Mr. Sumant Sinha
Award Year: 2018 | Degree Year: 1987
Mr. Sumant Sinha received a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Civil Engineering in the year 1987 from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, a post-graduate diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, and a Master’s degree in International Affairs from the Columbia University. He is also a CFA holder and a member of the Institute.
Mr. Sumant Sinha is the Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power Limited which is the largest renewable energy IPP in India in terms of total energy generation capacity with a total capacity of 5.85 GW in May 2018 and with a strong track record of nearly doubling its operational capacity in each of the last three fiscal years. Prior to this, Mr. Sinha worked as an investment banker in the United States and the United Kingdom at Citicorp Securities and ING Barings Services Limited, respectively. Subsequently, he worked as Senior President Finance of the Aditya Birla Group and then as the Chief Executive Officer of Aditya Birla Retail. After this, he joined Suzlon in the year 2008 and served as the Chief Operating Officer until 2010. In 2017, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – Northern Region. Before, this he has been the Chairman of CII’s Renewable Energy Committee as well as CII’s Solar Task Force. Mr. Sinha is also on the Advisory Board of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He has recently been appointed to the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and the Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur.
Mr. Sumant Sinha has won many awards including the “The Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year, 2018”, “EY Entrepreneur of the Year, 2017” in the Energy, Real Estate and Infrastructure category, Outstanding Start-up of the Year- Forbes India Leadership Awards for Renew Power 2017, “Industry Crusader” at Renewable Energy India Awards 2017, and “Torch Bearer of the Year” at the India Solar Week Leadership Awards 2017. Most recently he has been recognized as the “Champion of Tomorrow” by CEO Awards and received the “Hall of Fame” award at the India Solar Week Leadership Awards 2018.
Apart from his outstanding achievements as an entrepreneur, Mr. Sinha has also shown keen interest in interacting with IITD faculty and students. He has set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Energy and Environment and is also supporting IMPRINT and UAY projects in the Institute. ReNew Power is in the process of setting up a Professorial Chair and an award for the best Ph.D. thesis in the area of Sustainability and Energy.
In honoring Mr. Sumant Sinha, IIT Delhi recognizes his outstanding contributions to the field of Corporate Business Development and Entrepreneurship. Through his contributions and achievements, Mr. Sumant Sinha has brought glory to the Institute.
