PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited (PNB MetLife), one of India’s leading life insurance companies, has launched the PNB MetLife DigiProtect Term Plan (UIN-117N141V01) for salaried individuals.

Sarbvir Singh, Joint Group CEO, PB Fintech and Sameer Bansal- MD & CEO, PNB MetLife

Offered through a fully digital platform in collaboration with Policybazaar, it is an individual non linked, non-participating, pure term insurance plan. The digital-first approach not only simplifies access but also extends the reach of life insurance to salaried individuals in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Exclusive benefits include a first-year, upto 21% discount, on the first premium, that significantly lowers the entry cost for policyholders.

The plan goes beyond traditional coverage features, empowering the growing number of India’s salaried individuals juggling rising aspirations, lifestyle commitments, and evolving financial priorities.

Key features of the PNB MetLife DigiProtect Term Plan:

• Comprehensive Life Cover: Provides protection for life, including accelerated benefits in case of terminal illness.

• Special Exit Value: Option to exit the policy before maturity and receive a refund of all premiums paid- at no additional cost.

• Premium Break Option: Flexibility to pause premium payments for 12 consecutive months after completing three years of policy, available every 5 years.

• Express Claim Payout: Rs. 3 lakh payable (as an accelerated benefit) within one working day upon claim registration, after 3-year waiting period from policy inception or revival, whichever is later (subject to submission of all mandatory documents).

• Choice of Payout Options: At the claim stage, nominees can choose to receive death benefit amount as lump sum, monthly instalments, or a combination of lump sum + monthly instalments.

• Attractive Discounts: Exclusive first-year discount, making the plan even more affordable.

Speaking about the launch, Sameer Bansal, Managing Director & CEO, PNB MetLife, said “India continues to face an 91% life protection gap, which means, for every Rs. 100 required to financially secure families, only Rs. 9 is covered. The gap is even more significant for the salaried segment, who face rising financial responsibilities- from supporting dependents and funding their children’s education to planning for home ownership and long-term retirement. We have, introduced the PNB MetLife DigiProtect Term Plan, so that salaried individuals can secure their families as they build their dreams.” 

Sarbvir Singh, Joint Group CEO, PB Fintech said, “India’s protection gap remains one of the largest in the world, and it is the salaried middle class that is most exposed to the risks of being underinsured. A digital, feature-rich term plan like PNB MetLife DigiProtect Plan offers them affordability, flexibility and absolute clarity. Our collaboration with PNB MetLife brings these benefits to salaried individuals across the country, especially in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, where access has historically lagged. At Policybazaar, our focus is to expand meaningful protection and make quality term insurance easier to buy, understand, and sustain.”

About PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited
PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited (PNB MetLife) is one of the leading life insurance companies in India that combines the financial strength of MetLife, Inc. with the credibility of PNB, one of the India’s oldest nationalized banks. PNB MetLife’s positioning, Milkar Life Aage Badhaein, is demonstrated through its customer-centric innovations and employee empowerment practices.

With a strong presence in 178 branches and access to customers in over 20,000 locations through bank partnerships, PNB MetLife offers a comprehensive insurance solutions portfolio covering Child Education, Family Protection, Long-Term Saving and Retirement. The Company has a wide range of protection and retirement products available through its sales channel of over 36,000 financial advisors and multiple bank partners and caters to over 585 group relationships in India.

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About Policybazaar
As India’s largest insurance broker, Policybazaar is committed to making insurance accessible and understandable for every Indian. Since 2008, we have been at the forefront of transforming the insurance sector by providing transparent, efficient, and unbiased solutions tailored to the diverse needs of over 80.5 million registered users. 

With a dominant market share of over 93% in the digital insurance aggregator space and annual premium collection exceeding Rs. 15,000 crore in FY24, we have established ourselves as a trusted name in insurance and financial protection. Our platform facilitates millions of insurance inquiries annually and features a wide range of products from over 50 insurance partners, covering health, life, motor, and corporate insurance solutions.

To date, we have issued over 44.3 million policies and played a crucial role in protecting 9 million families against death, disease, and disability. Our 24×7 online support, combined with on-ground assistance from over 6,000 insurance advisors, ensures a seamless experience for our customers.

Pomelo Employer Branding (Pomelo EB), a specialist employer branding firm, has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Jasprit Khurana as Senior Partner – People Advisory & HR Strategy and Karan Bamba as Senior Partner – Business, Transformation & Employer Brand, effective immediately from December 2025. The appointments are aimed at deepening the impact of Pomelo’s employer branding work for India-based and international Global Capability Centres (GCCs) and technology enterprises, amid intensifying competition for critical digital and technology talent.

