RISHABH GARG

RISHABH GARG

Business development and salesforce leader who built a 100+ advisor team for LIC in rural western Uttar Pradesh, earning trust in a relationship-led business and delivering business of over INR 5 crore. Diagnosed why traditional prospecting capped growth, then taught myself digital advertising and built an Excel lead-tracking system to reach prospects traditional channels couldn't. Outside work, an amateur standup comic, avid traveller, and film enthusiast.

Work Experience:

5.9 Years

Industry:

BFSI | Government & PSUs

Function:

Business Development | Marketing

Work Experience

Life Insurance Corporation of India (Fortune 500 state-owned life insurance company) | Bulandshahr

Development Officer

  • Built and led the branch's largest advisor network by recruiting, training and mentoring 100+ insurance advisors, ranking among the highest recruiters in the division
  • Delivered over INR 5 crore in business across tenure while maintaining the branch's lowest policy lapsation ratio at under 0.1%, protecting long-term persistency income
  • Achieved every annual performance target across all years of service, including through both COVID waves, ranking among the top 5 Development Officers in the branch
  • Diagnosed that referral-based prospecting was capping advisor productivity, then self-taught and deployed Meta and Google Ads campaigns, becoming the only Development Officer in division to generate leads digitally across urban and rural markets
  • Built an Excel-based lead management system to track lead progress and advisor productivity, and mentored advisors across end-to-end policy servicing including claims, endorsements and renewals

Probationary Development Officer

  • Achieved all new-business targets through the COVID-19 first wave despite field restrictions on in-person sales, earning confirmation as Development Officer on schedule
  • Contributed business critical to the branch achieving all 5 annual performance pillars for the first time in over a decade, and the satellite office achieving all 5 for the first time ever (FY2020-21)

Apprentice Development Officer

  • Completed a two-month structured apprentice training programme, covering insurance products, distribution mechanics, and field sales fundamentals, prior to probationary appointment
  • Shadowed senior Development Officers on field calls to learn advisor recruitment, client needs assessment, and the branch's sales processes
Accomplishments
  • ⁠ ⁠Built and led LIC branch's largest advisor network, recruiting and training 100+ advisors as the highest recruiter in the division throughout tenure
  • ⁠ ⁠Delivered over INR 5 crore in business across six years while maintaining the branch's lowest policy lapsation ratio at under 0.1%
  • ⁠ ⁠Ranked among the top 5 Development Officers in the branch to achieve every performance target in all six years of service, including through both COVID waves
  • ⁠ ⁠Won 50+ internal contests at LIC, earning 10+ trophies and cash prizes for advisor recruitment, activation, and target achievement
  • ⁠ ⁠Contributed business critical to the branch achieving all 5 annual performance pillars for the first time in over a decade, and the satellite office achieving them for the first time ever (FY2020-21)
  • ⁠ ⁠First Development Officer in Division to run digital lead generation, self-teaching Meta and Google Ads to reach customers traditional channels couldn't
  • ⁠ ⁠Earned Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification from KPMG India Services LLP
  • ⁠ ⁠Secured 2nd position at the University level in the Swachh Bharat Summer Internship 2018, conducted by MHRD
  • ⁠ ⁠Presented a research paper on Structural Analysis of Functionally Gradient Material Plates using COMSOL Multiphysics at ICAREMIT 2019, an international conference
  • ⁠ ⁠Created 3 COMSOL Multiphysics tutorial videos that together crossed 10,000+ views on Youtube
Education
  • ⁠ ⁠B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering), Shiv Nadar University, Gautam Budh Nagar
Certification
  • ⁠ Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, KPMG India Services LLP
  • ⁠ Excel Skills for Business: Advanced, Macquarie University
  • ⁠ Enterprise Risk Management, LIC Gyanpeeth
  • ⁠ New Business: KYC-AML, LIC Gyanpeeth
  • ⁠ Claims: Non-Early Death Claim, LIC Gyanpeeth
  • ⁠ Right to Information, LIC Gyanpeeth
  • ⁠ Pre-MBA Statistics, IIM Ahmedabad
Extra-curricular
  • ⁠ Member, Profile Committee, IIM Ahmedabad: Vetted CVs and profile data for the PGPX batch within stipulated deadlines, coordinating across the cohort and resolving individual queries under tight timelines
  • ⁠ Co-founded the Go Green Club at Shiv Nadar University and served as Secretary, leading campus sustainability initiatives including tree plantation drives, awareness events, and environmental quizzes
  • ⁠ Organised the 'Message Missile' event under Go Green during BREEZE 2019, the university festival
  • ⁠ Created 3 tutorial videos on COMSOL Multiphysics software that together crossed 10,000+ views
  • ⁠ Volunteered with Project Prakash Charitable Trust, New Delhi, educating visually impaired children and conducting awareness sessions on primary education and physical well-being
  • ⁠ Volunteered with Enlightening Future Foundation, Nuh, across education for school-dropout children, community plantation, hospital support for senior citizens, blood-donation drives, and children's eye-checkup camps
  • ⁠ Volunteered with Udaar Foundation, Noida, supporting underprivileged students and recognised by the foundation for honesty, dedication, and timely delivery of assigned tasks