Roman Saini who quit IAS to turn an entrepreneur is now in "Forbes 30 Under 30" list

Roman Saini, a doctor-turned IAS officer, surprised many when he decided to quit IAS in January 2016 to be a full-time entrepreneur and tutor. Now, 26-year-old Saini, along with two other co-founders of Unacademy — Gaurav Munjal, 27, and Hemesh Singh, 25, have been recognised in Forbes' prestigious 30 Under 30, a list of Indians below 30 years of old and those who are "shaping new India”. Saini, who has a medical degree from New Delhi's AIIMS, and the one who left the administrative service only after two years as assistant collector in Jabalpur, now finds his name in the Forbes list along with celebrities such as...

Co-founded by an IAS-turned entrepreneur, Unacademy raises additional $1 million

Saini (File photo; Courtesy: Twitter)

Unacademy, a free online learning platform co-founded by IAS-turned entrepreneur Roman Saini on Wednesday announced raising an additional $1 million (Rs 6.7 crore) from some of the known start-up names including Flipkart's Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal, Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma, and FreeCharge's Kunal Shah. Earlier this year, Unacademy raised $500,000, its first round of external funding round. Apart from Saini, who is a doctor-turned-IAS-turned-entrepreneur, there are…