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{{Infobox person
| name = Janmejaya Kumar Sinha
| image = Janmejaya Sinha.png
| caption = Janmejaya Kumar Sinha
| birth_date = 1959
| occupation = [[Management Consultant]], [[Strategist]]
| citizenship = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| title = [[Chairman BCG India]]
| employer = [[Boston Consulting Group]]
| alma_mater = [[Princeton University]] ([[PhD]]) <br> [[Cambridge University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]]) <br> [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])
}}

'''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.<ref name=ET>{{cite news|last=Mahanta|first=Vinod|title=BCG's India MD to head Asia operations|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-08-18/news/27658181_1_asia-operations-booz-firm|accessdate=9 March 2013|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=2009-08-18}}</ref> In 2010, Consulting Magazine considered him to be among the 25 most influential consultants in the world.<ref name="Top 25 Consultants">{{cite news|last=Consulting Magazine|title=Top 25 Consultants|url=http://www.consultingmag.com/article/ART648342|accessdate=30 March 2013|newspaper=Consulting Magazine}}</ref> His primary focus is around issues of strategy, corporate governance, and organization for family conglomerates and financial services clients around the world.<ref name=BCG>{{cite web|last=Boston Consulting Group|title=Executive Committee|url=http://www.bcg.com/about_bcg/leadership/executive_committee.aspx#tcm127322|publisher=The Boston Consulting Group|accessdate=9 March 2013}}</ref> He is also co-author of two books 'Own the Future:50 Ways to Win from The Boston Consulting Group'<ref name="amazon">{{cite book|last=Own the Future|title=Own the Future|date=15 April 2013|isbn=978-1118591703}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last=CII Press Release|title=CII-Brookings Institution Co-host Conference on US-India Economic Partnership|url=http://www.cii.in/PressreleasesDetail.aspx?enc=2Ki9dGcmiN20s5vQX2L1jg==|accessdate=30 March 2013|newspaper=CII Press Release|date=27 Jun 2011}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|last=The Business Standard|title=Dr Janmejaya Sinha named Chairman Asia region for The Boston Consulting Group|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/press-releases/dr-janmejaya-sinha-named-chairman-asia-region-for-the-boston-consulting-group-109081700094_1.html|accessdate=30 March 2013|newspaper=The Business Standard|date=17 Aug 2009}}</ref> He is a regular speaker at the [[World Economic Forum]]<ref>{{cite web|last=World Economic Forum|title=Janmejaya SInha|url=http://www.weforum.org/contributors/janmejaya-sinha|publisher=WEF|accessdate=30 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=NDTV|title=Global economy: What lies ahead|url=http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/ndtv-davos/global-economy-what-lies-ahead/262862|accessdate=30 March 2013|newspaper=NDTV|date=24 Jan 2013}}</ref> and also at industry summits of [[Confederation of Indian Industry]], [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry]], [[Nasscom]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Janmejaya Sinha |title=BIO |url=http://www.nasscom.in/sites/default/files/Speakers/Janmejaya%20Sinha-%20Final.pdf |publisher=Nasscom |accessdate=30 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310092055/http://www.nasscom.in/sites/default/files/Speakers/Janmejaya%20Sinha-%20Final.pdf |archivedate=10 March 2013 }}</ref> [[Indian Banks Association]]. He is often called in on panels as an expert by the electronic media.<ref>{{cite web|last=Janmejaya Sinha|title=Executive Profile|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=34118098&privcapId=135794|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=9 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Question Time|title=Question Time with Janmejaya Sinha, MD of Boston Consulting Group|url=http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/question-time/question-time-with-janmejaya-sinha-md-of-boston-consulting-group/225834|publisher=NDTV|accessdate=30 March 2013}}</ref> He is a regular contributor to the press and has written across all Indian economic dailies [[Indian Express]],<ref>http://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/janmejaya-k-sinha/</ref> [[The Economic Times]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Articles by Janmejaya Sinha|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Janmejaya-K-.-Sinha/|accessdate=30 March 2013|newspaper=The Economic Times|title=Janmejaya K . Sinha: Latest News & Videos, Photos about Janmejaya K . Sinha}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sinha|first=Janmejaya|title=As developing China & India become growth leaders, the world will become a better place|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-10-03/news/34238806_1_growth-leaders-infant-mortality-china-and-india|accessdate=30 March 2013|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=3 Oct 2012}}</ref> [[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Sinha|first=Janmejaya|title=Managing external stakeholders|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/managing-external-stakeholders/227301/3|accessdate=30 March 2013|newspaper=The Financial Express|date=12 Oct 2007}}</ref> [[Business Standard]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Sinha|first=Janmejaya|title='Greed capital' is good!|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/janmejaya-sinha-greed-capital-is-good-106122601062_1.html|accessdate=30 March 2013|newspaper=The Business Standard}}</ref> and [[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Sinha|first=Janmejaya|title=Scale vs Scope {{!}} Size does not guarantee success|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/QdenOS77LRw9Lq3Hm1gGkP/Scale-vs-Scope--Sizedoes-not-guarantee-success.html|accessdate=30 March 2013|newspaper=Mint}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Forbes India|title=Forbes India Celebrates Leadership in Business|url=http://forbesindia.com/article/web-special/forbes-india-celebrates-leaderhip-in-business/29782/1|work=Forbes|accessdate=30 March 2013}}</ref>

