Sharad S Ramnarayanan is a finance professional currently working as the Appointed Actuary of The New India Assurance Company Limited in Mumbai. He did his Chemical Engineering from UICT, Mumbai and PGDM from MDI, Gurgaon. He is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and a Fellow member of the Institute of Actuaries of India (FIAI). Prior to joining The New India Assurance Company Ltd., Sharad worked in Birla Sunlife Asset Management Company Limited, Pari Washington Company Advisors Pvt. Ltd. and Tactica Capital. He has also worked as a Finance professor at Asian School of Business.