Sankaranarayanan Raghavan
Chief Technology and Digital Officer
As the Chief Technology & Digital Officer at IndiaFirst Life, Sankaranarayanan Raghavan is responsible for technology, data and data sciences strategy, technology implementation, digital sales, and efficiency monitoring.
He has over 30 years of experience in life insurance, digital strategy, and business management. His career includes stints with Aegon Life Insurance, HCL Technologies, Computer Sciences Corporation India and Life Insurance Corporation of India.
Sankaranarayanan Raghavan was inducted into the CIO100 Hall of Fame in 2024 for consistently featuring in the CIO100 list from 2021 to 2024. His contributions to technology have earned him accolades, such as ET NOW’s Top 100 BFSI Tech Leaders of 2025, the Digital Transformation Leader of the Year 2025 title at BW Tech World's Tech Excellence Awards, recognition among the Top 100 IT Leaders to Watch at the Digital Transformation Summit 2023, and the Editor’s Choice award at the ET NOW DataCon Awards.
Sankaranarayanan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science and an MBA from Bharathidasan University. He has also completed the Post Graduate Programme in Management for senior executives from the Indian School of Business (ISB). He is a fellow of the Insurance Institute of India and the Life Management Institute.