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 [[1991 India economic crisis|balance of payments crisis India faced in 1991]].<ref name="ET" />

He also serves on several advisory boards advising organisations like, [[Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas]] and [[Murugappa Group]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vyas|first1=Maulik|title=Cyril Shroff ropes in business luminaries like Narayana Murthy, Deepak Parekh, Uday Kotak and others for advisory board of his law firm|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/consultancy-/-audit/cyril-shroff-ropes-in-business-luminaries-like-narayana-murthy-deepak-parekh-uday-kotak-and-others-for-advisory-board-of-his-law-firm/articleshow/48417617.cms|accessdate=10 August 2015|work=The Economic Times}}</ref>

== Education ==

He has a Ph.D. from [[Princeton University]]'s [[Woodrow Wilson School|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]].<ref name=INLAKs>{{cite web|last=INLAKs Foundation|title=INLAKs alumni|url=http://www.inlaksfoundation.org/Alumni.aspx?sort=old&Type=A&SortAlpha=J|publisher=INLAKs Foundation|accessdate=9 March 2013}}</ref> He also has a B.A. and an M.A. in history from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]] [[Delhi University]]<ref name="BCG" />

==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]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Government of India |first=Reserve Bank of India |title=INDIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR AN ASSESSMENT |url=http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/PublicationReport/Pdfs/CFSA5.pdf |publisher=RBI |accessdate=30 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527132908/http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/PublicationReport/Pdfs/CFSA5.pdf |archivedate=27 May 2013 }}</ref>
*Member of [[India Planning Commission|Planning Commission's]] Panel of Experts on Reforms in Central Public Sector Enterprises<ref>{{cite web|last=Planning Commission Government of India|title=Panel of Experts on Reforms in Central Public Sector Enterprises|url=http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/rep_cpse1912.pdf|publisher=Planning Commission Government of India|accessdate=30 March 2013}}</ref>
*Awarded INLAKS scholarship to pursue studies in [[Cambridge University]] 1984<ref name="INLAKs" />
*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'<ref name="amazon" />
*Author 'Your Strategy Needs A Strategy' published by Harvard Business Review Press<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 978-1625275868|title = Your Strategy Needs a Strategy: How to Choose and Execute the Right Approach|last1 = Reeves|first1 = Martin|last2 = Haanaes|first2 = Knut|last3 = Sinha|first3 = Janmejaya Kumar|year = 2015}}</ref>

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>Ira Leviton at 01:34, 26 January 2021