diff --git a/CPP/08.Largest_product_in_a_series/17-Vishal.cpp b/CPP/08.Largest_product_in_a_series/17-Vishal.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aed2a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CPP/08.Largest_product_in_a_series/17-Vishal.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//Euler 08
+
+#include <bits/stdc++.h>
+using namespace std;
+
+int main()
+{
+	unsigned long int sum, large =0;
+	char num[]="7316717653133062491922511967442657474235534919493496983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843858615607891129494954595017379583319528532088055111254069874715852386305071569329096329522744304355766896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113622298934233803081353362766142828064444866452387493035890729629049156044077239071381051585930796086670172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776657273330010533678812202354218097512545405947522435258490771167055601360483958644670632441572215539753697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482839722413756570560574902614079729686524145351004748216637048440319989000889524345065854122758866688116427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586178664583591245665294765456828489128831426076900422421902267105562632111110937054421750694165896040807198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188845801561660979191338754992005240636899125607176060588611646710940507754100225698315520005593572972571636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450";
+
+	for(int i=0; i<=999-12;++i)                     //iterates from the beginning of the number to the end
+	{
+		sum=1;
+
+		for(int j=i;j<i+13;++j)                     // finds the product of the digits
+        {    int temp=num[j]-48;                    // 48 subtracted from num[j] to convert it from ASCII to decimal
+             sum*=temp;
+		}
+        cout<<"SUM "<<i<<":"<<sum<<endl;
+		if(sum>large)
+            large=sum;
+
+    }
+
+	cout<<"The required number is: " << large;
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b794d72..db227e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Happy Contributing! 😃
 | 05 | [Smallest multiple](https://projecteuler.net/problem=5)                      | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    |                    |                    | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    |                    |
 | 06 | [Sum square difference](https://projecteuler.net/problem=6)                  | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: |                    | :white_check_mark: |                    | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: |                    | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    |                    |
 | 07 | [10001st prime](https://projecteuler.net/problem=7)                          | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    | :white_check_mark: |                    | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |
-| 08 | [Largest product in a series](https://projecteuler.net/problem=8)            |                    |                    |                    | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |
+| 08 | [Largest product in a series](https://projecteuler.net/problem=8)            |                    |                    |                    | :white_check_mark: |                    | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |
 | 09 | [Special Pythagorean triplet](https://projecteuler.net/problem=9)            | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |
 | 10 | [Summation of primes](https://projecteuler.net/problem=10)                   |                    |                    |                    | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |
 | 11 | [Largest product in a grid](https://projecteuler.net/problem=11)             |                    |                    |                    | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    | :white_check_mark: |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |