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ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12
PART - IV
ORGANISATIONAL MATTERS
IV.1 ORGANISATION
IV.1.1 During the year 2011-12, IRDA forged ahead
towards the tasks before it under the guidance and
chairmanship of Shri J Hari Narayan. The year saw
Dr. R Kannan, Member (Actuary) demit offi ce after
completion of his tenure on 1 st June, 2011. Shri G
Prabhakara, Member (Life) demitted office after
completion of his tenure on 14 th December, 2011. Shri
S Roy Choudhury joined the Authority as Member (Life)
on 28 th March, 2012. Prior to joining the Authority, Shri
S Roy Choudhury served in Life Insurance Corporation
of India as Executive Director (Marketing & Product
Development). Shri M Ramaprasad and Shri R K Nair
continued as Whole Time Members of IRDA during the
year.
IV.1.2 Shri Arvind Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry
of Finance was inducted as Part Time Member with
effect from 18 th August, 2011 in place of Smt. L M Vas,
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance. Shri
Jaydeep Narendra Shah, President, Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India, became part-time
Member with effect from 12 th February, 2012, in place
of Shri G Ramaswamy. Smt. Ela R Bhatt, Founder of
Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)
demitted offi ce on 27 th February, 2012. Prof. V K
Gupta, Director, Management Development Institute,
Gurgaon continues to be a part-time Member.
IV.2 MEETINGS OF THE AUTHORITY
IV.2.1 Four meetings of the Authority were held during
the financial year 2011-12. IRDA also held one meeting
of the Insurance Advisory Committee (IAC) during the
year under review.
IV.3 HUMAN RESOURCES
IV.3.1 The Authority reviews regularly the capacity
available and the need for additional resources from
time to time. In the process, Authority has recruited 19
Assistant Directors, 7 Deputy Directors, 2 Joint
Directors and 1 Senior Joint Director during the year
2011- 12.
IV.3.2 The Authority, in conjunction with Government
of Andhra Pradesh, has set up Institute of Insurance
and Risk Management (IIRM) at Hyderabad in 2002.
The functioning of IIRM is overseen by the Board of
Directors headed by the Chairman, IRDA.
IV.4 PROMOTION OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
IV.4.1 Offi cial Language Implementation Department
continued to explore creative ideas for implementation
of constitutional provisions of Offi cial Language; to
implement the Official Language Policy of the
Government of India; and to promote use of Hindi in
the headquarters as well as in the subordinate offi ces.
Employees are encouraged to use Hindi Language for
replying to the letters and conduct in-house meetings
in Hindi and to sign the documents in Hindi, etc.
IV.4.2 Consumer Affairs Department launched a new
website www.policyholder.gov.in for public / policyholder
education having reference material in English, Hindi
and other major languages. All major notifi cations
which are related to public interest are published on
IRDA website in bilingual form. IRDA’s monthly Journal
has a separate Hindi Section. All offi cial claim forms
and Annual Confi dential Report of employees are
provided in bilingual form on intranet. Important
Notifi cations, Circulars, Orders, Administrative and
Other Reports, Annual Reports, Press Communiqués,
Licenses, Contract, Agreements and Official Papers
are also converted into bilingual form. All Hindi RTIs
or letters in Hindi received by the Authority are replied
in Hindi language only.
IV.4.3 The Authority celebrated Hindi fortnight from 14 th
September, 2011 to 30 th September, 2011. Various
competitions and activities were organized for the
employees of the Authority to encourage in acquiring
the knowledge and profi ciency in Hindi and increased
usage of Hindi in the day-to-day offi ce work.
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