Actuarial expertise can be applied beyond insurance and pensions, helping organisations address long-term uncertainty, risk and resource decisions across public and private sectors.
About The Author
Preeti Chandrashekar is the President of the Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI), serving as the first woman to hold the position since the organisation became a statutory body. With over three decades of experience across life insurance, employee benefits, pensions, and management consulting, she has held executive leadership positions at global consulting firms and major insurance providers. Her work focuses on institutional risk management, social security design, actuarial education, and regulatory compliance. Her writing draws on her background in statistics and risk analysis to examine pension reforms, demographic shifts, climate-related financial risks, and the integration of emerging technologies like data science and artificial intelligence into actuarial practice.

