Sudhin Roy Chowdhury appointed as Member(Life) IRDA

Mr. Sudhin Roy Chowdhury has joined the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) as a whole-time Member (Life), on 28th March, 2012. 

Prior to joining IRDA, he was Executive Director (Mktg), LIC of India; and was in charge of all activities associated with marketing in the life insurance behemoth. 

Mr. Roy Chowdhury joined Life Insurance Corporation as a direct recruit officer in 1977 and has working experience in marketing as well as servicing in both India and abroad. He served in different capacities in LIC and was instrumental in opening up of the insurance sector to people of all nationalities in the Kingdom of Bahrain as well as other GCC Countries.

He was a visiting faculty at several training institutes; and was instrumental in several training activities of personnel in LIC; and had a big role in computerization of several branches. He has also served as Executive Director (Personnel/HRD/OD/OIC), Central Office, Mumbai before taking over as CEO & MD of LIC (International) B.S.C. © Bahrain, and also in charge of life insurance operations in all the GCC Countries.

He did his Bachelor’s in Physics (Hons) and also completed Masters in Business Administration. Shri Roy Chowdhury has attended various national as well as international training sessions organized by Indian Institute of Management Kolkata; Asian Institute of Management, Manila (Philippines); Insurance Training Institute Falia, Japan; and the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.

He has to his credit extensive participation/presentations at several domestic and international seminars. He was a spokesperson at the World Economic Forum at Bahrain on the topic of life insurance. He is committed for excellence in work and delivering results. He was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award for being the best ‘Life Insurance Executive’ for the year 2010.

Mr. Roy Chowdhury has been a great reader of books at every stage of his life. He loves to play Table Tennis, Football and Cricket; and takes a keen interest in music across all genres, although he has a special liking to Rabindra Sangeet.