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Ex-IPS Officer Rajan Singh: From Police Commissioner to Building 3 Companies
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Moneycontrol•21-09-2026, 09:22
Ex-IPS Officer Rajan Singh: From Police Commissioner to Building 3 Companies
- •Rajan Singh, an IIT Kanpur graduate, served eight years in the Indian Police Service, becoming Police Commissioner of Thiruvananthapuram.
- •He left IPS in 2005 for an MBA at Wharton, then worked at McKinsey & Company and a private equity firm.
- •Singh ventured into entrepreneurship, founding CourseBrew (which later shut down), followed by ConceptOwl, an education startup for students in Tier-II and Tier-III cities.
- •During the COVID pandemic, his focus shifted to habits and productivity, leading to the creation of HabitStrong in 2020.
- •His company, RankSurge Learning Private Limited, associated with ConceptOwl and HabitStrong, remains active with an estimated FY25 operating revenue of Rs 1–10 crore.
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Rajan Singh left the Indian Police Service in July 2005 after serving for about eight years to pursue an MBA at the Wharton School, a decision inspired partly by a friend's admission to the programme while he was serving as a police commissioner.
His first startup was CourseBrew, an online learning marketplace launched in 2012 that eventually shut down. He later co-founded ConceptOwl around 2015-16 to provide science and math education to students in Tier-II and Tier-III cities.
Launched in 2020 following experiments with productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic, HabitStrong focuses on helping individuals build disciplined daily routines, improve focus, and reduce digital distractions.
