SK Desai Memorial Award 2014

This year's SK Desai Memorial Award was conferred on V.N.S.Pillai on 23rd August 2014 at Mysore at the Annual Conference of the Insurance Institute of India. The SK Desai Memorial Award is conferred on the author of the best essay / work of research in any aspect of insurance and is open to insurance men of Afro-Asian region. Members of the Insurance Institutes of this region can submit their entries for consideration of the award. The cash award and citation were given away by the Vice Chancellor of Mysore University, Prof. Rangappa in the presence of President of the III shri AK Roy, CMD of GIC Re and Secretary General of the III Shri P.Venugopal. The SK Desai Memorial award is the highest award of the Insurance Institute of India.

The award was conferred on the basis of V.N.S.Pillai's research work, "Value of Notionally Secured Pensions index, A Pension Index for India", which was adjudged as the best entry.