Founder Profile
Alok Bansal
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Alok Bansal?
Alok Bansal is a founder of Policybazaar, which was founded in 2008 with Yashish Dahiya and Avaneesh Nirjar.
- Company founded
- Policybazaar
- Founded
- 2008
- Co-founders
- Yashish Dahiya and Avaneesh Nirjar
Background
Finance executive who previously served as the CFO of First Europa and worked at Mahindra & Mahindra.
Founding Story
Alok Bansal co-founded Policybazaar in 2008. He architected the financial backend and complex regulatory compliance structures required to operate an insurance aggregator in India. As CFO, he managed the massive early venture capital rounds that allowed the company to survive the grueling, cash-burning early days of customer acquisition. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
This profile does not yet cite a source specific to Alok Bansal. The sources below document the company company rather than the person, so check them against the claims above.
- PB Fintech (NSE:POLICYBZR) annual reports, as compiled by S&P Global (via StockAnalysis) (Policybazaar)
- en.wikipedia.org (Policybazaar)