Vijay Athreye, TATA-AIG, IndiaVijay .S. Athreye ( AVP and National Head Rural and Social ) based at Bangalore India has been at the helm of the Micro insurance initiative at TATA-AIG Life Insurance ever since he joined them in their very first year of operations in India. Staring as a one man team with operations in only one State in India in 2001 the micro insurance program at TATA-AIG is now handled by a fifteen member team that operates in pockets of ten States across the country. In September 2002 Vijay was successful in bidding for a DFID assisted Public Private Partnership project on Micro insurance whose implementation he has been managing with a dedicated team since August 2003.Vijay has been a speaker on “sustainable development “ at various national and international conferences on issues of Sustainable development and Public Private Partnerships. Vijay holds a bachelors Degree in Engineering ,a Masters Degree Business Admistration, and is a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (LOMA - USA) as well as an Associate in Customer Service. Before his tryst with the Insurance Industry Vijay has held business development, marketing and strategic consulting assignments both in the Middle East and in India for over 19 years. His services have been deployed in the fields of Turnkey projects in Thermal Power Plants ,Wind Farm development , capital equipments ,automobile s, consumer durables , charter aviation and Sales force automation software. Vijay’s hobbies include singing and playing guitar for acoustic rock band, racquet games ,reading and voluntary consulting services to Social Sector organizations. |