NEW DELHI: The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will consider talent from the private sector to head state-run companies as part of a plan to improve their management, government sources said.Some of the ministries will soon publish vacancies in large corporations that will allow people from the private sector to apply. According to the sources, the idea is to bring in professionals the way Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani was introduced in the government by the UPA to launch the Aadhar project.In India, the common practice is to appoint IAS officers as heads of public-sector units. But in Gujarat, the state where Modi headed the government until a few weeks ago, some public sector units are headed by people who aren’t IAS officers."Several state PSUs with tremendous potential are making losses and the government is looking for bringing in expertise from private sector to turn around them," a government source said. The challenge for the government will be to meet the remuneration that is offered in the private sector, the source added.The government is expected to soon invite applications to fill the positions of chairmen and managing directors at Coal India and NHPC