{"id":268057,"date":"2025-09-02T12:22:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/?p=268057"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:22:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:37:47","slug":"ime-lifes-deputy-ceo-khilendra-poudel-receives-prestigious-excellence-in-financial-services-digital-innovation-award-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ime-lifes-deputy-ceo-khilendra-poudel-receives-prestigious-excellence-in-financial-services-digital-innovation-award-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"IME Life\u2019s Deputy CEO Khilendra Poudel Receives Prestigious &#8220;Excellence in Financial Services &#038; Digital Innovation Award\u20132025&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu. Mr. Khilendra Poudel, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of IME Life Insurance Limited, has been honored with the prestigious \u2018Excellence in Financial Services &amp; Digital Innovation Award\u20132025,\u2019 a recognition that underscores his visionary leadership and transformative contributions to Nepal\u2019s financial and insurance sector.<\/p>\n<p>The award was formally presented to Mr. Poudel on Monday during a grand ceremony by former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal \u2018Prachanda,\u2019 on behalf of the organizing institution.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers highlighted that Mr. Poudel was selected for his trailblazing role in driving digital transformation, pioneering innovative practices in insurance, and championing customer-centric financial services. His career reflects an enduring commitment to redefining financial accessibility and modernizing traditional business models.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining IME Life Insurance as Deputy CEO a year ago, Mr. Poudel successfully led IME Remittance as Chief Executive Officer, where he played a pivotal role in expanding the reach of financial services for millions of Nepalis at home and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>At IME Life, his leadership has already produced tangible results \u2014 from expanding financial inclusion and accelerating the adoption of digital premium payment systems to enhancing customer experience through innovation and positioning the company at the forefront of Nepal\u2019s evolving insurance landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to his professional achievements, Mr. Poudel recently published a scholarly article titled \u201cResuscitating Life Insurance in Nepal: An Analysis of Sectoral Constraints and Reform Pathways\u201d in the International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research (IJFMR) (<span role=\"gridcell\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1s688f x1heor9g x1bvjpef xujl8zx\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ijfmr.com\/papers\/2025\/4\/54472.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExRENKWUNyeGlpM1duV0hDMwEezR-dkg0AX-Ca91BZEZ-5T7BZ5gsqNqP_Rhho2YR6aPORNLEpjWTducWp17M_aem_kqkVQ7u6uw4G4vyjSBepUQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.ijfmr.com\/papers\/2025\/4\/54472.pdf<\/a><\/span>) further establishing his thought leadership in the sector.<\/p>\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x6ikm8r x10wlt62\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x14ctfv x13sv91t x6ikm8r x10wlt62 xerhiuh x1pn3fxy x10zy8in xm9bcq3 x1n2onr6 x1vjfegm x1k4qllp x1mzt3pk x13faqbe x1xr0vuk x1jm4cbz x114wg8e xrrpcnn x14rx4xb x13fuv20 x18b5jzi x1q0q8m5 x1t7ytsu x19livfd x1h2krnu x3p3xfz xet2kk3 xaymx6s x1lu5o8o x1ou5ly4 xofb2d2\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"html-div xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1gslohp x14z9mp x12nagc x1lziwak x1yc453h x126k92a x18lvrbx\" dir=\"auto\">The Asian Professional Achievement Awards honor exceptional individuals from Nepal and across Asia who have made outstanding contributions in finance, insurance, health, education, information technology, and other vital sectors. Mr. Poudel\u2019s recognition places him among an elite group of professionals shaping the future of Asia\u2019s business and service industries.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1h91t0o xkh2ocl x78zum5 xdt5ytf x13a6bvl x193iq5w x1iyjqo2 x1eb86dx\" role=\"presentation\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu. Mr. Khilendra Poudel, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of IME Life Insurance Limited, has been honored with the prestigious \u2018Excellence in Financial Services &amp; Digital Innovation Award\u20132025,\u2019 a recognition that underscores his visionary leadership and transformative contributions to Nepal\u2019s financial and insurance sector. The award was formally presented to Mr. Poudel on Monday during a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":268058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45077,45152,45159],"tags":[57942,57944,57936,57940,57946,57948,57938,57950],"class_list":["post-268057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate-2-en","category-life-insurance-en","category-news-en","tag-award-en","tag-corporatenews-en","tag-deputyceo","tag-excellenceinfinancialservicesdigitalinnovationaward","tag-imelife-en","tag-imelifeinsurancecompany-en","tag-khilendrapoudel","tag-lifeinsurancecompany-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268059,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268057\/revisions\/268059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media\/268058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}