Ravindra Kishore Sinha
R K Sinha | |
|---|---|
| MP of Rajya Sabha for Bihar | |
| In office 10 April 2014 – 09 April 2020 | |
| Constituency | Bihar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 September 1951 Buxar, Bihar, India |
| Political party | BJP |
| Spouse | Shrimati Rita Kishore Sinha |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Rajya Sabha, otherwise retired |
| Website | http://www.rksinha.com/ |
As of 20 December, 2016 Source: [1] | |
Ravindra Kishore Sinha, also known as RK Sinha (22 September 1951) is an Indian billionaire businessman, politician and journalist.[1] He is the founder of Security and Intelligence Services, a private security solutions provider in India and Australia.[2][3][4]
Sinha is a graduate of Political Science and Law and started his career as a journalist. He created Security and Intelligence Services to help retired servicemen after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.[5]
Sinha was elected to the Rajya Sabha to represent Bihar State by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) as a Member of Parliament in the Indian Upper House in 2014.[6][7]
In November 2017 an investigation conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism cited his name in the list of politicians named in "Paradise Papers" allegations.[8] This reference did not appear to contain anything other than legal dealings.[9] [2]
References
- ^ "Ravindra Kishore Sinha". Forbes.com. Forbes Media LLC. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ Chatterjee, Paramita; Pramugdha Mamgain (15 July 2011). "How Ravindra Kishore Sinha of Security and Intelligence Services (India) is securing firms". The Economic Times. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ "BJP's super rich candidate to contest Rajya Sabha polls in Bihar". Mid Day. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "His company's worth Rs 3,000 crore and he is BJP's RS candidate". India Today. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Biography". Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ "CP Thakur, RK Sinha file papers for Rajya Sabha polls in Bihar". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "CP Thakur, RK Sinha file nomination papers for Rajya Sabha". Zee News. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Explore The Politicians in the Paradise Papers - ICIJ". ICIJ. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ "Paradise Papers: Security firm of BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ravindra Kishore Sinha linked to two offshore entities". The Indian Express. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2019.