Near Chitradurga to Santa Clara: how Pruthviraj Prakash landed his NVIDIA dream job

A small village near Chitradurga, Karnataka, is where Pruthviraj Prakash’s journey to NVIDIA began. Today, he works as a Software Development Engineer in the company’s Deep Learning division at its headquarters in Santa Clara, California, a distance he described in a LinkedIn post as starting with a ‘quiet dream’ in a place where access to technology ‘once felt out of reach.’

Prakash completed his Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from PES University between 2016 and 2020. He then spent three years as an engineer at Bengaluru-based technology company Enquero, from August 2020 to July 2023, before moving to the United States to pursue a Master of Science in Computer Science at Clarkson University starting in August 2023.

He graduated in May 2025 and, within months, secured a position at NVIDIA, joining the company’s Deep Learning division in August 2025. He now reportedly earns an annual salary of around Rs 2.6 crore.

‘What started as a quiet dream in a small town has now become reality,’ Prakash wrote, adding that joining NVIDIA felt ‘surreal, not just for the opportunity to work on cutting edge deep learning and AI, but to be part of something bigger, alongside some of the brightest minds in tech.’

He ended his post with a message for students and young professionals pursuing careers in technology: ‘To those still chasing their dreams, please don’t stop. Keep learning, stay patient, and move forward one step at a time. What feels impossible today might just become your story tomorrow. Yes, I made it to NVIDIA, and so can you.’