Shri Sinha is the founder and the Chairman of the Shoshit Seva Sangh. He completed his schooling from St. Xavier’s School, Patna and then graduated in History (Honours) from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. He did his Master’s in History from the Delhi University. Subsequently, he joined the Indian Police Service in 1967 following in the footsteps of his father, late Shri M.K. Sinha, IP and his grand-father late Shri A.K. Sinha, IP. His grandfather was the first Indian to become the Police Chief of a State when he became IG of Police, Bihar way back in 1939. On his retirement he devoted himself to social causes and was a great devotee of Swami Sivananda. He established the Divine Life Society in Patna. Shri M.K. Sinha capped his distinguished career in the Police by becoming the Police Chief of Bihar, in the footsteps of his father in 1951. Shri J.K. Sinha, after joining the Indian Police Service in 1967, came on deputation to the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India in 1971. He rose to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India and retired from service in 2005. During his 34 years of service with the Government of India, he worked in various capacities both in India and abroad.

Long experience and exposure has made him aware of, not only the strengths, but also, the weaknesses of India. The most important of these being the glaring disparities between the urban and the rural as well as the rich and the poor. He also realises that it is imperative for the civil society to reach out to the poorest of the poor and not to leave transformation solely to government machinery.

Within India exists the BIMARU states (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh), but as proved by most recent development surveys, Bihar is perhaps the most sick. Not only is it ‘Maha’ BIMARU, but as commonly described, Bihar has fallen off the map of India.

When Bihar was in the grip of a famine in 1966-67, his father joined the Bihar Relief Committee (BRC) under the leadership of late Shri Jaya Prakash Narayan (JP). Following JP’s demise, his father took over the chairmanship of BRC and mainly concentrated on village upliftment programmes. He also presided over the organising committee of the Hanuman Temple in Patna, ending the corruption and inefficiency of the system. He had the famous temple rebuilt, and from the income generated by it, the temple now runs a hospital and a school. The former is 200 bed Cancer hospital, now a leading such institution in Eastern India and the latter, Gyan Niketan with 2000 students is regarded as one of the top public schools in Bihar.

Inspired by what his father did, Shri J.K. Sinha has chosen to go back to Bihar and do his bit. After retirement, he had the option to settle down in Delhi and lead a comfortable life, but having seen the good that his father was able to do in Bihar, he has felt compelled to follow suit. He has experience, but more importantly, the drive and the desire to help put Bihar back on the map of India!