20 Facts About Sumant Sinha

Sumant Sinha was born on 12 February 1965 and is an Indian businessman.

Sumant Sinha is the chairman and CEO of ReNew, a renewable energy company, which he founded in 2011.

Sumant Sinha was born in New Delhi as the son of Yashwant Sinha, a former Minister of Finance, and Nilima Sinha.

Sumant Sinha completed his schooling from St Columba's School, Delhi and his graduation in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in 1987.

In 1991, Sinha went to New York to pursue a Master's in International Affairs from Columbia University.

Sumant Sinha started his career with a two-year stint at Tata Administrative Services in 1989.

Thereafter, Sumant Sinha worked as an investment banker at Citicorp Securities and ING Barings in the US and the UK.

Sumant Sinha returned to India in 2002 and became the Chief Financial Officer at the Aditya Birla Group.

Sumant Sinha led the creation of Aditya Birla Group's retail arm, Aditya Birla Retail Limited, where he served as chief executive officer from 2007 to 2008.

Sumant Sinha has served on the boards of IIT Delhi, IIM Calcutta and the Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

Sumant Sinha is member of the Board of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum.

Sumant Sinha is a member of the stewardship board of Shaping the Future of Energy.

Sumant Sinha co-chaired the Electricity Governor's Group at the World Economic Forum.

Sumant Sinha is a founding member of the First Movers Coalition and co-chairs the CEO Climate Leaders Alliance India.

Sumant Sinha is the Chair of Board of Trustees of the Rocky Mountain Institute.

Sumant Sinha was the Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry of the Northern Region.

Sumant Sinha was the Chairman of Special Task Force on Solar, Renewable Energy Council, and Climate Change Council.

Sumant Sinha set up ReNew in 2011 with a plan to have at least 1,000 MW of capacity by 2015.

Sumant Sinha led ReNew, going from zero to 5,800 MW of commissioned capacity in six years, making it one of India's largest independent renewable energy producers.

The Sumant Sinha ReNew Centre of Excellence for Energy and Environment in IIT Delhi was established in 2016 to encourage and support research in renewable science and technology.