Personal Life
Yashwant Sinha has a wide range of interests including reading, gardening and meeting people. He has widely travelled and has led a number of political and social delegations. He played a leading role in many negotiations on behalf of the country. Mr. Sinha's wife is Nilima Sinha, one of India's leading children's writers and President, Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children. He has a daughter, Sharmila who is a writer and married to Ashok Kantha, an IFS officer. He has 2 sons, Jayant and Sumant. Jayant is an IIT Delhi and Harvard Business School graduate. He is currently a Partner at Omidyar Network http://www.omidyar.com/team/jayant-sinha. Sumant is an alumnus of IIT Delhi and IIM Calcutta and was a Dean's Fellow at The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University. He is the Founder and Chairman of ReNew Wind Power, a renewable energy power producer. Sumant Sinha starts his own firm. . He has 3 grandchildren, named Aashir, Devansh, Rishabh. 12 year old Aashir, and 22 year old Rishabh live in Boston, MA. 19 year old Devansh Kantha lives in Delhi, India.
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