Jayant Sinha

Constituency: Hazaribagh

Party: Bharatiya Janata Party

Father's Name: Shri Yashwant Sinha

Mother's Name: Smt. Nilima Sinha

Date of Birth: Sunday, April 21, 1963

Birth Place: Giridih (Jharkhand)

Anniversary Date: Tuesday, September 16, 1986

Spouse Name: Smt. Punita Kumar Sinha

SONS: 2

DAUGHTERS: 0

State Name: Jharkhand

Permanent Address: 76-A, Hupad Vill.- Harhad, P.O. Mufassil, Distt. Hazaribagh-825301, Jharkhand 09811716444 (M)

Present Address: 20, Tughlak Crescent,New Delhi-110011Tel : (011) 23013798, 09891504863 (M)

Email Id: jayant[dot]sinha19[at]sansad[dot]nic[dot]in jsinha21[at]gmail[dot]com

Education Qualifications: B. Tech (Chemical Engineering) (with Distinction), M.Sc. (Energy Management and Policy), M.B.A. (with Distinction) Educated at I.I.T., Delhi, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard Business School

Countries Visited: Argentina, Brazil, Canada and U.S.A., also widely traveled Asia and Europe

Positions Held: May, 2014 Elected to 16^th Lok Sabha
1 Sep. 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
1 Sep. 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014 Member, Standing Committee on Finance
9 Nov. 2014 - 5 July 2016 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Finance
5 July 2016 onwards Union Minister of State, Ministry of Civil Aviation

OTHER INFO: Lived in the USA for about twenty years (in Philadelphia and Boston)