Indian
Vice Chairperson and CEO (MAII) & Executive Director (Modi Enterprises and Indofil Industries)
Charu Modi is an Indian entrepreneur and the promoter and shareholder of the K.K. Modi group. She is the granddaughter of the late Rai Bahadur Gujarmal Modi and the daughter of Krishan Kumar Modi and Bina Modi.[1] Modi is the founder and CEO of Modi Academic International Institute (MAII), an educational institute offering internationally accredited courses on Indian campuses.[2] Modi is also the elder sister of Lalit Modi, the former Indian cricket administrator and the founder of the Indian Premier League (IPL)[3] and Samir Modi, who manages the Modi Group's retail, network marketing and cosmetics ventures.[4]
Personal life
Born in New Delhi, Modi went to St. Mary’s Convent in Nainital and completed her bachelor's degree in commerce from Lady Shri Ram College in the Indian capital. In 1996, at the age of 33, she left India to attend an MBA program at American Graduate School of International Management in Arizona (later renamed as Thunderbird School of Global Management) and then worked for Kaiser Permanente and Estée Lauder in the U.S. for three years.[5]Template:Failed verification
Business career
Modi entered into business in the U.S. after noticing manpower shortages in critical areas of business during her employment with Kaiser Permanente.[6] She is the founder and promoter of Modi Healthcare Placement, a nurse recruitment organisation in the U.S.[7] She also serves as executive director at Modi Enterprises and Indofil Industries.[8] In March 2015, Modi and her father laid the foundation stone for K.K. Modi University in Mahmara; Modi was to serve as vice chancellor.[9]
References
- ↑ MrModi: Gloss is gone, loss is yours. The Economic Times(27 Aug 2002).
- ↑ First US varsity sets foot in India. The Tribune(12 November 2002).
- ↑ Who’s this man?. The Telegraph(19 April 2009).
- ↑ Modi empire may be sold: K K Modi. The Financial Express(27 Apr 2010).
- ↑ ‘Business Is Not Only About Making Money’. The Financial Express(28 January 2014).
- ↑ Every Modi is looking for somethin'.... The Economic Times(14 Feb 2003).
- ↑ ‘Business Is Not Only About Making Money’. The Financial Express(28 January 2014).
- ↑ KK Modi gets Behuria for professional consolidation. Business Standard(28 January 2014).
- ↑ K K Modi Group commissions University in Chhattisgarh. www.business-standard.com. Business Standard.