Chandrika Tandon

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Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon
Born
Chandrika Krishnamurthy

EducationBCom, MBA
Alma mater
Occupations
SpouseRanjan Tandon[3]
RelativesIndra Nooyi (Sister) [4]

Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon (née Krishnamurthy) is a business leader and Grammy-nominated artist.[5]

Early life[edit]

Chandrika was born into a Tamil family in Madras now called Chennai. She, along with her sister Indra Nooyi did her schooling in Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in T.Nagar. Later she earned commerce degrees from Madras Christian College and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.[6]

Business career[edit]

Tandon was the first Indian-American woman to be elected partner at McKinsey and Company.[7]

She established Tandon Capital Associates in 1992[8] and has advised clients including Chase Manhattan Corporation, Comerica, Unibanco (Brazil), Suncorp-Metway Ltd. (Australia), Fleet Financial Group, Bank of America, Rabobank and ABN Amro.[9]

Philanthropy[edit]

Education and governance[edit]

  • New York University (NYU), New York, NY, United States
    • Trustee of New York University and NYU Langone Health [12]
    • Board member of the NYU Stern School of Business [13]
    • Chairman, NYU President's Global Council[14]
    • Harold Action Fellow at New York University[15]
  • Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
    • Member, President's Council on International Activities[16]
    • Sterling Fellow, where she serves on the President's Council on International Activities s[17]
  • Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, United States
    • Member, President's Advisory Council[18]
    • Founder, Tandon Global Clinics for Contemporary Western music training around the world[19]
  • Madras Christian College, Chennai, India
    • Founder and Contributor, World-Class Business Program[20]
  • Her Foundation has established faculty Chairs at Yale and Harvard Universities.

Awards[edit]

Discography[edit]

Tandon released her first music album, Soul Call (2009), on her not-for-profit label Soul Chants Music. This was recognized with a Grammy nomination in contemporary world music.[22] She has released three additional albums: Soul March (2013), Soul Mantra (2014), Shivoham – The Quest (2017).[23] and Ammu's Treasures (2023)[24]

Release name Release date
Ammu's Treasures 7 September 2023
Shivoham – The Quest 15 September 2017
Soul Mantra 2014
Soul March 2013
Soul Call 2009

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bring out your hidden dimensions". 18 December 2011.
  2. ^ Patel, Vibhuti (2013-04-27). "Success is the freedom to do what I want". The Hindu.
  3. ^ "Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon donate $100m to NYU School of Engineering". 2015-10-06.
  4. ^ Goudreau, Jenna. "Indra Nooyi and Chandrika Tandon - pg.7". Forbes.
  5. ^ "GRAMMY Award Results for Chandrika Tandon". 2019-06-04.
  6. ^ "Madras Miscellany". The Hindu. 14 January 2001. Retrieved 14 October 2018.[dead link]
  7. ^ Patel, Vibhuti (2013-04-27). "Success is the freedom to do what I want". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  8. ^ "Entity Information". appext20.dos.ny.gov. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  9. ^ "Indo American Arts Council Inc". iaac.us. Archived from the original on 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  10. ^ Vilensky, Mike (5 October 2015). "NYU Polytechnic Gets $100 Million Donation". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  11. ^ "Indra Nooyi's sister Chandrika Tandon in race for Grammy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  12. ^ "Board of Trustees". nyu.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  13. ^ "Board of Trustees". nyu.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  14. ^ "NYU's President's Global Council". nyu.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  15. ^ "Fellow". nyu.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  16. ^ "President's Council on International Activities". president.yale.edu. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  17. ^ "Fellow". president.yale.edu. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  18. ^ "President's Advisory Council". berklee.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  19. ^ "Berklee Tandon Global Clinics". berklee.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  20. ^ "Madras Christian College - Business Education". mcc.edu.in. Archived from the original on 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  21. ^ "Madras Christian College Distinguished Alumni". mcc.edu.in. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  22. ^ "Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon: Soul Call: Om Namo Narayanaya". PopMatters. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
  23. ^ "Chandrika Tandon on Apple Music". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
  24. ^ "Ammu's Treasures". chandrikatandon.com. Retrieved 2017-09-14.