Aiyyo Shraddha with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Instagram influencer Shraddha Jain, whose funny take on layoffs in the tech sector went viral recently, posted a photo of one of the proud moments of her life - meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ms Jain, who is famous as 'Aiyyo Shraddha' on social media, said that PM Modi greeted her with "Aiyyo", taking her by surprise when she met him on Sunday. According to her LinkedIn profile, she lives in Bengaluru and has more than 83,000 followers on the platform. On Instagram, she has 6.88 lakh followers. She keeps posting videos on issues happening around various industries, which are widely appreciated by social media users.
"Namashkar, yes, I met the Honorable Prime Minister of our Country. His first word to me was 'Aiyyo!' I am not blinking, that's my 'O My Jod, he really said that, this is really happening!!!!' look. Thank you @narendramodi ji!" she said in her Instagram post.
In the accompanying photo, Ms Jain is seen standing next to PM Modi. Another photo shows her with Kannada actors Yash and Rishabh Shetty as they pose for photo with the Prime Minister.
"We shook hands as I entered the room and he said, "Aiyyo" - prefix to my social media handle... He told us how proud he was about the way South Indian film industry has showcased the beauty of our country," she was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
In one hour, the photo had received nearly 75,000 likes. Many of them congratulated the content creator for the achievement.
"Wow hearlty AIYYO to you sharaddha," said one Instagram user. "You are invited to meet him from Karnataka. That means you are one of the "prominent people" from the state. So proud of your achievement," said another.
Others asked her to make a video about the preparations at her house before meeting the Prime Minister.
Last month, she posted a hilarious video on Instagram on the recent mass layoffs, which was re-shared by several users, including industrialist Harsh Goenka.
Watch the viral video:
In the clip, Ms Shraddha played the role of a techie laid off from their job. She hilariously slammed tech companies that are letting go of employees despite raking in millions in profits.
In the video, Ms Sharddha said that she felt bad for the HR team, who had to go from "diversity and inclusion" to "adversity and expulsion". "From work from home to work from office to work for somebody else," she said, adding, "And all this after all the employee interaction activities to keep employees happy. For that you need employees. They should have focused on keeping employees."