Delhi,Kanpur, Aug. 31 -- For most Class 12 students, finding a job before finishing school is unusual. For Rylen Anil, 16, it came after he flagged vulnerabilities in the National Testing Agency (NTA)'s NEET re-examination portal and the JEE Advanced website managed by IIT Roorkee in June, prompting authorities to act on the security flaws.

Within weeks of his disclosures, Anil was approached by IIT Kanpur and offered a role at its cybersecurity innovation hub, C3iHub. He received the offer letter on July 1 and joined about a month ago as a junior cyber security engineer, working remotely from Dubai in the UAE. At 16, he is also the youngest person to be hired by an IIT, according to IIT Kanpur director Manindra Agrawal.

"After seeing R...