Ms. Neharika Vohra has been serving the company as Independent Director since March 2017. She is specialist in behavioural science and currently working as Professor in Organizational Behaviour area at IIM Ahmedabad. She holds Ph.D in Social Psychology from University of Manitoba, Canada. Presently serving as Chairperson of Centre for Innovation, Incubation, and Entrepreneurship Initiative (CIIEI) at IIMA. She has total 23 years of teaching experience.
Mr. Ramesh Adige has been serving the company as an Independent Director since December 2017. He is graduate in Engineering (Honours) and post Graduate in Business Administration. He has experience in Public Affairs & Public Policy, Corporate Strategy, Branding, Corporate Communications, International Trade Policy, Intellectual Property policy, Banking & Finance and Sales & Marketing. As an independent director in Syndicate Bank, he also gained experience on function of Public Sector Banks. He has total 43 years of experience.
Mr. Hidehiko Sogano has been serving the company as Non-Executive Director since April 27, 2018. He is an Executive Officer of Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc. (Japan) since April 27, 2018. He is also designated as a Chairman in Dai-ichi Life International (Europe) since October 2016. He joined the Bank of Japan in April 1983 and experienced Planning Dept., International Dept., Financial Market Dept. and Branch Manager of Naha and Sapporo. He joined Dai-ichi Life (Japan) in July 2015. He has vast experience of 35 years in various assignments related to finance market, planning and co-ordination division, international business management etc.
Shri B. Sreenivasa Rao has been serving as a Non-Executive Director of the Company since October 26, 2018. He is the General Manager & CFO in Union Bank of India. He has been associated with Union Bank of India since April 1989 as Rural Development Officer. He has vast experience in diverse areas of banking such as Social Banking, Computerization, rebranding, foreign operations, balance sheet management, branch operations and general administration. He has total 29 years of experience.
Shri Devender Paul Sharma has been serving as a Non-Executive Director of the Company since October 26, 2018. He is the General Manager in Bank of India. He has been associated with the Bank of India since October 1981. He has experience in diverse areas of banking such as credit, Branch Administration, Administrative/Controlling offices, national & international Banking, Third Party Product, Government Business & Publicity, CSR, Star Digi. and Social media. He has total 37 years of experience.
Mr. Girish Kulkarni has been serving the Company as MD & CEO since May 15, 2012. He is a Management Graduate with more than 20 years of experience in Financial Services. He also brings with him more than a decade’s experience in life insurance industry. Before taking up the assignment with Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance, he was serving as General Manager of Assicurazioni Generali-United Arab Emirates; prior to that, he was the Executive Director and Chief Marketing Officer of Future Generali Life Insurance Company Limited-India.
CSR Policy
Agriculture being the reason of existence of villagers of Bolegaon and Mohpuri, there was need to support on water conservation so that two crops in a year would be a reality for these villages. With this objective, the focus was on conservation of water by way of desilting of pond at Mohpuri in FY 2015-16, and nulla bunding at both the villages in FY 2017-18 & 2018-19. To aid the farmers in the village in optimally using water for irrigation and subsequently ensure profitable and better production of crops, the Company had also distributed drip irrigation systems to eligible farmers. The Company supported the farmers for their training at Krrishi Vigyan Kendra where they got training of Integrated Farming.
With a thought to promote level of education in Mohpuri and Bolegaon villages, the Company provided school uniform, shoes, socks, school bags and note books etc. and sports items like football, volleyball and badminton. The Company initiated towards improving the basic infrastructure of the schools by constructing separate toilets in both the schools, constructing computer rooms, maintenance of existing classroom and provision of basic infrastructure like wardrobes, fans, tubes, etc. The Company also provided Computers, projector, printers, sound boxes and E-Learning software which have given an edge to the quality of education and make learning more interactive for the students. In keeping with the idea of ‘Mulgi Shikli Pragati Jhali’ (Nation will Develop with Education of Girls), the Company also provided bicycles to girl students who travel outside the villages for higher education.
In the road map for self-sufficiency of the villages, the Company contributed towards building the community through programmes that could potentially bring about development in the villages. To fulfil the self-sufficiency in the villages, the Company initiated towards enabling alternate sources of income by facilitating tailoring classes for women and vocational training for youth in Tata Power Skill Development Institute in Shahad. The Company also facilitated cover of social security schemes such as PMJJBY and PMSBY to the eligible villagers. To address the persisting drinking water issue, the Company provided drinking water in the village, by installing Borewells. The Company also provided solar street lamps in the villages.
Besides the work in Mohpuri and Bolegaon, the Company has also taken initiatives in other work as well. Under Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, the Shramdan and Swachh Awareness Campaign was initiated at Vashi Station Navi Mumbai, where employees of the Company participated. The Company, with a belief of bringing educational benefits for everyone, is supporting Him Jyoti School, a free boarding school in Dehradun by providing with basic school items, as well as financial assistance for building an Amphitheatre in the school. To promote local athletes and sportsperson, the Company facilitated training of Mr. Rajkumar Tiwari, gold medallist in figure ice-skating in Special Olympics 2013 held in South Korea, in Miami, US for six months. The Company also contributed to the Natural Disaster Relief Fund. In FY 2015-16, Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Japan one of the three joint venture partner of SUD Life, sponsored the launch of pictorial book “You are the only one but never a lonely one” along with distribution of school bags and other stationary to over 450 needy primary students from four schools in Mumbai.
