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{{Infobox person
| name = Sanjay Tandon
| image =
| alt = Sanjay Tandon
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|10 September 1963}}
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[East Punjab|Punjab]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| education = [[B.Com]] (Hons.), [[Chartered Accountant]], CWA from [[Institute of Cost Accountants of India]]
| alma_mater = [[DAV Public School]]
| boards = Currently Director on Board of [[GAIL]], [[NHPC Limited]] (Formerly), [[State Bank of Hyderabad]] (Formerly)
| party = [[Bhartiya Janata Party]]
| notable_works = Sunrays Series of Books
| occupation = Chairman of Competent Group [http://www.competent.biz Website]
| spouse = Priya S Tandon
| website = [http://www.sanjaytandon.in Official Website ]
}}

'''Sanjay Tandon''' (born 10 September 1963<ref name="Autobiography blog">{{cite web|url=http://www.sanjaytandon.in/?page_id=45|title=Biography – Sanjay Tandon|last=Tandon|first=Sanjay|date=20 November 2013|accessdate=22 November 2013}}</ref>) is an Indian politician in the [[Bhartiya Janata Party]]. He is currently the State president of Bhartiya Janata Party from [[Chandigarh]].<ref>[http://www.bjpchandigarh.org/sub-BJP-page.php?cid=46&pid=23 Shri Sanjay Tandon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921070940/http://www.bjpchandigarh.org/sub-BJP-page.php?cid=46&pid=23 |date=21 September 2013 }}</ref>
His father was [[Balramji Das Tandon]], who was a BJP leader of Punjab, who served as a Municipal Councilor in Punjab for 14 years and won 6 assembly elections in Punjab. Sanjay has written his father's biography titled "Balramji Dass Tandon: Ek Prerak Charitra"<ref>[http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modulesc24b.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=309&page=26 Biography of B.D.Tandon]</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090818/punjab.htm#2 The Tribune]</ref> which was released by Shri [[L. K. Advani]] at the [[Tagore Theatre]] in Chandigarh along with Sardar [[Parkash Singh Badal]].
His father-in-law was Justice [[Madan Mohan Punchhi]]<ref name="supremecourtofindia">{{cite web|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/rcji/28mmpunchhi.htm|title=Supreme Court of India – Former Chief Justice' of India|publisher=supremecourtofindia.nic.in|accessdate=19 April 2014}}</ref> who retired as [[Chief Justice of India]] in 1998.

==Education==
Tandon completed his high school education from [[DAV Public School]], Sector 8 in Chandigarh. Following which, Tandon did his B.Com (with Hons. in Accountancy) from [[Post Graduate Government College - 11, Chandigarh]] (then known as Government College for Men), Chandigarh; affiliated to  [[Panjab University|Panjab University, Chandigarh]].<ref>https://sanjaytandon.in/about/my-background/</ref> He is a Fellow Member of the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]]<ref>[http://www.staindia.org/sanjay-tandon.html STAIndia.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.competent.biz/management.htm Competent Synergies]</ref> and also an Associate Member of the [[Institute of Cost Accountants of India]].

==Professional career==
* Managing Partner of a Chartered Accounting firm (S. Tandon & Associates), well known for auditing and consulting services.
* His company Competent Synergies runs [[call centre]]s and B.P.O.'s which provide direct and indirect employment to over 5,000 people.

He is currently –
# A member of the Administrator's Advisory Council, Chandigarh Administration.<ref>[http://chandigarh.gov.in/admn_adv_comt.htm Chandigarh Administration]</ref><ref>[http://admser.chd.nic.in/uploadfiles/press/pressnote/pr6172.pdf Chandigarh Official Website]</ref><ref>[http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/ut-administrator-s-advisory-council-reconstituted-several-members-retained/1195170/ Indian Express]</ref>
# A member of the Standing Committee, Law & Order, Home Department, Chandigarh Administration.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100821/cth1.htm The Tribune]</ref>
# A member of D.A.V. Management Committee Pratinidhi Sabha
# Associated with the Bharat Vikas Parishad, Chandigarh
# A Non-Official Visitor of Model Jail Burail

* He has served as Director of State Bank of Hyderabad (A subsidiary of [[State Bank of India]])
* He was also Director of [[National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited]] (A Government of India Enterprise)
* Member of Information and Communication Technology Corporation, Punjab for Human Resource Development in IT/ITES<ref>[http://punjabinfotech.gov.in/images/PICTC/Docs/mins/HRD/MOM%20final%20Nov.pdf Punjab Infotech] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315172324/http://punjabinfotech.gov.in/images/PICTC/Docs/mins/HRD/MOM%20final%20Nov.pdf |date=15 March 2014 }}</ref>
* Member of the Committee of Finance, Banking, Insurance and Capital Market of PHD Chamber of Commerce<ref>[http://www.indianewscalling.com/news/10628-a-meeting-was-convened-today-jointly-by-industries-association-of-chandigarh-and-chamber-of-chandiga.aspx PHD & CII]</ref>
* Member of the Task Force for Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (for Punjab)
* Member of the Committee to discharge the functions of the Board of Studies in Human Rights & Duties, Panjab University, Chandigarh
* He has been a regular speaker at the [[Confederation of Indian Industry]] (CII) on the topic of the Annual Budget.
* He has often spoken at [[the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]], Chandigarh Chapter, where he addresses CA Final students as a part of the General Management and Communication Skills (GMCS) programme on the topic of 'Leadership & Motivation'.

