India, June 11 -- Jaydeep Jadhav, a 26-year-old Nagpur-educated software engineer, was the first to transition from the family's traditional farming roots into a corporate career when he secured a job with Pune-based QuantumSoft Technologies in July 2025, through a placement agency. The agency had promised Jadhav a position in a software company with an annual salary of Rs.10 lakh, for which he had to pay up Rs.3.5 lakh as placement and training fee.

Jadhav borrowed money from his family in Bhandara, Vidarbha, where they cultivate paddy, hoping to return the loan after securing a job. But that was not to be; after a few months of smooth run salaries were delayed - with employees being repeatedly assured that new projects were on the anvi...