Shubhadip Deb
Jalpaiguri
Summary
To seek a position in growth oriented company and move successfully may hard working ability to move ahead on a progressive route taking the team along irrespective of the environment and condition provided.
A Rural and agri-business professional with almost 8 years of experience in Government, Public and Private sector Project management of crop insurance, cattle insurance, sales & marketing of agricultural services and other business development activities. Well developed knowledge base in agriculture & various states field and hands on experience like West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Jharkhand. Process improvement skills.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification
Work History
State Head (Assistant Manager) - Rural
Salasar Services (Insurance Brokers) Pvt. Ltd.
Guwahati
07.2022 - Current
- Leading the Agriculture and Rural Insurance Business In the State of Assam and As per business requirement I have to go to other states. Mainly Crop Insurance Business under Central & State Govt. Sponsored PMFBY scheme, Assam, Jharkhand and Cattle Insurance Business with various cattle farms of Assam. Handling 40+ Team members including district and block coordinators and other business development activities in the state.
- Liaison/Coordination with all State & Central Govt. Officials and Insurance Companies.
- Controlling, Monitoring and Training of District Coordinator of All district(s) and Various Agencies.
- Exploring Business Potential and Business Development Activities.
District Manager - Business Development & Risk Management
Agriculture Insurance Company Of India Limited
Jalpaiguri & Uttar Dinajpur district
08.2020 - 06.2022
- Development of a comprehensive target-oriented business plan and proactive claim management and other related activities in the allotted district(s) related to the business of Crop Insurance, Cattle Insurance and other allied insurance products of the Company as per direction of the Company from time to time. Controlling and monitoring various Intermediaries and Field supervisors in the allotted district(s).
- Liaison/Coordination with all Controlling offices of Commercial, Cooperative and Regional Rural Banks, DDM NABARD, LDM at District Level.
- Ensure communications/publicity material distribution to their offices/branches.
- Ensure Coverage of Left out farmers of banks by communicating with bank branches.
- Insured record verification.
- Handholding and helping in Portal entries.
- Verification of Claim receipt in the beneficiary accounts.
- Bank Service charges Invoice submission etc for past seasons.
- Liaison/Coordination with District level / Block level State Govt Officials of Agriculture, Revenue, Planning, ATMA, KVK and Panchayat Raj Departments.
- Conduct of farmers meeting, seminars, Krishi melas, Insurance literacy workshops, sensitisation programmes for creating awareness on Crop Insurance/other products and maximize coverage of farmers.
- Distribution of all publicity materials.
- Monitoring the agricultural situation/crop health in the district.
- Collection of relevant statistics viz. periodical reports on seasonal weather conditions, extent of area cultivated etc.
- To attend DLMC/ BLMC or any other relevant meeting.
- Liaising and co-ordinating with all field supervisors and /or agency to which the ground truthing work has been entrusted for estimation of CHF (crop health factor) through mobile App.
- Coordination and planning for field surveys in case of prevented sowing / mid season adversity.
- Taking up with the DLMC/District Administration for any Objections / disputes regarding coverage / portal issues / coverage through LRP etc.
- Liaison/Coordination with Local resource person (LRP) for enrolment of farmers.
- Ensure communications/publicity material distribution to LRPs.
- Capacity building of LRPs.
- Coverage of farmers & other sales & marketing activities.
- Helping in Portal / app entries.
- Correction in data/upload(s) w.r.t. wrong entries at LRP end.
- Coordination and monitoring of the Field supervisors, Agencies and Various Intermediaries.
- Capacity building of field supervisors and intermediaries (if any).
- To communicate the coverage details weekly to RO and ensuring display of publicity material at grass root level.
- Display of publicity materials at GP/ various Govt offices/market places.
- Coordinating with Field supervisors/Intermediaries in organising farmers meetings, sensitising on crop insurance with help of Agriculture, Horticulture, Panchayat Raj Dept officers.
- Monitor various modes of publicity through outdoor media if engaged by Company.
- Monitoring of Crop health through field visits, ground truthing points through geo-tagged imaging, videography etc.
- Management of the Ground truthing activity at district and submission to ROs on regular basis in prescribed format.
- Visit to AWS / ARG for inspection (Self/Field supervisors).
- Maintain and Identify the Risk Profile and Underwriting Profile of the District and Notified Areas.
- Finding the business potential for a crop/product in an area by assessing the past premium claim ratio for a crop in a notified area.
- Classification of Crop-NFA-wise Enrolment/coverage in High-Medium-Low Risk segments.
- Identify the Risk factors influencing claims.
- Planning and monitoring of evolution of various risks with respect to business of Crop Insurance & other allied insurance products in the allotted district(s).
- Identification of major areas of coverage for other products i.e. finding the potential for usefulness of a product in a particular area (e.g. for seed insurance, tractor etc.) which would further facilitate in launching of the new product in the said area.
- Monitoring of farmer enrolment and inspection of insurable interest.
- Monitoring of market for avoiding any bogus claim.
- Maintaining data base of the contact information of related officials of various agencies.
- Facilitating the use of Technology in Field level services of Crop Insurance.
- Close coordination with Regional Office for Marketing/Distribution/Publicity of Crop Insurance and other allied products.