Pomelo Employer Branding Senior Leadership Team for GCC and Tech Enterprises in India

As India emerges as one of the world’s fastest-scaling GCC hubs, employer branding is being tested beyond visibility on leadership alignment, localisation, retention of critical skills and measurable ROI. Both appointments are partner-level executive advisory roles and form part of Pomelo Employer Branding’s senior leadership team. Jasprit Khurana and Karan Bamba will work closely with Sonya Sahni, Founder & Managing Partner, to strengthen employer branding outcomes through deeper alignment with people systems, leadership practices and business realities. The roles are not board-level or day-to-day operational positions.

Sonya Sahni, Founder & Managing Partner, Pomelo Employer Branding said, “Employer branding today is under pressure to prove both credibility and impact. For tech companies and GCCs, a compelling employer brand cannot exist in isolation from leadership behaviour, culture and people systems. Strengthening our leadership bench enables us to help clients build employer brands that are grounded in organisational reality, while keeping employer branding firmly at the core of what we do.”

As Senior Partner – People Advisory & HR Strategy, Jasprit Khurana brings over 25 years of experience as a strategic HR leader and fractional CHRO. He has built and scaled HR functions across organisations ranging from 300 to over 15,000 employees, spanning India, the UK, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. In his role at Pomelo EB, he will support employer branding outcomes by aligning EVP and employer brand strategy with HR strategy, people policies, remuneration philosophy, culture and leadership capability, particularly for scaling and international GCC environments. He will be accountable for strengthening EVP credibility by ensuring alignment between employer brand promises and HR systems and leadership practices.

Jasprit Khurana said, “What attracted me to Pomelo is its sharp focus on employer branding and its understanding that credibility comes from how people actually experience the organisation. My role is to strengthen that link, ensuring employer brand narratives are supported by people policies, leadership capability and organisational culture.”

Karan Bamba, appointed as Senior Partner – Business, Transformation & Employer Brand, brings over three decades of leadership experience across business operations and large-scale transformation. His career includes senior roles at Reliance Jio, Siemens and Nokia Siemens Networks, where he led complex, multi-market operations and large workforce transformations. At Pomelo EB, he will strengthen employer branding by connecting business goals with people strategy, operating models and HR interventions that support scale and transformation. He will be accountable for ensuring employer branding initiatives are grounded in business and operational reality and linked to productivity and transformation outcomes.

Karan Bamba said, “Employer branding works best when it reflects how organisations truly operate. Pomelo’s approach stands out for its willingness to engage with real business and operational realities. My role is to help ensure employer brand strategy aligns closely with how work gets done across large and complex organisations.”

While employer branding remains Pomelo EB’s core focus, the leadership strengthening adds people advisory and business leadership depth to support greater credibility, localisation and measurable outcomes for clients, especially in complex GCC and technology environments.

The results for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2026) have been announced, and once again, students from the Bhopal-headquartered institute, ‘Toprankers-Legal Edge,’ have delivered an exceptional performance in this prestigious national-level exam for entry into National Law Universities (NLUs). According to the released results, students from this institute have secured the top three spots—All India Rank (AIR) 1, 2, and 3.

Geetali Gupta from Toprankers-Legal Edge

This marks the fourth time in the last six years that the institute’s students have achieved a ‘Clean Sweep’ of the top three ranks. Data released by the institute indicates a dominant hold over the results, with 7 students in the Top 10 and 51 students in the Top 100 hailing from Toprankers-Legal Edge.

“Guidance Received Exclusively from Legal Edge” — AIR-1 Geetali Gupta, a resident of Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, secured AIR 1. Expressing her thoughts on social media, Geetali said, “My parents taught me discipline since childhood, and Legal Edge gave that discipline the right direction. Throughout my preparation, I placed the utmost emphasis on consistency.” Clarifying the role of the coaching institute, she added, “I have been a student exclusively of Legal Edge’s ‘Warriors Gold Batch’ Classroom Program. The mentors at Legal Edge played a pivotal role in identifying and fixing my weaknesses. This success is the result of my parents’ sacrifices and the guidance of my teachers.“

Performance Analysis: As per the details shared by the institute, AIR 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are students of the ‘Regular Classroom Program.’ Meanwhile, AIR 3 (Rohan, Karnataka Topper) achieved this feat through the institute’s ‘Distance Learning’ course. Experts believe that securing AIR 3 through a distance course is a testament to the sheer quality of the institute’s study material. Furthermore, the fact that 6 out of the Top 10 students were from the direct classroom program proves the successful impact of Legal Edge’s mentorship.

