Engineer quits ExxonMobil job to join Indian Army, becomes Lieutenant

Kozhikode-based Athira Suresh has quit her job as a Project Controls Engineer at ExxonMobil to join the Indian Army. Suresh had cleared IIT-JEE and pursued her bachelor's degree at NIT Calicut. She then cleared the SSB exam and joined the Officers Training Academy in Bihar's Gaya Ji, graduating as a Lieutenant as part of its 29th passing-out parade.