Bhilai lass Nupur gets placement in Facebook
   Date :12-Aug-2020

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Nupur Baghel
 
 
Staff Reporter :
 
BHILAI,
 
Another budding and talented girl from Bhilai, Nupur Baghel has made Steel City, Bhilai proud by securing a job in globally prestigious ‘Facebook’ as a Software Engineer at Manlo Park, California, USA with an annual package of Rs 1.5 crore. Currently, she is doing her MS in Data Science from University of Pennsylvania, one of the most reputed Universities in USA.
 
Earlier, she received an Offer for Internship from both Microsoft and Facebook and she chose Facebook. She has earned this feat due to her caliber and made Bhilai proud of her achievements.A budding prodigy, Nupur holds a 6-year degree VID in Bharatanatyam– 2012. She was selected in NTSE National Talent Search Exam in 2013. She was also selected in KVPY (Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojna) organised by IISC Bangalore in 2015. She stood second in Chhattisgarh with a remarkable score of 97.2 % in XII CBSE in 2015.
 
Nupur completed her B. Tech. in Computer Science from NSIT, Delhi University in 2019. While pursuing her B.Tech, she contributed in the Mozilla Firefox browser project.It is noteworthy that her schooling was completed in Bhilai. She is the recipient of various scholarships including the PM’s Trophy scholarship. Her father, Kuntal Baghel serves as DGM (ERS) in Bhilai Steel Plant while her mother, Deepti Baghel, an ex-BSP employee is currently a Software Engineer in Nucleus Tech, USA. Bhilai collective is indeed very proud of nupur’s achievements.