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IIT Kanpur Alumnus Trapit Bansal Joins Meta as Founding AI Researcher at Rs 800 Cr Pay

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Trapit Bansal, an IIT Kanpur graduate, has reportedly joined Meta's AI division as a founding researcher with a compensation package close to Rs 800 crore. His academic background includes advanced studies at IISc and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Before joining Meta, Bansal gained research experience through internships at major tech firms including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI. His work has focused on reinforcement learning and reasoning models, areas central to modern AI development. Bansal's career trajectory is being cited as an example of how deep specialisation in AI research can lead to extraordinary professional outcomes.

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