<p>IIT-Delhi and Harvard Business School alumnus Jayant Sinha today took charge as Minister of State in the Finance Ministry.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sinha was briefed by senior officials in the Ministry soon after taking charge. He assumes office at a time when the Ministry is preparing the Budget for 2015-16.<br /><br />The 51-year-old, whose father Yashwant Sinha served as Finance Minister in the earlier NDA government, was among the 21 ministers who took oath yesterday at Rashtrapati Bhawan.<br /><br />Sinha was elected to the Lok Sabha in May this year from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand.<br /><br />Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday expanded his Council of Ministers as the government looks to kick-start the economy with new reforms.<br /><br />Sinha's career has seen him work as an investment fund manager and management consultant. He was once a partner at McKinsey.</p>
<p>IIT-Delhi and Harvard Business School alumnus Jayant Sinha today took charge as Minister of State in the Finance Ministry.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sinha was briefed by senior officials in the Ministry soon after taking charge. He assumes office at a time when the Ministry is preparing the Budget for 2015-16.<br /><br />The 51-year-old, whose father Yashwant Sinha served as Finance Minister in the earlier NDA government, was among the 21 ministers who took oath yesterday at Rashtrapati Bhawan.<br /><br />Sinha was elected to the Lok Sabha in May this year from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand.<br /><br />Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday expanded his Council of Ministers as the government looks to kick-start the economy with new reforms.<br /><br />Sinha's career has seen him work as an investment fund manager and management consultant. He was once a partner at McKinsey.</p>