and trading systems.