CHENNAI: Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa, who recently finished 2nd in the Chessable Masters Series, beating the world's leading chess players has gotten a job offer in Indian oil.

On Thursday, at a function graced by IOC chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya and the State head of IOC for TN and Puducherry V. C. Asokan, Praggnanandhaa, who is now 16 years of age, was formally inducted and announced that he will join the service at the age of 18 on a tenure basis.