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{{Infobox person
| name = Chandrika Tandon
| birth_name = Chandrika Krishnamurthy
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| education= BCom, MBA
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list
|[[Madras Christian College]]
|[[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/new-manager/bring-out-your-hidden-dimensions/article22984378.ece|title=Bring out your hidden dimensions}}</ref>
}}
| occupation = [[Banker]], [[consultant]], [[musician]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Success is the freedom to do what I want|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/success-is-the-freedom-to-do-what-i-want/article4660157.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2013-04-27|last1=Patel|first1=Vibhuti}}</ref>
| spouse = [[Ranjan Tandon]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon donate $100m to NYU School of Engineering|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/5DsshoZthu7bazNiYudRiK/Chandrika-and-Ranjan-Tandon-donate-100m-to-NYU-School-of-En.html|date=2015-10-06}}</ref>
|relatives = [[Indra Nooyi]] (Sister) <ref>{{cite news|last1=Goudreau|first1=Jenna|title=Indra Nooyi and Chandrika Tandon - pg.7|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmj45iejf/indra-nooyi-and-chandrika-tandon/#64109b9a1bb9|work=Forbes}}</ref>
}}
'''Chandrika Tandon''' (née '''Krishnamurthy''') is an [[Indian Americans|Indian American]] businesswoman and [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-nominated artist.<ref>{{cite web|title=GRAMMY Award Results for Chandrika Tandon|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/chandrika-tandon|date=2019-06-04}}</ref>

She is chairperson of Tandon Capital Associates,<ref name="Tandon Capital Associates">{{cite web|url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2015/october/100-million-gift-to-nyu-school-of-engineering-from-chandrika-and-ranjan-tandon-.html|title=$100 Million Gift to NYU School of Engineering from Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon|website=NYU}}</ref> and a member of the board of directors at the [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]]<ref name="Board of Directors - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts">{{cite web|url=http://www.aboutlincolncenter.org/about/board-of-directors|title=Board of Directors|website=Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts|access-date=2017-09-14}}</ref> and the Berklee Presidential Advisory Council of the [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref name="Presidential Advisory Council">{{cite web|url=https://www.berklee.edu/presidential-advisory-council|title=Presidential Advisory Council|website=Berklee College of Music|access-date=2017-09-14}}</ref>

Tandon is also the vice-chairman of the board of trustees at [[New York University]] (NYU), chair of the President's Global Council, and chair of the board of the [[New York University Tandon School of Engineering|Tandon School of Engineering]], which she bought the naming rights to in 2014 for $100 Million.<ref name="Board of Trustees - NYU">{{cite web|url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/board-of-trustees.html|website=nyu.edu|title=Board of Trustees - NYU|access-date=2017-09-14}}</ref> She also serves on the boards of the [[New York University Stern School of Business|NYU Stern School of Business]]<ref name="NYU Stern">{{cite web|url=http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/con_033440|title=NYU Trustee & Board of Overseers Member Chandrika Tandon is interviewed|website=NYU Stern|access-date=2017-09-14}}</ref> and the NYU Langone Health System.<ref name="NYU Langone Health">{{cite web|url=http://nyulangone.org/our-story/our-leadership/trustees-overseers|title=Trustees & Overseers|website=NYU Langone Health|access-date=2017-09-14}}</ref>

Tandon is the recipient of the Albert Gallatin Medal,<ref name="NYU News">{{cite web|url=https://www.nyunews.com/2016/03/22/darren-walker-is-this-years-commencement-speaker-so-who-is-he/|title=Darren Walker Is This Year's Commencement Speaker. So Who Is He? – Washington Square News|website=nyunews.com|access-date=2017-09-14|date=2016-03-22}}</ref> the Walter Nichols Medal,<ref name="Children's Hope India">{{cite web|url=https://www.childrenshopeindia.org/events/save-the-date-25th-anniversary-gala/|title=2017 Annual Gala|website=Children's Hope India|access-date=2017-09-14|archive-date=2017-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914081717/https://www.childrenshopeindia.org/events/save-the-date-25th-anniversary-gala/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Polytechnic Medal.<ref name="NYU Tandon School of Engineering">{{cite web|url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/multimedia/photos/2016/05/commencement-2016|title=Commencement 2016|website=NYU Tandon School of Engineering|access-date=2017-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914124846/http://engineering.nyu.edu/multimedia/photos/2016/05/commencement-2016|archive-date=2017-09-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>

She has released four music albums, earning a Grammy nomination for ''Soul Call''.<ref name="World Music Central">{{cite web|url=http://worldmusiccentral.org/2010/12/18/grammy-nominee-chandrika-krishnamurthy-talks-about-om-namo-narayanaya-soul-call/|title=World Music Central|website=World Music Central|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref>

She is a speaker at World Hindu Congress 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whova.com/web/world_201809/|title=World Hindu Congress 2018 - Whova|access-date=2018-10-22}}</ref>

==Early life==
Chandrika was born in [[Tamil language|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|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/01/14/stories/1314128p.htm | title=Madras Miscellany | date=14 January 2001 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=14 October 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Business career==
Tandon was the first Indian-American woman to be elected partner at [[McKinsey & Company|McKinsey and Company]].<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/success-is-the-freedom-to-do-what-i-want/article4660157.ece|title=Success is the freedom to do what I want|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=2017-09-21|date=2013-04-27|last1=Patel|first1=Vibhuti}}</ref>

