Charu Modi
| Charu Modi | |
|---|---|
| Born | New Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | B.Com (Lady Shri Ram College) & MBA (Thunderbird School of Global Management) |
| Occupation | Vice Chairperson and CEO (MAII) & Executive Director (Modi Enterprises and Indofil Industries) |
| Children | Priyal Bhartia and Ashrant Bhartia |
| Website | MAII |
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. Modi is the founder and CEO of the over a decade old, Modi Academic International Institute (MAII)— an educational institute which provides students an opportunity to study internationally accredited courses on Indian campuses. Modi is also the elder sister of Lalit Modi, the former Indian cricket administrator and the founder of the highly-successful Indian Premier League (IPL) and Samir Modi, who manages the Modi Group's retail, network marketing and cosmetics ventures.
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 decided to further her academic experience. Modi completed an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona and then worked for Kaiser Permanente and Estee Lauder in the United States for a further three years.
Armed with her MBA, she entered the world of business in USA after she noticed considerable human resource deficiencies in critical areas of business during her professional stint with Kaiser Permanente. In 2002, the K.K. Modi Group in partnership with Apollo International brought American education to India with the launch of an offshore campus of Western International University in New Delhi. In 2009, Charu Modi began running Stratford University running courses to learning sites of Modi Academic International Institute (MAII). Thus, becoming the first institution providing USA accredited programmes in India. Apart from her pursuits in the higher education sector, Modi is the founder and promoter of Modi Healthcare Placement— a nurse recruitment organisation dealing in servicing healthcare needs in USA. As the eldest daughter of Krishan Kumar and Bina Modi, Charu Modi also holds the position of Executive Director at Modi Enterprises and Indofil Industries.
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