Jayant Sinha
Jayant Sinha (born 21 April 1963) is an Indian politician who is a Member of the Indian Parliament and formerly the Minister of State for Finance and the Minister of State for Civil Aviation in the Government of India. Sinha is currently the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance and a member of the Public Accounts Committee for 2019–20. He has also been an investment fund manager and management consultant. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of India's International Movement to Unite Nations
Jayant Sinha | |
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Sinha in November 2014 | |
| Minister of State for Civil Aviation | |
| In office 5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Mahesh Sharma |
| Succeeded by | Hardeep Singh Puri (as MoS Independent charge) |
| Minister of State for Finance | |
| In office 9 November 2014 – 5 July 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Succeeded by | Arjun Ram Meghwal and Santosh Gangwar |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Yashwant Sinha |
| Constituency | Hazaribagh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 April 1963 Giridih, Bihar, (now in Jharkhand), India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Punita Kumar Sinha |
| Parent(s) | Yashwant Sinha Nilima Sinha |
| Alma mater | IIT Delhi (BTech) University of Pennsylvania (MS) Harvard Business School (MBA) |
In May 2014, he was elected to the Lok Sabha, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. In the 2019 general elections, Sinha was re-elected as Member of Parliament from the same constituency with a record majority.
Sinha's prior business experience includes twelve years with McKinsey & Company as a partner in the Boston and Delhi offices. At McKinsey, Sinha co-led the global Software and IT Services practice. He was most recently a partner at Omidyar Network. Sinha led ON's overall investment strategy and operations in India. He also spent several years as a managing director at Courage Capital, a global special situations hedge fund.