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Events and Happenings at Birla Institute of Management

Technology (BIMTECH)

Visit by Industry Leader to the campus The Centre for Management Development and Consultancy
conducted an international MDP on Agriculture Insurance
Mr Joydeep Roy, India FS
for the participants from BRAC, Bangladesh between 18th
Advisory Leader & Global Health
and 22nd July 2022 at the MDP centre, BIMTECH.
Insurance Leader at PwC (a
leading global management Mr Malay Poddar, CMD, Agriculture Insurance Company of
consulting firm), visited our India Ltd. (AIC), was the Chief Guest. The Chairperson of
campus on 16th July 2022. He CMDC, Prof. Manoj Kumar Pandey, elaborated on the
interacted with our PGDM- necessity of the MDP on Agriculture insurance. Prof( Dr).
Insurance Business Abhijit K. Chattoraj - Chartered Insurer, Dean - Students
Management programme Welfare and Support Services Programme Chairperson,
students. PGDM-Insurance Business Management, outlined the
important issues that were touched upon in the program.
The students were excited after
Prof (Dr). Harivansh Chaturvedi, Director, BIMTECH,
having interacted with Mr Joydeep Roy. In response to a
reminded everyone about the historical relationship
question about the prevailing trust deficit in the insurance
between India and Bangladesh while inaugurating the MDP.
industry, Joydeep felt that insurance transactions were not
'We are closer to each other both geographically and
as predictable as banking transactions were. 'In banking, one
culturally. He signed off.
can predict the time of clearance, but the same cannot be
said about claim settlement in insurance'. He quipped. Mr Malay Poddar was happy that BIMTECH had organised
such a session and wished us well. The inaugural session
International Management Development
ended with a vote of thanks by Prof. Pratik Priyadarshi.- the
Programme program coordinator. The program included a visit to Nimka
village
Leadership talk in association with India
InsureTech Association
Another session of the InsurTech
Leadership Talk Series was held in
collaboration with the India Insurtech
Association on 16th July 2022. The
theme was "Bridging the Trust Deficit
in Insurance using Technology" with Mr
Mahavir Chopra, Founder, Beshak.org
Alumni Engagement
Mr Siraj Dudekula, AINS FIII, a
BIMTECH alumnus, addressed PGDM
Insurance students, Batch 2022-24 on
"Career Opportunities in I.T. Sector for
Domain Scholars."

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