Janmejaya Kumar Sinha
Janmejaya Kumar Sinha
Born1959
CitizenshipIndian
Alma materPrinceton University (PhD)
Cambridge University (BA, MA)
St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA, MA)
Occupation(s)Management Consultant, Strategist
EmployerBoston Consulting Group
TitleChairman BCG India

Janmejaya Kumar Sinha (born September 12, 1959) is the present chairman of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) India, a BCG fellow and a member of the Henderson Institute Innovation Sounding Board.

Career

Janmejaya Kumar Sinha is the present chairman of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) India. He is also a member of BCG's Henderson Institute Innovation Sounding Board, which is dedicated to supporting, inspiring and guiding upstream innovation at BCG. He served as Chairman Asia Pacific for BCG from 2009 to 2018. Additionally he has served on the firms executive committee from 2006 to 2018. He has been with BCG since 1998. Prior to becoming Chairman Asia Pacific, he was Managing Director of the India Practice from 2003 till 2009.[1] In 2010, Consulting Magazine considered him to be among the 25 most influential consultants in the world.[2] His primary focus is around issues of strategy, corporate governance, and organization for family conglomerates and financial services clients around the world.[3] He is also co-author of several books including 'Untangling Conflict: An Introspective Guide for Families in Business'[4] and 'Your Strategy Needs A Strategy'.

He is currently Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) committee on financial inclusion and digitisation and member of their national council.[5] He has been a member of numerous committees set up by Government of India, Reserve Bank of India, Indian Banks Association and Confederation of Indian Industry.[6] He is a regular speaker at the World Economic Forum[7][8] and also at industry summits of Confederation of Indian Industry, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Nasscom,[9] Indian Banks Association. He is often called in on panels as an expert by the electronic media.[10][11] He is a regular contributor to the press and has written across all Indian economic dailies Indian Express,[12] The Economic Times,[13][14] Financial Express,[15] Business Standard,[16] and Mint[17] around a range of issues around economy and business. In addition to which he has also been asked to chair a number of juries including Forbes' India Leadership awards.[18]

Prior to joining BCG in 1998 he worked with The Reserve Bank of India in Calcutta, Mumbai and Patna in a variety of departments. His last assignment was managing India's gold reserves during the balance of payments crisis India faced in 1991.[1]

He also serves on several advisory boards advising organisations like, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Murugappa Group.[19]

Education

He has a Ph.D. from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. His thesis was titled Growing to fail: the political economy of public sector banks' performance in India. In 1984 he won the INLAKS scholarship to pursue a B.A. and an M.A. in economics from Clare College, Cambridge University.[20] He also has a B.A. and an M.A. in history from St. Stephen's College Delhi University[3]

Awards, honors and publications

  • Member of NITI Aayog committee to promote the use of digital payment systems
  • Member of Advisory Panel on Institutions and Market Structure for RBI.[21]
  • Member of Planning Commission's Panel of Experts on Reforms in Central Public Sector Enterprises[22]
  • Awarded INLAKS scholarship to pursue studies in Cambridge University 1984[20]
  • Awarded Wilson fellowship in Princeton University 1994
  • Awarded Diamond Jubilee fellowship By Indian Institute of Bankers to Study gold market 1990
  • Author 'Own the Future:50 Ways to Win from The Boston Consulting Group'[4]
  • Author 'Your Strategy Needs A Strategy' published by Harvard Business Review Press[23]
  • Author 'Untangling Conflict: An Introspective Guide for Families in Business' published by Penguin Enterprise[24]

References

  1. 1 2 Mahanta, Vinod (2009-08-18). "BCG's India MD to head Asia operations". The Economic Times. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Consulting Magazine. "Top 25 Consultants". Consulting Magazine. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 Boston Consulting Group. "Executive Committee". The Boston Consulting Group. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  4. 1 2 Own the Future (15 April 2013). Own the Future. ISBN 978-1118591703.
  5. ↑ CII Press Release (27 Jun 2011). "CII-Brookings Institution Co-host Conference on US-India Economic Partnership". CII Press Release. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  6. ↑ The Business Standard (17 Aug 2009). "Dr Janmejaya Sinha named Chairman Asia region for The Boston Consulting Group". The Business Standard. Retrieved 30 March 2013. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ↑ World Economic Forum. "Janmejaya SInha". WEF. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  8. ↑ NDTV (24 Jan 2013). "Global economy: What lies ahead". NDTV. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  9. ↑ Janmejaya Sinha. "BIO" (PDF). Nasscom. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  10. ↑ Janmejaya Sinha. "Executive Profile". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  11. ↑ Question Time. "Question Time with Janmejaya Sinha, MD of Boston Consulting Group". NDTV. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  12. ↑ "Janmejaya K Sinha". 19 August 2015.
  13. ↑ Articles by Janmejaya Sinha. "Janmejaya K . Sinha: Latest News & Videos, Photos about Janmejaya K . Sinha". The Economic Times. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  14. ↑ Sinha, Janmejaya (3 Oct 2012). "As developing China & India become growth leaders, the world will become a better place". The Economic Times. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  15. ↑ Sinha, Janmejaya (12 Oct 2007). "Managing external stakeholders". The Financial Express. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  16. ↑ Sinha, Janmejaya. "'Greed capital' is good!". The Business Standard. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  17. ↑ Sinha, Janmejaya. "Scale vs Scope | Size does not guarantee success". Mint. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  18. ↑ Forbes India. "Forbes India Celebrates Leadership in Business". Forbes. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  19. ↑ Vyas, Maulik. "Cyril Shroff ropes in business luminaries like Narayana Murthy, Deepak Parekh, Uday Kotak and others for advisory board of his law firm". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  20. 1 2 INLAKs Foundation. "INLAKs alumni". INLAKs Foundation. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  21. ↑ Government of India, Reserve Bank of India. "INDIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR AN ASSESSMENT" (PDF). RBI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  22. ↑ Planning Commission Government of India. "Panel of Experts on Reforms in Central Public Sector Enterprises" (PDF). Planning Commission Government of India. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  23. ↑ Reeves, Martin; Haanaes, Knut; Sinha, Janmejaya Kumar (2015). Your Strategy Needs a Strategy: How to Choose and Execute the Right Approach. ISBN 978-1625275868.
  24. ↑ Sinha, Janmejaya Kumar; Liao, Carol; Kimura, Ryoji; Montgomery, Brittany (2022). Untangling Conflict: An Introspective Guide for Families in Business. ISBN 9789354924309.


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