Chandrika Tandon (née Krishnamurthy) is an

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businesswoman and

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-nominated artist. She is chairperson of Tandon Capital Associates, and a member of the board of directors at the

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and the Berklee Presidential Advisory Council of the

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. Tandon is also the vice-chairman of the board of trustees at

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(NYU), chair of the President's Global Council, and chair of the board of the

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, which she bought the naming rights to in 2014 for $100 Million. She also serves on the boards of the

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and the NYU Langone Health System. Tandon is the recipient of the Albert Gallatin Medal, the Walter Nichols Medal, and the Polytechnic Medal. She has released four music albums, earning a Grammy nomination for ''Soul Call''. She was a speaker at World Hindu Congress 2018.

Early life

Chandrika was born in

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family in

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now called

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. She, along with her sister

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did her schooling in

Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School or Holy Angels' AI Hr. Sec School is an all-girls Roman Catholic, private, convent school located in Chennai, India, which offers education from nursery level to higher secondary (XII) level. The ...

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. Later she earned commerce degrees from

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and the

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Business career

Tandon was the first Indian-American woman to be elected partner at

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. She established Tandon Capital Associates in 1992 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.

Philanthropy

*NYU Tandon School of Engineering, New York, NY, United States – contribution of , the largest donation by an Indian American in the US. *American India Foundation – Trustee (2005–2011)

Education and governance

(NYU), New York, NY, United States ** Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees ** Chairman, NYU President's Global Council ** Member, Board of Overseers, NYU Stern Business School *Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States ** Member, President's Council on International Activities *

, Boston, MA, United States ** Member, President's Advisory Council ** Founder, Tandon Global Clinics for Contemporary Western music training around the world *

, Chennai, India ** Founder and Contributor, World-Class Business Program

Awards

* Gallatin Medal – New York University's highest honor for outstanding contributions to society. * Walter Nichols Medal – for representing the highest ideals of business, service and integrity from NYU Stern. * Polytechnic Medal – recognizing her efforts for science and engineering. * Distinguished Alumnus award – from

in 2013.

Discography

Tandon released her first music album, ''Soul Call'' (2009), on her not-for-profit label Soul Chants Music. This was recognized with a

nomination in contemporary world music. She has released three additional albums: ''Soul March'' (2013), ''Soul Mantra'' (2014), and ''Shivoham – The Quest'' (2017).

References

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