Meet IAS officer who quit his prestigious job to become CEO of private companies

Those who crack the UPSC exam to become IAS officers are considered the brightest minds in the country. To clear the UPSC civil services exam takes a lot of hard work and single-minded studying. There are some IAS officers who quit their jobs and choose a different path. One such eminent example is Rohit Modi, the IAS officer-turned-CEO. 

Rohit Modi is a bureaucrat who was behind several big projects for 14 years under the Centre and the Manipur state government. Projects where Modi played a crucial part include those funded by the likes of the Asian Development Bank and World Bank. 

Rohit Modi went to a school in Jaipur, Rajasthan. After 12th, he secured a seat at the University of Delhi to study Economics. His alma maters are prestigious institutes Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) and Delhi School of Economics.

After graduation, Modi decided to take the UPSC and become an IAS officer. He cracked the Civil services exam in 1985. After 14 years of service, IAS Rohit Modi resigned from his post in 1999 to pursue a career as a business leader in the private sector. He held eminent posts in a 20-year successful career, heading large corporations as CEO and MD. 

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Companies he was associated with include Suzlon Energy, Mahindra Industrial Park, L&T IDPL, Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC), Gammon India, Road Infrastructure Development Company of Rajasthan (RIDCOR) and most recently Essel Infra Projects and Smart Utilities where he served as CEO till March 2019.