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Election Notification

Whereas I, Pratik Modi, Alumni Co-ordinator, have been appointed vide letter no DO/(O.ORD)/47/2010 dated 24 November 2010 by the Director IRMA, as the Returning Officer for conduct of elections to the 10th Executive Committee of the IRMA Alumni Association (IAA hereafter) in accordance with the provisions of its constitution:

And whereas under clause 9.0 read with clause 12.1 of the constitution, all ordinary members of the Association (as defined in clause 4.1 of the constitution) are required to elect by postal ballot the following Executive Committee members.

1. One post of President
2. One post of Vice-President
3. One post of Secretary
4. One representative of each zone (as defined under clause 15.0 of the constitution).

Dear All

Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) is organising a case competition titled “Governance of Commons” for doctoral and post doctoral participants. We request you to circulate the information along with the brochure among interested participants in your institute. The registration is closing very soon, but we would be accommodating participants who are willing to contribute.

The following link provides all the information.

https://www.irma.ac.in/newsroom/announcement_detail.php?admin_id=13

Please feel free to contact the team regarding any further queries. Your help is very much appreciated.

Regards

Microfinance in India has largely been driven by credit products of microfinance institutions (MFIs), and microinsurance has remained a secondary choice for financial inclusion. However, recently, many important developments have taken place in the Indian microinsurance sector. Though India has experimented a lot with microinsurance, the sector is still driven by supply-led interventions.

Moreover, the insurance providers, still, seek government subsidies and donor funding in order to achieve financial viability in preference to designing market-led, sustainable schemes. A strategic perspective towards microinsurance together with innovations in technology and assessment of client demand, probably holds the key to the future of microinsurance in India.

Read more: http://www.microsave.org/briefing_notes/india-focus-note-49-trends-of-mi...