The Sahara Pariwar’s latest foray is in the field of Life Insurance. The Pariwar’s life insurance company – Sahara India Life Insurance Company Ltd.- has been granted licence by the insurance regulator – the IRDA on 6th February 2004. With this approval Sahara India Life Insurance Company Ltd. becomes the first wholly and purely Indian company, without any foreign collaboration to enter the Indian Life insurance market. The launch is with an initial paid up capital of 232 crores. 

The Members of the Board are:

Name	Designation
Shri O.P. Srivastava	Chairman
Shri Arun Kumar Jain	Independent Director
Shri Arun Kanti Dasgupta	Whole Time Director, President & CEO
Smt. Rana Zia	Woman Director
Shri Ishwar Singh Verma	Independent Director
Shri D. Devender Singh	Independent Director

The Key Persons of the Company are as follows:

Name	Designation	Tel. No.
Shri Pushkar Verma	Chief Marketing Officer	0522-2331077
Shri Praveen Kumar Paliwal	Chief Investment Officer	022-39664157
Shri Dhiraj Goel	Appointed Actuary	0522-2332683
Shri Rajesh Kumar	Chief Risk Officer	0522-2337777(5099)
Shri Santosh Kumar Mishra	Chief Financial Officer	0522-3965648
Shri Manoj Tandon	Head Policy Servicing & Underwriting	0522-2336397
Shri Narendra Ojha	Company Secretary	0522-233777(5611)
Shri Umesh Kumar	Compliance Officer	0522-233777(5611)

Terms of Appointment of Independent Directors

The registered office of the Company is at Lucknow:

Registered Address:
Sahara India Centre, 2 Kapoorthala Complex,
Lucknow-226024
Tel No. : 0522-2337777
Fax : 0522 – 2378200