Tarun Agarwal, director, Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies

He is likely to join the institute on July 17

Tarun Agarwal has more than 25 years experience in different fields. The post of director at NIA, Pune had fallen vacant after G Srinivasan, had quit the job a few months before completing his tenure at the institute

Pune:

Dr Tarun Agarwal, director, Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Pune, has been selected as the new director of prestigious Pune based National Insurance Academy(NIA ).

He is likely to join the institute on July 17.

He has more than 25 years experience in different fields.

The post of director at NIA, Pune had fallen vacant after G Srinivasan, had quit the job a few months before completing his tenure at the institute.

A dozen of academicians were interviewed for the post on June 6.

Both Devesh Srivastava, CMD, GIC Re and Siddhartha Mohanty, chairman, Life Insurance Corporation were in the interview panel that selected Agarwal.

NIA founded in 1980 by the government with capital patronage from LIC and public sector general insurance industry.

NIA, apart from conducting training programme for insurance professionals, has started MBA education as a lateral diversification from 2004.