<p>A leading first-generation entrepreneur, Sumant Sinha is the Founder,
            Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power - one of India's largest
            clean energy companies.</p> 
            <p>Sumant founded ReNew Power in January 2011,
            with a vision to transform the way energy is produced and consumed in India.
            Since then, under his leadership, the company has grown exponentially and
            is today one of India's premier renewable energy companies with an
            aggregate portfolio of more than 10 GW spread over more than 100
            sites. ReNew has been funded by marquee investors including Goldman
            Sachs, CPPIB (largest Canadian pension fund), ADIA (sovereign wealth
            fund in Middle East) and JERA (leading Japanese utility), and has raised
            more than USD 6 billion of capital, both equity and debt.</p> 
            <p>ReNew has emerged as one of the leading asset creators in the country over the last 5 years. It now generates one per cent of India's total electricity annually, and in doing so helps mitigate half a per cent of India's carbon emissions in a year.</p>
            <p>Sumant is a passionate advocate for solutions related to climate change and
            sustainable development and has spoken at various thought leadership
            platforms, such as World Economic Forum at Davos, Climate Week NYC,
            CERA Week and other forums organized by Financial Times, ORF as well
            as leading global universities. He has written more than 150 opinion articles
            in leading global and Indian publications on the pressing issues of climate
            change, renewable energy and sustainable economic growth. Sumant has
            recently written a book - Fossil Free: Reimagining Clean Energy in a
            Carbon-Constrained World which is about the past, present and future of
            the world's energy systems in the context of the world's changing climate
            and spells out a playbook to create a carbon light future for India. Former
            Vice President Al Gore describes the book as "a compelling roadmap to a
            better, cleaner future for India-and other developing regions of the world".
            Sumant is a member of the Stewardship Board on Shaping the Future of
            Energy at the World Economic Forum and serves as the Chair of the Climate
            Group's India Advisory Board. He also serves on the Board of Directors of
            the US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), and chairs CII's
            Renewable Energy Council. Sumant is a member of the Advisory Committee
            of the India Climate Collaborative- a platform promoting policy advocacy and
            thought leadership on climate change. He is on the Board of Governors of
            IIM Calcutta, IIM Sirmaur, IIT Delhi and Columbia University's School of
            International and Public Affairs (SIPA).
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            For his achievements in entrepreneurship and clean energy, Sumant has
            won several awards including "Chairman Of The Year" at the Stevie
            International Business Awards 2020, The Entrepreneur India's Entrepreneur
            of the Year award, 2019, the coveted "Economic Times Entrepreneur of the
            Year Award' 2018, "EY Entrepreneur of the Year", 2017" and "Outstanding
            Start-up of the Year"- Forbes India Leadership Awards 2017 for ReNew
            Power.</p><p>
            After starting his career in the Tata Administrative Service, Sumant worked
            as an investment banker with Citicorp and ING Barings in the US and UK,
            before heading finance in one of India's largest conglomerates, the Aditya
            Birla Group. He was also COO of Suzlon, India's largest wind turbine
            company. Sumant has a Master's degree in International Affairs from
            Columbia University, a degree in business management from the Indian
            Institute of Management Calcutta and also a B. Tech from the Indian Institute
            of Technology Delhi. </p>