Former Chairman Sri K.P.Narasimhan is no more. G N Sridharan condoles .

Shri KP Narasimhan, former chairman of LIC passed away yesterday (26/8) morning. \

He was 89 and was reportedly unwell for about ten days. 

 The news of his demise came to me as a shock because of my strong personal association with him and his family circles. KPN was such a soft spoken person that any one conversing with him would wonder whether he was speaking or murmuring! He hailed from a family of erudite people and his father was an eminent professor,historian and Indologist at Tiruvananthapuram.A person of high intellectual order KPN was among the few in India to have become a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries at a very young age. After stepping down he was doing the hon.work of looking after the institute's matters in India. I am tempted to refer to one of my interactions with him when he was the chairman and I was RM (legal)at Chennai.

I had submitted my representation for voluntary retirement for contesting elections to the TN state legislative Assembly and my relieving order did not come in time.With only 48 hrs.left for filing my nomination I contacted him over phone. He asked me in his usual low tone whether I had deeply thought about plunging into politics.After I confirmed he promptly sent the relieving order the same evening.That was his interest in my welfare! He was a very loyal senior member of our assn.at Chennai and regularly attended our AGMs till about four years back.I remember he once donated to us Rs.20k which was the highest individual contribution. 

 In his demise we have indeed lost a very respectable generous and amiable gentleman who was associated with us in LIC. I pray for his ATMA to be blessed with eternal SHANTI. -

GN Sridharan