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{{Infobox person
| name = Upendra Kumar Sinha
| image = U_K_Sinha.jpg
| birth_date = 
| occupation = Chairman, [[Securities and Exchange Board of India]] <br>{{small|18 February 2014 - 10 February 2017}}<ref>{{cite news | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/business/banking-and-finance/uk-sinha-gets-two-year-extension-as-sebi-chairman/ | title=UK Sinha gets two-year extension as Sebi chairman | newspaper=[[Indian Express]] | date=15 January 2014 | access-date=17 January 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| footnotes = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] Officer, [[Bihar Cadre]] - Batch of 1976,
Ex-[[Chairperson|Chairman]], [[Unit Trust of India|UTI AMC]]
}}
'''Upendra Kumar Sinha''' is the former chairman of [[SEBI]].<ref>[http://www.livemint.com/2011/02/17211716/Old-challenges-new-Sebi-chief.html?relid=69785 "U K Sinha appointed as SEBI chairman"]</ref> His term started in February 2014. He has been appointed for a period of three years. He was the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the [[Unit Trust of India]] [[Asset Management]] Company (UTIAMC), commonly referred to as UTI [[Mutual fund|Mutual Fund]]. He is a member of the [[Indian Administrative Service]]s (IAS), belonging to the [[Bihar]] Cadre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/U-K-Sinha-gets-two-year-extension-as-Sebi-chief/articleshow/29984531.cms |title=U K Sinha gets two-year extension as Sebi chief - Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |access-date=2018-10-25}}</ref><ref>http://www.deccanherald.com/content/134536/F</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/business/report/uk-sinha-is-new-sebi-chairman/20101213.htm |title=UK Sinha is new SEBI chairman - Rediff.com Business |publisher=Rediff.com |access-date=2018-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-06/patna/28366075_1_u-k-sinha-giridih-icici-and-icici-bank |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909140224/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-06/patna/28366075_1_u-k-sinha-giridih-icici-and-icici-bank |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-09 |title=Another feather in this Bihari officer's cap | Patna News |date=2011-02-06 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2018-10-25}}</ref>

== Biography ==
He has drafted many acts and laws, although some of them never were passed. In 2002, Sinha drafted the [[Securities and Exchange Board of India|SEBI amendment]] act. In 2004, he drafted the Securities Law Amendment Act, and the PFRDA Bill in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isb.edu/caf/about/board-of-advisors/mr.-u.-k.-sinha|title=Mr. U. K. Sinha {{!}} Indian School of Business (ISB)|website=www.isb.edu|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref>

Since September 28, 2010, he has been chairman of the [[Association of Mutual Funds of India]]. Since February 2011, he has been the chairman of the [[Securities and Exchange Board of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isb.edu/caf/about/board-of-advisors/mr.-u.-k.-sinha|title=Mr. U. K. Sinha {{!}} Indian School of Business (ISB)|website=www.isb.edu|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref>

=== Going Public ===
He published an autobiography titled '''Going Public''' on January 5, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/business/banking-and-finance/uk-sinha-gets-two-year-extension-as-sebi-chairman/|title=UK Sinha gets two-year extension as Sebi chairman|date=2014-01-15|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref>

==References==
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{{succession box
| title = Chairman & Managing Director of [[Unit Trust of India|UTI AMC]]
| before= [[C. B. Bhave]]
| after= [[Ajay Tyagi]]
| years=2005–2011}}
{{s-end}}

==External links==
*[http://www.utimf.com/Aboutus/key_people.asp Sinha's Profile at UTI]
*[http://www.utimf.com Unit Trust of India Company Website]
*[http://www.business-standard.com/lifeleisure/storypage.php?leftnm=5&subLeft=3&autono=310539&tab=r UTI Turnaround Feature in Business Standard]
*[http://nonresidentbihari.blogspot.com/2007/04/u-k-sinha-uti-ceo.html Sinha's profile at Non Resident Bihari Blog]

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