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2nd BIMTECH Leadership series Talks by Mr.

Bhargav Das Gupta, MD, and CEO of ICICI Lombard

General Insurance Co. Ltd.

As an organization If you believe in digitization, career journey of Mr. Bhargav Das Gupta with the audience

you have to ramp it up or else you miss the bus especially his role in setting and shaping up the International
- India is likely to have K-Shape recovery Banking Group of ICICI globally which was taught as a case
study at Harvard Business School. Mr. Chaturvedi shared the
- Bhargav Dasgupta vision of the institute to develop its students as ethical
leaders with an entrepreneurial mindset and a global
Birla Institute of Management outlook. Heexhorted young students to take a leaf out of
Technology (BIMTECH) held the career of Mr. Dasgupta to orient themselves to realise
its 2nd session of "Leadership broader vision in days to come.
Talks from the Top" on the
topic of "Reimagining Mr. Bhargav Das Gupta was introduced on the occasion by
Insurance Industry Post Vidisha Singhal,an alumna of 2010-12, batch of BIMTECH
COVID19" by Mr. Bhargav Das and currently working as Assistant Vice President (AVP) -
Gupta, visionary MD, and CEO Reinsurance with ICICI Lombard General Insurance
of ICICI Lombard General Company Ltd. She maintained that under the exemplary
Insurance Company Ltd, India leadership of Mr. Dasgupta, the company had been
largest non-life private insurer on 31st October 2020. blossoming leaps and bounds - the tipping point being the
successful listing of its Initial Public Offering (IPO).
Prof.Saloni Sinha, the event anchor welcomed Mr.DasGupta
along with other stalwarts from the insurance industry who Mr. Bhargav Das Gupta initiated his address by stating that
attended the event namely, Mr. BD Banerjee, former the pandemic was the greatest human tragedy and has
Chairman, The Oriental Insurance Co Ltd, and former affected humanity and economy seriously The current
Insurance Ombudsman, Mumbai. Mr. Arun Agarwal former pandemic apart from affecting the health of common
Managing Director with MS Cholamandalam General people and had significantly affected the economy. The world
Insurance Co. Ltd and currently on the Board of Kotak was debating whether the economy would have a V-shaped
Mahindra General Insurance as an Independent Director. sharp recovery, U Shaped time-bound recovery, or L shaped
Mr. KK Mishra, former chief executive officer of Tata AIG flat recovery. He felt it would be a K-shaped recovery where
General Insurance Co Ltd and currently on the Board of Navi some sectors of the economy would see a sharp recovery
General Insurance. Mr. Nilesh Sathe Former member-Life and other sectors would have a slow recovery. According
insurance at IRDAI. Mr. Sakate Khaitan, Senior Partner- to him, the current pandemic was a" transformational event
Khaitan Legal Associates, and Member- Board of Governors- at civilizational level". The world post-pandemic will witness
BIMTECH graced the event with his presence. a change in geopolitics as well as the emergence of a new
world order along with technological changes. He being part
Dr. Harivansh Chaturvedi, Director, BIMTECH delivered the of the insurance sector was interested in seeing what it did
welcome address at the event. He shared the distinguished to the insurance industry.
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