Qualification  

      M.Sc. (Master of Science) with First Class

·        Qualified in NET/SET conducted by CSIR-UGC, India

·        PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management)

Memberships & Training  

      IRM Level 1 Certification, 2023.

·        Fellow Member of Insurance Institute of India since 2022

·        Student Member, Institute of Actuaries of India. Have qualified in 4 papers.

·        Member, Mentor council for skill development in Insurance, Government of India,2013-4

·        Trained by IIT (Indian Institute of technology), Chennai, India as a part of specialised training of over 4 months for selected 20 officers of LIC of India.

Experience

KEY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

·        20+ years’ experience in Life Insurance Industry in India

·        3+ years’ experience in Life Insurance Industry in Singapore

·        8 years’ academic experience: Training, consultancy and research

KEY SKILLS

Life Insurance operations:

·        Managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders from conceptualisation, inception and operationalising them as a team leader.

·        Managing large verticals in Information technology

·        Managing operations of a life Insurance company from a nascent stage to growth.

·        Training in Insurance

Teaching& research and consultancy in Insurance

·        Designing & conducting offline/online programs for Management Students & Managers

·        Teaching a wide range of courses in Life Insurance, Health Insurance, ERM, Regulations, Information Technology and other Management topics.

·        A visiting faculty in Life Insurance at other Institutions in India and overseas

·        Research in Insurance

Work

Current:

NIA (National Insurance Academy), Pune, India

As a Faculty Member (Life)

Previous:

LIC Singapore:

As Manager, Operations and the Compliance officer

LIC of India

Worked in operations, Information technology, HR, Corporate training and international operations as Manager at corporate office and subordinate offices.

Notable achievements:

•Setting up PCMC (Premium Collection Management Centre), a common platform for collecting premiums through multiple modes such as Internet, ECS, bill payment, ATM and kiosks. Today it accounts for millions of transactions per week.

•Member of a team that carried out a major business process reengineering of the largest life insurer in India. 

Conference Presentations

● 2025- 4^th International Marketing Conference (iMarC) at IIM Shillong,India- Study of the shift in Marketing of Life Insurance in India to Omni-channel marketing

●     2024: 2nd Finance and Business Analytics Conference, Athens June 12th–14th, - ‘Providing life insurance Cover to the millions of have-nots in India’

●     2023-International Finance and Accounting Conference (IFAC), at IIM Jammu:

     A Case study on Life Insurance

●     2022-Conference on “Health Insurance 2042, Let us Plan for Ambitious Target for 2042” held in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi: Universal Genetic Testing for better Health and Cheaper Insurance Coverage by 2042

●     2014-C D Deshmukh Seminar, NIA Award winning essay : Talent War: Recruitment, Retention & Relationship Building in the Realm of Life Insurance

●     2013-NIA Seminar on Risk Management: Key issues in covering Life and Health risks in Afro-Asian countries

●     2013-Shri J T Randive Memorial Seminar : Dual effect of information technology on the Actuarial role

Areas of Interest

●     Implication of advances in biology, genomics and medical science for Insurance

●     Demographic changes and its impact on society and Insurance

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