He could have exercised the state's power as a civil servant, but the 24 year old, IAS Officer has decided to quit his job in the quest of his 'passion' - teaching.

According to a report in Press Trust of India (PTI), Roman Saini who cleared the AIIMS entrance exam at the age of 22, now wants to quit the job and teach students online.



He became one of the youngest IAS officers in India by securing Rank 18. He has started an online initiative-Unacademy- with a vision of providing free education to civil service aspirants from all over the country. In a Facebook post, Roman Saini wrote, "In 2011, Gaurav Munjal, whom I have known since school as the closest friend called and spoke about his new idea 'Unacademy' which he had started on YouTube and posted a bunch of videos."



"He had a vision of free education - and he asked me to join him. Four years later, 'Unacademy' is now India's one of the largest YouTube channels with 1.1 crore lessons delivered and over 5 Lakh students benefited. Recently, Gaurav and I took a life changing decision, we decided to quit whatever we were doing to pursue this full time," he added.



Roman Saini was posted as an Assistant Collector in Jabalpur. Last year in September, he sent his resignation to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) but his resignation is yet to be accepted. In a post he wrote, ''Personally, it was a difficult decision to quit the civil services, as I have utmost respect for it. But I believe in Unacademy's vision of free education, and hence, will be pursuing it full time from now."



In 2013, Roman Saini created Unacademy, an online education portal for civil service aspirants, together with Gaurav Munjal. The portal delivers free study material to students through its video tutorials. The video tutorials have been shared over YouTube. At present, the YouTube channel has more than 400 videos with over one lakh subscribers. In 2015, a total of 10 students of Unacademy passed the civil services exam.



