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Insurance Advisory Council Meet

Insurance Area had its Industry-Academia advisory meeting on 27th April 2024

Prof (Dr) Abhijit K Chattoraj, Dean of SW&SS, introduced the 5. Ms. Malti Jaswal -Senior Consultant at World Bank
members & welcomed them. He also briefed about the Group, Founder Inspiring Seniors
importance & purpose of such meetings & the process 6. Dr. Kanika Chatterjee- Professor of Business Ethics -
followed by BIMTECH in upgrading its course curriculum Department of Commerce -Calcutta University
based on the deliberations to give it cutting-edge sharpness.
7. Dr Sanjeev Jha - Consultant Fairfax Asia, Former MD
Prof (Dr) Prabina Rajib, Director of BIMTECH, welcomed the &ed Fairfax Insurance Sri Lanka
distinguished members and strongly felt the need to
8. Mr. Amit Kalra - MD& Head Swiss Re -Global Business
broaden the insurance program among the prospective
Solution.
students.
9. Mr. Prerak Sethi - Founder -RIA Insurance; Co-founder
Prof. Pratik Priyadarshi, Chairperson of the Insurance India InsurTech Association
Program, briefly introduced the PGDM - IBM program, the
course structure, and the need to introduce more elective 10. Mr. K.B. Vijay Srinivas - Independent Director -Future
courses.. General -Life and General Insurance
Prof Chattoraj invited all the valued members for their 11. Mr. Joydeep Roy- India FS Advisory Leader & Global
specific suggestions to improve the current course Health Insurance Leader at PwC
curriculum by looking at the changing business landscape. 12. Dr Bigyan Verma - Director IMT , Nagpur
The industry experts present online sessions. 13. Mr. Sanjay Dutta - President, ICICI Foundation for
1. Mr B.D. Banerjee - Former Chairman -The Oriental Inclusive Growth
Insurance co. Ltd. 14. Dr Rakesh Agarwal- Editor Insurance Times
2. Mr. Nilesh Sathe - Former member -Life -IRDAI and ED 15. Mr Sagar Sanyal- Director --Technical services, Zoom
-LIC Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd; Non-life insurance consultant
& professional trainer
3. Ms. T.L. Alamelu - Principal Advisor -International
Financial Services Centre 16. Mr Samiran Lahiri- Executive Director & CEO, Preferred
Partners Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd
4. Mr. Arun Agarwal -Author, Columnist and Professor of
Practice 17. Prof. Manoj Pandey extended the Vote of thanks.

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