Sidharth sets eyes on hard work, burritos

I love playing football myself and also the FIFA games on my computer. I also manage to play guitar.

NEW DELHI: Sidharth, a final year Computer Science student at Delhi Technological University (DTU), remains off social media. He deactivated his Facebook account sometime back and he uses the time saved to play video games and football. “I love playing football and also the FIFA games on my computer. I also manage to play guitar,” he said.

The 21-year-old, who bagged a ₹1.25 crore offer from Uber Technologies, says he hasn’t planned his future, but wants to travel extensively.

“I will move to San Francisco, US, by October, if everything goes well with the visa procedure. If there is a delay, I will join the Uber office in Bangalore,” said Sidharth, who did a seven-week internship with Uber.

His plan after landing in San Francisco is to eat burrito — a Mexican wrap.

Sidharth, who takes interest in operating systems, was also part of the team that designed DTU maps. He is only the second student from DTU to have received such a big offer in campus placements. In 2015, Google hired a student for a salary of ₹1.27 crore.

A former student of DPS Vasant Kunj, he was always keen on becoming a software engineer. He scored 95.4% in Class 12 with 98 in mathematics and computer science.

“From the very start I knew that I wanted to do Computer Science which is why I did not join IIT. With my score in JEE, going to IIT meant taking up other engineering discipline. I am glad that I joined DTU,” he said.

His teachers describe him as ‘very observant and innovative’. “He was one of the good students in the class who had the right guidance. We were hoping he would do well,” said a computer science professor at DTU.

The head of placement, RS Walia at DTU said seeing his good work during his internship he was given the offer.