She established Tandon Capital Associates in 1992<ref name="NYS Division of Corporations">{{cite web|url=https://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_token=003F7F80A4F4C8208E45CD4687708327F574F01FA6E2C328D0FB31647D64662F3377A86E377A0F16FCBBBED372FB2F7A&p_nameid=37FC16E477E94DBD&p_corpid=31A54BBE0B2729B4&p_captcha=17778&p_captcha_check=285B4088BF8DF26D&p_entity_name=tandon%20capital%20associates&p_name_type=A&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=0|title=Entity Information|website=appext20.dos.ny.gov|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Indo American Arts Council Inc">{{cite web|url=http://www.iaac.us/bios/chandrika_tandon.htm|title=Indo American Arts Council Inc.|website=iaac.us|access-date=2017-09-21|archive-date=2017-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826215745/http://www.iaac.us/Bios/chandrika_tandon.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="The Wall Street Journal">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nyu-polytechnic-gets-100-million-donation-1444017601|title=NYU Polytechnic Gets $100 Million Donation|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=5 October 2015|access-date=2017-09-21|last1=Vilensky|first1=Mike}}</ref>
*American India Foundation – Trustee (2005–2011)<ref name="The Economic Times">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/indra-nooyis-sister-chandrika-tandon-in-race-for-grammy/articleshow/7087644.cms|title=Indra Nooyi's sister Chandrika Tandon in race for Grammy|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref>

==Education and governance==
*[[New York University]] (NYU), New York, NY, United States
** Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees<ref name="New York University">{{cite web|url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/board-of-trustees.html|title=Board of Trustees|website=nyu.edu|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref>
** Chairman, NYU President's Global Council<ref name="NYU President's Global Council">{{cite web|url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/office-of-the-president/university-developmentandalumnirelations/president-s-global-council.html|title=NYU's President's Global Council|website=nyu.edu|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref>
** Member, Board of Overseers, NYU Stern Business School<ref name="Board of Overseers - NYU Stern">{{cite web|url=http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/leadership/board-of-overseers|title=Board of Overseers - NYU Stern|website=stern.nyu.edu|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref>
*Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
** Member, President's Council on International Activities<ref name="President's Council on International Activities">{{cite web|url=http://president.yale.edu/advisory-groups/president-s-council-international-activities|title=President's Council on International Activities|website=president.yale.edu|date=10 July 2015|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref>
*[[Berklee College of Music]], Boston, MA, United States
** Member, President's Advisory Council<ref name="President's Advisory Council">{{cite web|url=https://www.berklee.edu/presidential-advisory-council|title=President's Advisory Council|website=berklee.edu|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref>
** Founder, Tandon Global Clinics for Contemporary Western music training around the world<ref name="Berklee Tandon Global Clinics">{{cite web|url=https://www.berklee.edu/focused/india-exchange/berklee-tandon-global-clinics-india|title=Berklee Tandon Global Clinics|website=berklee.edu|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref>
*[[Madras Christian College]], Chennai, India
** Founder and Contributor, World-Class Business Program<ref name="Madras Christian College - Business Education">{{cite web|url=https://www.mcc.edu.in/index.php/global-reach/business-education|title=Madras Christian College - Business Education|website=mcc.edu.in|access-date=2017-09-21|archive-date=2017-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921193520/https://www.mcc.edu.in/index.php/global-reach/business-education|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Awards==
* Gallatin Medal – New York University's highest honor for outstanding contributions to society.<ref name="NYU News" />
* Walter Nichols Medal – for representing the highest ideals of business, service and integrity from NYU Stern.<ref name="Children's Hope India" />
* Polytechnic Medal – recognizing her efforts for science and engineering.<ref name="NYU Tandon School of Engineering" />
* Distinguished Alumnus award – from [[Madras Christian College]] in 2013.<ref name="Madras Christian College">{{cite web|url=https://www.mcc.edu.in/index.php/alumini/distinguished-alumni|title=Madras Christian College Distinguished Alumni|website=mcc.edu.in|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref>

==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 Award|Grammy]] nomination in [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album|contemporary world music]].<ref name="Pop Matters">{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/137085-chandrika-krishnamurthy-tandon-soul-call-om-namo-narayanaya/|title=Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon: Soul Call: Om Namo Narayanaya|website=PopMatters|date=27 February 2011|access-date=2017-09-14}}</ref> She has released three additional albums: ''Soul March'' (2013), ''Soul Mantra'' (2014), and ''Shivoham – The Quest'' (2017).<ref name="iTunes Chandrika Tandon">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/chandrika-tandon/id351891679|website=itunes.apple.com|title=Chandrika Tandon on Apple Music  |access-date=2017-09-14}}</ref>

{| style="margin:auto;" class="wikitable sortable"
!Release name
!Release date
|-
|''Shivoham – The Quest''
| 15 September 2017
|-
|''Soul Mantra''
| 2014
|-
|''Soul March''
| 2013
|-
|''Soul Call''
| 2009
|-
|}

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