Consistency and Selection Standards

• Clean Sweep: This is the 4th time in the last 6 years that AIR 1, 2, and 3 are from the same institute in CLAT.

• Selection Ratio: This year, 51 students in the Top 100 are from Legal Edge. This means nearly 50% of the students entering the country’s top law colleges have been trained by this institute.

• Top Rankers: The institute has now produced the CLAT All India Rank 1 (AIR 1) a total of 7 times.

Harsh Gagrani, Co-founder and Chief Academic Officer of the institute, stated, “This result validates our academic process. For us, AIR 1 is as important as the last student who worked hard to improve their rank. We have always prioritized right guidance and hard work, and we will continue to do so in the future.”

The CLAT 2026 results indicate that in an era of social media and aggressive advertising, success ultimately stems from a disciplined routine, right mentorship, and the synergy between teacher and student.

About Toprankers

Toprankers runs 50+ centres across India, teaching 20,000+ classroom students and serving 30,000+ learners overall, while operating India’s most-searched non-STEM test-prep platform, with 1.5M monthly users and 20M+ page views across Law, Management, and Design & Architecture.

Avtar Group, India’s leading workplace culture consulting firm, celebrated its silver jubilee in a memorable event at Hotel Savera, Chennai, on the evening of 18th December 2025. Founded in 2000 by Dr. Saundarya Rajesh to help women enter the workplace, Avtar has today grown into a national social enterprise. Over two+ decades, Avtar has helped more than 100,000 women re-enter the workforce and guided over 800 companies towards authentic inclusion.
 

Avtar Celebrates 25 Years in A Memorable Event, Honoring Trail-blazing Second-Career Women & Project Puthri Alumni
 

Avtar’s 25th anniversary celebration was a deeply moving occasion, marked by two special award segments. One segment honored exemplary second-career women who were placed by Avtar years ago in leading companies across industries, and have since gone on to build remarkable careers. The award recipients – Ms. Anju Awal, Ms. Eswari Rao, Ms. Vyapti Trivedi, Ms. Elakkiya Chandrasekaran, and Ms. Sreeja Nair – were felicitated by the Chief Guest, Ms. Bharathy Bhaskar, renowned speaker and independent director. Congratulating the winners, Ms. Bharathy Bhaskar said, “Restarting a career after a break means rebuilding confidence, skills, and credibility, often while managing disproportionate personal responsibilities. You persisted, delivered, and succeeded. And you proved that capability does not disappear during a pause. Your journeys set the bar for what’s possible after a break.”

The second award segment honored outstanding alumni of Project Puthri, Avtar’s flagship CSR initiative and India’s first career-intentionality program for schoolgirls from underprivileged backgrounds. The awards were presented by acclaimed music director Mr. Bharadwaj to Kamalisri J., Sneha K., and Sharon Kiruba N., who are now doing exceedingly well in their corporate careers.

Speaking at the milestone event, Dr Saundarya Rajesh, Managing Director of Avtar, said, “When Avtar was founded 25 years ago, the goal was simple – to help more women begin their careers. But over time, this mission has grown into something much bigger, encompassing research, benchmarking, countless partnerships, and the complete redesign of systems to remove bias. Now, we celebrate 25 years of careers rebuilt, lives transformed, and workplaces changed for the better. Today’s award winners – second-career women, alumni of Project Puthri, along with every Avtarite, stand as powerful examples of Avtar’s impact. Congratulations to all the winners! Your resilience truly reflects the spirit of Avtar. As we look ahead, we remain committed to building inclusive workplaces and taking our model to over 25 cities by 2030. This is only the beginning.”

The celebration also honored Avtar’s long-serving employees and top performers. Ms. Geetha Ramamoorthy, MD of KBR India and Chief Guest, presented awards to the tenured team members, saying, “Standing by a mission for 25 years is no small feat. These employees have demonstrated resilience, focus, and determination, driving meaningful change that touches numerous lives and workplaces.” The event also featured celebrated Carnatic vocalist Mr. P. Unnikrishnan and Mr. Balaji Nuthalapadi, Executive Director – Technology & Operations, Equitas Small Finance Bank, as special guests, who recognized the exceptional contributions of Team Avtar.
 

Mr. Karthik Ekambaram, Chief Sales Officer of Avtar, and Mr. Umasanker Kandaswamy, Chief Operating Officer, reflected on Avtar’s impactful journey, highlighting key milestones achieved and challenges overcome. Ms. Priya Dayabaran, Chief of Staff and Head – HR, delivered the vote of thanks, concluding with a hopeful outlook for Avtar’s continued journey ahead.

