23-05-2025
Cleared AIIMS entrance at 16, cracked UPSC exam, became youngest IAS Officer at 22, yet quit IAS job due to.., now is working as…, name is..
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams. And nothing explains it better than the success story of Unacademy co-founder Roman Saini. He not only cracked the AIIMS entrance examination at 16 but also qualified for the UPSC Civil Services examination at 22. Despite this success, Roman Saini quit his IAS job to build a Rs 26000 crore worth company.
Hailing from Rajasthan, Roman Saini cracked the highly competitive AIIMS medical entrance exam at 16 years old. Surprisingly, he earned an MBBS degree by 21. After a year of becoming a doctor, he set his passion on conquering the toughest examination – the Union Public Service Commission- Civil Services Examination CSE and becoming an IAS officer. Speaking of his family background, Roman Saini's father is an engineer by profession, while his mother is a homemaker.
After becoming IAS Officer, Roman Saini served as a district collector in Madhya Pradesh. However, his quit his IAS job for something bigger. In 2015, he co-founded Unacademy with Gaurav Munjal and Hemesh Singh. Together, they established Sorting Hat Technologies, the parent company of Unacademy.
'From a YouTube channel that started in 2010, we became a feature-rich educational technology platform in 2015,' reads the statement on the official website of the Unacademy.
Unacademy, one of India's top ed-tech companies, has grown tremendously over the past 5-6 years. A large part of this success goes to Roman Saini, a doctor and former IAS officer, who played a significant role in transforming Unacademy into a Rs 26,000 crore enterprise. According to several media reports, in 2022, Unacademy's leadership earned significant salaries—CEO Gaurav Munjal earned Rs. 1.58 crore, Hemesh Singh received Rs. 1.19 crore, and Roman Saini got Rs. 88 lakh.