- Submission of report to the RO pertaining to the awareness programmes conducted, meetings convened, coverage particulars, Crop sowings status, crop health monitoring, Collection of ground truthing, Individual losses intimations, media reports as collected from the state/district agencies for minimisation of losses/loss ratio.
- The District Mangers are required to report their daily activities performed to AIC Regional Office on a regular basis.
- Any other function as allotted from time to time.
- Exploring Business Potential.
- Liaison with FPOs, Other farmers organisation in the district and explore to cover them under our in-house crop insurance products for crops not notified under schemes.
- Identify and liaison with corporate clients operating in the districts in Agriculture and allied sector viz. contract farming, etc.
- Liaison and coordination with Progressive Farmers of the district for selling our crop and allied products.
Field Executive - Agri Services & Crop Monitoring
Weather Risk Management Services Pvt. Ltd.
Various districts of Westbengal, Jharkhand & Tripura
08.2017 - 08.2020
- Responsible for managing the SecuFarm - Agri. Services (Agro Advisory, Potato Plantation, Market Linkage, Stock & Market Price Analysis) & Govt. Crop Insurance scheme management (BFBY/PMFBY) (Farmers enrollment, Marketing awareness, Crop Cutting Experiment (CCE), Banking related works, Crop loss assessment surveys monitoring) Activities i.e.Farmers meeting, Sales Marketing Follow-up, Data collection and Climate Risk business within a defined geographical region.
- Team management and Team Handling, Training Skills, Guiding the Team to sell/enroll the products / insurance to the farmers.
- Work closely with the filed team, Operations Team and across the business to ensure the timely delivery of high value, high quality services to corporate (Like Pepsico, Glencore, Private Insurance Companies, Vendors) / government clients (Govt. Insurance companies, MNCFC, PSU's, FPOs, NGOs and worked in various districts of Westbengal, Jharkhand & Tripura, India.
- Coordination with govt./corporate authorities and district level team/dept. of govt./corporate clients.
- Overall responsibility of driving the project as per standard guidelines.
- Continuous monitoring of field staff.
- Implementation and servicing of WRMS SecuFarm Projects / Government Crop Insurance scheme.
- Regular monitoring of Vendor's team.
- Report, alert and solve any issues arises out of implementation.
- Preparation of Daily, Weekly & Monthly MIS and sharing it with State Head.
- Handling implementation strategy meetings, grievance meetings with government officials.
- Ensuring real time data upload on online platforms/ tools.
- Maintain Key relationship with: Internal: Central, State Back office team, Quality assurance teams, Information Technology, Human Resources and Finance teams. External: Corporate & Government Officials / Organizations, Private Insurance Companies, PSU's, Vendors, FPOs, NGOs and other stakeholders.
Education
PGDM-HB/MBA - Rural & Agribusiness Management
Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development Research
Mumbai04-2025
Post Graduate Diploma - Technology Management in Agriculture
ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management & University of Hyderabad
08-2021
Bachelor of Science - Agriculture
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University
Agra07-2017
Higher Secondary - Agriculture Science
W.B.S.C.V.E.T
06-2013
Secondary Examination -
W.B.B.S.E
05-2011
Skills
- Project Management
- Team Leadership
- Business Development
- Relationship Management
- Intermediary/Vendor Management
- Underwriting
- Sales & Marketing Management
- Risk assessment
Affiliations
Associate Member : All India Agricultural Students Association (AIASA)
Certification
- Certificate in basic of computer, 2011, Infocom Education Society, Jalpaiguri, WB, Skill In MS Office - (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) & Internet.
- Startup India Learning Program, 28/05/2020, Startup India a GOI Initiative, Invest India In Collaboration with Upgrad
- Employment Generation Among Rural Youth Through Agripreneurship, 14/06/2020, agMOOCs In collaboration with Bihar Agriculture University, Sabour
- PO (Principle officer)/BQP (Broker qualified person) under Direct life and General Insurance, 07/10/2022, National Insurance Academy, Pune, 23/09/2025
Hobbies and Interests
- Traveling
- Socializing with friends
- Interacting with people
Languages
- Bengali
- Hindi
- English
Personal Information
- Caste: General
- Father's Name: Narayan Chandra Deb
- Date of Birth: 21/05/1996
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Unmarried
- Religion: Hindu
Languages
Bengali
First Language
Hindi
Proficient
C2
English
Advanced
C1
Declaration:
- I hereby declare that the above mentioned informations are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Date:
Place: Guwahati, Assam
Signature: Shubhadip Deb
Timeline
State Head (Assistant Manager) - Rural
Salasar Services (Insurance Brokers) Pvt. Ltd.
07.2022 - Current
District Manager - Business Development & Risk Management
Agriculture Insurance Company Of India Limited
08.2020 - 06.2022
Field Executive - Agri Services & Crop Monitoring
Weather Risk Management Services Pvt. Ltd.
08.2017 - 08.2020
PGDM-HB/MBA - Rural & Agribusiness Management
Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development Research
Post Graduate Diploma - Technology Management in Agriculture
ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management & University of Hyderabad
Bachelor of Science - Agriculture
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University
Higher Secondary - Agriculture Science
W.B.S.C.V.E.T
Secondary Examination -
W.B.B.S.E
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