The UPSC exams are attempted each year by lakhs of students. However, only a few candidates manage to succeed. One of the achievers is an IIT Kanpur alumnus, Rajan Singh. He served as an IPS officer in Kerala for eight years before embarking on a journey into entrepreneurship. Today, he is a successful entrepreneur, consultant and an investor. 

Who is Rajan Singh?

In the year 1995, Rajan Singh completed his graduation from IIT Kanpur. He then appeared for the UPSC exams, successfully cracked them and got appointed as an IPS officer in Kerala cadre in 1997 batch. In 2001, Rajan Singh was promoted to the position of Police Commissioner of Thiruvananthapuram. At the time, he was the youngest Police Commissioner in the state. 

Resigning from the post

Rajan Singh did his service for eight years. He was a dedicated police officer who deployed 3,500 policemen to resolve civil unrest and conflicts. As life progressed, he felt something missing in his job. He desired to pursue something else, and in that endeavour, he resigned from the post in July 2005, and enrolled in an MBA programme. 

Pursuing MBA

Rajan Singh did his MBA from one of the top universities of the world. He was a student at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business; the same university, Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk and Warren Buffet had graduated from. Post the completion of his MBA, he worked in New York city and Mumbai. In the year 2012, Rajan launched his own video-based e-learning platform called ‘Course Brew.’

Concept Owl

In 2015, Rajan Singh launched another Edtech startup tech firm and named it ‘Concept Owl.’ This platform primarily focused on providing science education to students preparing for competitive exams. For his startup, Rajan received a funding of Rs 3.5 crore from investors. By 2019, Concept Owl generated an impressive revenue of Rs 2 crore. 

Understanding the needs of students, Rajan Singh came up with another concept during the pandemic. In 2020, he launched a habit-based learning platform. Presently, Concept Owl and Habit Strong platforms have been merged together.