Shyam Bihari Sinha, father of Brijendra Pratap Singh, Director in-charge of SAIL's Durgapur and Burnpur plants, passed away on January 2 in the morning at Max Hospital in Delhi. He was 81 years old and had been ill for some time. His mortal remains were brought to Ranchi by plane yesterday and his last rites were performed late evening at Muktidham in Harmu.
Sinha's ancestral home was in Amanour village of Chhapra district, but for many decades he was living with his family at their home in Vasant Vihar, Harmu, Ranchi. After completing his engineering from R.I.T Jamshedpur, Late Sinha started his career in 1965 from SAIL's Bhilai Steel Plant. Thereafter, he was transferred to RDCIS, Ranchi, where he joined Steel making department in 1979. He took over as 'Additional Chief Vigilance Officer' in the year 1992 and retired in the year 1999. He left behind two sons Sri Brijendra Pratap Singh and Sri Jitendra Pratap Singh and their entire family. Elder son Sri Brijendra is the Director in-charge of SAIL's Durgapur and Burnpur plants and younger son Sri Jitendra is working in Hewlett Packard Enterprise as Regional Manager at Delhi. Sri Brijendra lit the funeral pyre yesterday where many dignitaries of the city were present in the cremation ceremony to pay homage to the departed soul despite the chilling cold. Eminent doctors of the city Dr. Ramayan Singh and Dr. Nirmala Singh, who happen to be in-laws of late Sri Sinha also bid him last farewell with tearful eyes.