To know more, visit www.avtarinc.com | www.myavtar.com.

About Avtar
Avtar, founded in 2000 by Dr Saundarya Rajesh, is one of India’s leading workplace culture consulting firms, supporting hundreds of companies in creating diverse and supportive workplaces. Avtar is also the country’s largest provider of second career opportunities for women.

An ISO 20700 certified firm, Avtar’s biggest research projects are its annual benchmarking studies – the Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI) and the Most Inclusive Companies Index (MICI). Done in partnership with Seramount, BCWI and MICI are India’s largest workplace inclusion benchmarking studies, which have paved the way for the employment of more women and other under-represented groups. Avtar also promotes inclusive hiring through MyAvtar, India’s first job portal for under-represented professionals.

A snapshot of Avtar’s work in the last 25 years

• Provided advisory services in inclusive practices to 800+ organizations

• Conducted 5000+ workshops and training programs in companies of different sizes, spanning industries and locations

• Facilitated the re-entry of 1,00,000 second-career women into the workforce through MyAvtar.com

• Engaged with 200,000+ women through career enablement programs

• Offered unique skilling programs such as DigiPivot (a prestigious course in digital marketing, conducted in partnership with Google, HUL, and ISB) to hundreds of women.

• Provided career intentionality training, employment guidance, and access to industry leaders every year to 10,000+ girls from underprivileged backgrounds through Project Puthri, an initiative of the Avtar Human Capital Trust (AHCT).

• Impacted 4000+ schoolboys through MITR (Men Impacting Trust and Respect), an initiative by AHCT that mentors boys to be advocates for women.

For its transformational impact in the realm of DEI, Avtar Group was listed in the prestigious Steward Leadership 25 Listing by Straits Times & INSEAD at Singapore in 2022.

Brother International (India) Pvt. Ltd., a Japanese multinational company and global leader in printing and imaging solutions, celebrates a decade of its Ink Tank printer series in India, marking ten years of innovation, high performance, and value-driven technology that has supported millions of users nationwide.

A Decade of Innovation & Trust, 10 Years of Brother InkTank

Since introducing its first Ink Tank printer to the Indian market in 2015, Brother has focused on delivering durable, cost-effective, and user-friendly printing solutions tailored for homes, offices, and small businesses. Over the years, the Ink Tank series has earned a strong reputation for dependable performance, becoming a preferred printing choice for millions across the country.

A Decade of Reliable Innovation

Across three series of Ink Tank printers, Brother has continuously refined its technology to meet evolving customer needs. The latest models bring enhanced convenience, performance, and eco-conscious design, featuring:

• High-yield, low-cost printing for maximum savings

• Spill-free refill systems for clean and efficient operation

• Enhanced auto-duplex functionality, supported by wireless, mobile, and LAN connectivity

• Compact, eco-friendly design that reduces plastic usage

• Professional-quality output with sharp text and vibrant colours

“Completing a decade of Ink Tank printers in India is a proud milestone for Brother. Over these ten years, we’ve transformed the way India prints, delivering reliability, performance, and value. As we look ahead, our goal is to expand our market presence to 25% by 2026, with a strong focus on Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities,” said Alok Nigam, Managing Director, Brother International India Pvt Ltd.

Brother International India continues to strengthen its presence by expanding its dealer and service networks and launching innovative products. The company’s commitment to customer satisfaction, reliability, and sustainability remains at the core of its growth strategy. Brother Group continues to make significant strategic investments to strengthen its ink tank business. By enhancing its capabilities, expanding production, and diversifying its product range, the company aims to meet growing global demand and deliver advanced technologies, improved performance, and a continuously evolving lineup of Ink Tank solutions to customers worldwide.

Brother Ink Tank printers are available in India through authorised channel partners & major e-commerce platforms, ensuring easy accessibility and consistent support. With a strong nationwide network of 240 service centres, Brother remains committed to delivering reliable after-sales service to customers across India.

About Brother International (India) Pvt Ltd

Brother International India is a leading provider of printing, sewing, and labeling solutions, committed to delivering products that combine reliability, innovation, and efficiency. As part of the global Brother Group, the company reflects the brand’s long-standing promise of being “At Your Side”, offering exceptional customer support and value-driven solutions for homes, businesses, and industries across India. With a strong focus on quality and customer satisfaction, Brother continues to enhance productivity and inspire trust in every interaction.