Google says it has no record of hiring Chandigarh student on Rs 1.44 cr salary

News about Google hiring a 16-year-old student from Chandigarh at a whopping annual salary of Rs 1.44 crore may not be true after all.

The internet giant informed in a report that it does not have any information about the Chandigarh student's employment at Google.

“Currently, we don’t have any information on our records with respect to Harshit Sharma’s candidacy,” search giant Google said in a report to The Indian Express.

Further, an enquiry was ordered by Chandigarh administration as it was officials from the administration who issued a press release about the boy's achievement on July 29.

According to the press release, Harshit Sharma, who completed Class 12^th from Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 33 in Chandigarh, had allegedly got selected after submitting posters through a Google "link".

“I am inquiring into the matter. I can only comment by tomorrow [Wednesday],” Chandigarh Director of School Education Rubinderjit Singh Brar told the Hindustan Times.

The news that has been going viral across the internet was primarily centred around the salary the boy claimed to have been offered. It came to around Rs 12 lakh per month post-training as a graphic designer with the tech giant – as per the information in the press release.

A separate press release by the school claimed that Harshit will undergo an initial training for a year and he will also receive a stipend of Rs 4 lakh per month.