Chandrika Tandon

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Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon
Born
Chandrika Krishnamurthy

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
EducationBCom, MBA
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Business leader
  • Grammy-nominated artist
  • humanitarian[2]
SpouseRanjan Tandon[3]
RelativesIndra Nooyi (Sister) [4]

Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon (née Krishnamurthy) is a business leader and

Grammy-nominated artist.[5]

Early life

Chandrika was born into a

T.Nagar. Later she earned commerce degrees from Madras Christian College and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.[6]

Business career

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

  • NYU Tandon School of Engineering, New York, NY, United States – contribution of US$100 million, the largest donation by an Indian American in the US.[10]
  • American India Foundation – Trustee (2005–2011)[11]

Education and governance

  • 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
    Harvard
    Universities.

Awards

  • Received inaugural distinguished Alumnus award – from both her alma maters
    Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
    (IIMA)

Discography

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

  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.
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