At a time when most youngsters opt for cushy, high-paying corporate jobs, a 22-year-old IT engineer chose to contest the Gram Panchayat elections and won in Maharashtra's Latur district.

Sandhya Gautam Sonkamble won the recently-held Gram Panchayat polls in Kabansangvi village of Latur''s Chakur tehsil, becoming the youngest member of the local body in the region.