Courses & Events
#TheIndiaDialog Conversation: Getting to the Green Frontier: Net Zero Development Model for India
Thursday, May 25, 2023
08:00 am - 09:00 am
Monthly online seminar series hosted by US-ATMC Director Dr. Richard Dasher and the Institute for Competitiveness’ Honorary Chairman Dr. Amit Kapoor’s. This series is a continuation of The India Dialog summit, an annual conference that addresses the transformations of India’s economic and social landscape. Visit our India Dialog page for more information.
Details
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l6v-ldmJRTqpNVsZ5qCHqA#/registration
Speakers
Jayant Sinha
Member of Parliament, Government of India
Mr. Sinha is a second term Member of Parliament from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, India. As Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance, Mr. Sinha leads the 31 member Parliamentary panel that has oversight of the Ministries of Finance, Corporate Affairs, Statistics & Program Implementation, and the NITI Aayog. In addition, the panel has Parliamentary responsibility for the Reserve Bank of India, the Securities & Exchange Board of India, the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board, and the Insurance and Pension regulatory authorities. Mr. Sinha is very active in Parliament having opened the debate on India’s Annual Budget on multiple occasions. In the 2021 Budget session, he introduced the Climate Change (Net Zero Carbon) Private Member Bill 2021.
Previously, Mr. Sinha served on India’s Council of Ministers from 2014 to 2019; first, as the Minister of State for Finance and then as the Minister of State for Civil Aviation. During this time, Mr. Sinha gained wide recognition as an innovative and results-oriented policymaker with singular successes ranging from piloting the legislation that brought in India’s game-changing bankruptcy code to establishing India’s sovereign wealth fund to privatizing multiple airports. As Aviation Minister, he was instrumental in upgrading safety and security across India’s fast-growing aviation system. He launched the UDAN Regional Connectivity Scheme which expanded the number of operational airports in India by 50% in just three years. Mr. Sinha also implemented several major digital initiatives such as the DigitalSky Drone policy and the DigiYatra digital traveler program.
Prior to his career in public service, Mr. Sinha was Partner at Omidyar Network and the Managing Director of Omidyar Network India Advisors from 2009 to 2013. Before this, Mr. Sinha was Managing Director at Courage Capital Management, where he led Global Technology and India-related investing for a hedge fund. Mr. Sinha joined Courage Capital in 2006 after twelve years with McKinsey & Company, where he was a Partner in the Boston and Delhi offices, and co-led the Global Software & Services Practice.
As a global thought leader, Mr. Sinha has been published in the Financial Times, Times of India, Economic Times, Harvard Business Review, and the McKinsey Quarterly.
Mr. Sinha has an MBA with Distinction from the Harvard Business School, an MS in Energy Management & Policy from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BTech with Distinction from the IIT Delhi. He was awarded the Distinguished Alumni award from IIT Delhi in 2015.
