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Mudra’s DBS designs LIC’s new portal
MUMBAI: Digital Branding Solutions (A Mudra Group venture) has designed a new website for Life Insurance Company (LIC) – www.licindia.com.
The e-portal was launched by Indian finance minister P Chidambaram.
Mudra Marketing Services CEO R Lakshminarayanan said, “The vital need to develop a web portal for customers, agents and prospects led LIC to approach DBS for this assignment. The new, smart portal will enable visitors to access all information about LIC in general, including, products and services. Apart from this the portal offers interesting services like a premium calculator to calculate the premium payable for any choice of plan, term and age.”
LIC’s new-look, new-feel website promises a new experience for visitors, customers and agents. Tribal DDB India country head and Digital Branding Solutions general manager C V S Sharma said, “The idea was to ensure that the brand heritage of LIC and the brand promise was maintained while making the site more ‘savvy’ and increasing the usability factor. The changes include even rewriting policy statements.”
LIC corporate communications head Thankom Mathew said, “DBS has done a brilliant job given the extensive scope of work and tight deadlines. We have been receiving tremendous positive feedback about the new-look site which has extensive features for policy holders, agents and prospects.”
This customer portal is available to 180 million policy holders in India. In the present phase, the portal will provide access to agents in Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Kanpur, Bhopal and Delhi. LIC is also toying with the idea of increasing the number of its satellite branches.
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Time brings TIME100 Next franchise to India with Reliance
List to spotlight 100 emerging leaders, gala set for December 2026 in Mumbai.
MUMBAI: It’s about time India’s next wave got a global spotlight and now, it’s on the list. New York-headquartered Time is expanding its TIME100 Next franchise to India, partnering with Reliance Industries Limited to launch TIME100 Next India, its first international extension of the rising leaders platform. The announcement was made at the Time100 Gala in New York by Jessica Sibley and Nita Mukesh Ambani, signalling a strategic push to tap into India’s growing influence across sectors.
The India edition will recognise 100 emerging leaders from the country and the global Indian diaspora, spanning business, science, sports, arts and social impact. The list will be curated by Time’s editorial team and published online, continuing the franchise’s focus on identifying individuals shaping the future.
The initiative will culminate in a gala event scheduled for December 2026 at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, anchoring the platform within India’s cultural and business ecosystem.
TIME’s broader Time100 franchise has steadily expanded its global footprint since 2021 through events and impact-led initiatives. Executives noted that India’s growing pool of influential voices and innovators made it a natural next step for the platform’s international ambitions.
For Reliance, the partnership aligns with its broader push to support emerging talent and ideas on a global stage. For Time, it marks a timely bet on India not just as a market, but as a talent engine shaping the next chapter of global leadership.
