Website sumantsinha.com | Parents Yashwant Sinha Name Sumant Sinha | |
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Occupation Chairman & CEO of ReNew Power Alma mater Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Columbia University Similar People Yashwant Sinha, Jayant Sinha, Nilima Sinha | ||
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India s solar energy sector requires 100 billion investment sumant sinha
Sumant Sinha (born February 1965) is an Indian businessman. In 2010 he founded investment banking and consulting firm Savant Advisors and in 2011 founded independent power producer ReNew Power, headquartered in Gurgaon, India, for which he serves as CEO.
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- India s solar energy sector requires 100 billion investment sumant sinha
- Govt has failed us sumant sinha
- Personal life and education
- Career
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Govt has failed us sumant sinha
Personal life and education
Sinha is the son of Yashwant Sinha who was external affairs minister of India. He is the brother of Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation.
Sinha received his education from IIT Delhi, where he received a Bachelor of Technology, IIM Calcutta, where he received a Master of Business Administration, and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where he received a master's degree.
Career
After his education, Sinha became an investment banker, working in the United States and then the United Kingdom with Citibank and ING Barings. In 2002, he became CFO of the Aditya Birla Group in India, a role he retained until 2007. During that time, he founded and served as CEO of Aditya Birla Retail. In 2008, he became the COO of wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy. Shortly after his departure from Suzlon in 2010, he founded investment banking and consulting firm Savant Advisors. Early the following year, he founded independent power producer ReNew Power. The private power producer, for which he serves as CEO, focuses primarily on wind power. ReNew Power became the first company in India to cross 1000 MW in wind and solar capacity