Shri Raj Kumar Sharma
CGM, IRDAI & Director, NCFE
Board of Directors
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Shri Raj Kumar Sharma
CGM, IRDAI & Director, NCFE
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Shri Venkateswarlu Peri joined PFRDA in 2011 and currently serves as Executive Director. With over three decades of experience in the insurance and pension sectors, he has worked with both public and private sector general insurance companies, as well as the IRDAI (on deputation).
He is a Fellow Member of the Insurance Institute of India and earned a gold medal in his MBA from Osmania University. Additionally, he holds a postgraduate degree in Law (LLM). His expertise includes financial literacy and training in the area of retirement planning and savings.
Smt. Nisha Nambiar is Chief General Manager-in-charge of Financial Inclusion and Development Department of RBI. In her career span of over twenty-five years in the Reserve Bank, she has handled a variety of roles in areas such as currency management, banking and non-banking supervision, foreign exchange, among others.
Shri Pravesh Kumar is the Chief General Manager at the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). He currently serves as the Head of Department for the Atal Pension Yojana (APY). With over 24 years of experience in Banking, Foreign Exchange, and the Pension sector, Shri Kumar has a comprehensive background in managing Central and State Government segments, supervising Pension Funds and Custodians, and regulating intermediaries, including registration and exit processes.
He holds several qualifications, including a B.Sc., an MBA from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), CAIIB from Indian Institute of banking and Finance, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance from the National Institute of Banking Management (NIBM), Pune. His extensive experience and educational background position him as a knowledgeable leader in the financial sector.
Shri Alok Chandra Jena is the Chief Executive Officer of National Centre for Financial Education (NCFE), responsible for implementation of the National Strategy for Financial Education.
Shri Jena has more than 35 years of experience in rural finance, microfinance, financial inclusion and financial literacy. He is the former Chief General Manager of NABARD, where he worked as head of Finance and Strategic Investment Department and Financial Inclusion & Banking Technology Department. Additionally, he played a pivotal role in developing various Risk Management Frameworks for NABARD and contributed to the formulation of in-house committees for product development aimed at enhancing Financial Inclusion in rural areas.
Shri Jena holds a Post Graduate degree in Mathematics and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) and FRM from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).
