Google denies hiring 16-year-old Indian boy for over Rs23 million a year

Sometimes certain things feel too good to be true because they aren't true. For example, the much-publicised story about a 16-year-old Indian student 'landing' a dream job at Google.

On Tuesday, multiple Indian publications citing official release by the Union Territory (UT) administration reported that tech giant Google had hired Harshit Sharma from Chandigarh, India for an icon designing programme.

However, the company has denied having any record of Sharma's candidacy. "Currently, we don't have any information on our records with respect to Harshit Sharma's candidacy," the search giant told The Indian Express.

Following the Google's statement, the UT administration has started an inquiry into how an official statement about Sharma's "achievement" on July 29 was released.

The UT administration's statement had claimed Sharma, who completed Class 12 earlier this year, has been selected for Google's special programme, and will be leaving for the US later this month.

It said the student will be given training for a year, with a stipend of INR400,000 per month. Upon completion of his training, the teenager will receive a monthly salary of INR1.2 million (approximately Rs1.97 million), which will translate into INR14.4 million (Rs23 million).