The daughter of a garment trader in Sikiri village in Ganjam district’s Hinjili block has joined the Microsoft with an attractive package.
Bharati Padhy (27), who completed her MTech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jammu in June, joined the company’s office at Hyderabad this month with a salary of Rs 52 lakh per annum.
In fact, Bharati cracked the first round tests in as many as five renowned companies, including Microsoft, during on and off campus selections and finally decided to go with the Microsoft offer. ‘It’s a dream come true for me to get an offer from such a big company,” said she.
Her father Gourgopal Padhy, who was working as a teacher in the Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir, Kumudakhandi, has shifted to Mumbai to do garment business while her mother Adhir Padhy is a homemaker. After completing her BE degree in the Mumbai University in 2016, Bharati worked as an assistant system engineer in a private company for two years before opting to do her MTech.
Besides her parents, she complimented Prof Rajesh Singh Vats of a private institute in Mumbai and other professors and friends from IIT, Jammu, who constantly guided her till appear at the interviews
“We had faced a lot of challenges during the two years of Covid-19 pandemic when my business was severely hit due to the lockdown. Despite the difficulties, I did not neglect the teachings of my children,” said Gouragopal. His son Sridhar is a chartered accountant student.
The Rastriya Odia Yuba Pratisthan of Mumbai felicitated Bharati for her achievement. “Her achievement has set an example for others that hard work and strong determination do not go waste,” said founder-president of the organisation Srikant Padhy.