Mrs. Usha Sangwan
Managing Director
Adminstration
General Insurance Corporation of India
India
Biography
Usha Sangwan is a Non – Executive Director of our Corporation. She is an ex-officio Director till she is the managing director of Life Insurance Corporation of India. She holds a post graduate degree in economics from Panjab University, a post graduate diploma in Human Resource Management from Indira Gandhi National Open University and is a licentiate from Insurance Institute of India. She has experience of 36 years in insurance industry and is the first woman managing director of Life Insurance Corporation of India. She joined Life Insurance Corporation of India as Direct Recruit Officer in 1981. She has been recognized as a woman leader in business including by the Forbes Magazine in its list of 50 most powerful business women in Asia in 2015 and by Business Today in its list of most powerful women in Indian business in 2016. She is the recipient of several awards including Management Women Achiever of the year 2015-16 awarded by the Bombay Management Association, Top Rankers Excellence Award, Women Leadership Award in the BFSI sector by the Institute of Public Enterprise, Brand Slam Leadership award by CMO Asia, Inspiration award from 92.7 Big FM and Global HR Excellence Awards by Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. She was appointed as a Director with effect from April 6, 2016.
Research Interest
Financial Managment Accounting Stock Managment