J.R.Joshi, Ex LIC Chairman who held ground on his own conviction .. is NO MORE. GNS pay tributes.

 The sad news of the demise of Shri JR Joshi some three or four days back appears to have been mysteriously delayed to come to light. In LIC we don't seem tohave the culture to come out with official notifications on even the demise of former heads of the institution!wha

Be that as it may Shri JR Joshi's demise marks , perhaps, the end of the small list of a VERY few former chiefs of LIC who believed in steering the organization according to their own convictions and based on their own assessments of the situations in the best interests of policyholders or employees as the case may be.For instance he stood firm against the tinkering of the structure of LIc when it was sought to be split into five four decades.Unfortunately what one has been able to see since then,successive chairmen,/ MDs who would be cotent with gloating over the performance of LiC year over year but always remain goody- goody with the Babus of the Fin.Ministry irrespective of their own convictions and out of their concern over theirown post retirement rehabilitation!

Many may not have known that despite his reputation as as short tempered & sharp tongued person he was always soft and sympathetic to the personal problems of the staff and particularly officers. I had a lot of occasions to interact with him on individual officers' problems when he was zonal manager for S zone and I was the Gen .Secy of officers' fedn in late 79.He was definitely considerate and reasonable on deciding matters I used to represent.

I sincerely pray for Shri JR Josh's soul to rest in peace.

OM SHANTI - GN Sridharan