Govt appoints Hemant Bhargava as interim chairman of LIC; initiates process to select regular chairman
Bhargava was appointed as the managing director (MD) of LIC in February 2017, the insurer said in a statement.
New Delhi: The government Tuesday appointed Life Insurance Corporation's (LIC) senior-most Managing Director Hemant Bhargava as the insurer's interim chairman, in place of VK Sharma who retired on Monday.
Meanwhile, the government has already initiated the process to select a regular chairman and managing director of LIC.
Bhargava was appointed as the managing director (MD) of LIC in February 2017, the insurer said in a statement. Apart from Bhargava, there are two more MDs of LIC currently.
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