U. K. Sinha

Upendra Kumar Sinha, IAS
Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India
In office
2011–2017
Preceded byChandrasekhar Bhaskar Bhave
Succeeded byAjay Tyagi
Personal details
Alma materPatna College
Patna University

Upendra Kumar Sinha (born 3 March 1952) is an Indian bureaucrat and retired Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Bihar Cadre and was the former chairperson of Securities and Exchange Board of India serving for 6 years from 2011 to 2017. 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. On 27 March 2023, he was appointed an Independent Director of Adani-owned TV channel NDTV for a period of two years. He was also designated as the Non-Executive Chairperson of NDTV.