Tulip Telecom’s Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Jain has quit the company on Thursday. He has cited personal reasons for his resignation.

"I am taking break from IT segment and hope to start my new assignment soon in a month or so," he said.

"Sanjay Jain, CEO of the company has resigned from the services of the company due to his personal reason," Tulip Telecom told the BSE.

Jain who had earlier worked for Eicher Group, Avantha Group and Essel Group joined Tulip in 2010 for augmentation, operations and service excellence for the company.