==Political career==
* Tandon's political career began in 1991 when he was made the in-charge of the [[Lok Sabha]] election in the [[Amritsar]] constituency for [[BJP]].
* In 1993, he played the role of the election in-charge of the [[Lok Sabha]] election for the [[BJP]] from [[Jalandhar]] constituency.
* Tandon became a member of the [[BJP]] Executive in [[Chandigarh]] in 1995.
* In 1997, he was made the in-charge of the Assembly election for BJP from the [[Rajpura]] constituency ([[Punjab]])<ref name="cibol.net.in">{{cite web |url=http://cibol.net.in/bjp/shri-sanjay-tandon/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-03-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315201910/http://cibol.net.in/bjp/shri-sanjay-tandon/ |archivedate=15 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Tandon became the convener of the Chartered Accountant Cell of [[BJP]] [[Chandigarh]]<ref name="cibol.net.in"/>
* Again in 2002, he was made the in-charge of Assembly elections for BJP in the Rajpura constituency (Punjab)<ref name="cibol.net.in"/>
* In 2007, Tandon took over as the General Secretary of BJP Chandigarh<ref name="cibol.net.in"/>
* Tandon launched the monthly magazine of the party called 'Chandigarh Kamal Samachar' in 2009<ref>[http://www.theindiapost.com/nation/chandigarh/monthly-journal-chandigarh-kamal-samachar-launched/ The India Post ]</ref>
* The website of the party was launched in late 2009 – [http://www.bjpchandigarh.org BJPChandigarh.org]
* In the year 2009, He was made the in-charge of the Lok Sabha election when [[Satya Pal Jain]] contested from the [[Chandigarh]] seat for [[BJP]]<ref name="cibol.net.in"/>
* January 2010, Tandon was elected as the State President of BJP Chandigarh<ref>[http://www.theindiapost.com/nation/chandigarh/sanjay-tandon-elected-president-of-bjp-chandigarh/ The India Post]</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/tandon-elected-bjp-chandigarh-unit-chief/article686449.ece The Hindu]</ref><ref>[http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sanjay-tandon-is-new-chandigarh-bjp-chief/569119/ The Indian Express]</ref><ref>[http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/india/20100118/1427727.html WebIndia123]</ref>
* Tandon was re-elected as the State President of BJP Chandigarh in January 2013<ref>[http://www.dayandnightnews.com/2013/01/sanjay-tandon-re-elected-as-bjp-president-of-chandigarh/ Sanjay Tandon Re-elected as President – Day & Night News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126184436/http://www.dayandnightnews.com/2013/01/sanjay-tandon-re-elected-as-bjp-president-of-chandigarh/ |date=26 January 2013 }}</ref>

==Published writing==
He has co-authored seven books with his wife Priya S. Tandon. Each of the books in the Sunrays series contain 52 Inspirational Short Stories. They are –
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name of Book !! Foreword written by
|-
| Sunrays for Sunday* ||[[Balram Das Tandon|Balramji Dass Tandon]] and Justice [[Madan Mohan Punchhi]]
|-
| Sunrays for Monday* ||[[Balram Das Tandon|Balramji Dass Tandon]] and Justice [[Madan Mohan Punchhi]]
|-
| Sunrays for Tuesday ||[[Arun Jaitley]], [[K. V. Kamath|KV Kamath MD &CEO ICICI bank]], [[Mukesh Ambani]]
|-
| Sunrays for Wednesday ||[[Narendra Modi]], [[O. P. Bhatt|OP Bhatt Chairman SBI]], [[Sunil Kant Munjal]]
|-
| Sunrays for Thursday ||[[Sushma Swaraj]] ,MK Kaw Former Education Secy Govt of India
|-
|Sunrays for Friday
|[[Mohan Bhagwat|Mohan Bhagwat ji]], [[Jagdish Singh Khehar|Justice Jagdish Khehar]] and Nimish Pandeya<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ssssoindia.org/aips-desk/|title=Transforming Self-Nimish Pandya, All India President|website=Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref>
|-
|Sunrays for Saturday
|[[Piyush Goyal]], [[Vijay Shekhar Sharma|Vijay Shekhar Sharma Paytm]] and [[Deep Kalra|Deep Kalra make my trip]]
|}

He also wrote his father's biography titled 'Balramji Das Tandon – Ek Prerak Charitra'. The foreword for the same has been written by senior leaders like – Sh. K. C. Sudarshan, Sh. [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], Sh. [[L.K. Advani]], Sh. [[Rajnath Singh]], Sh. [[Prakash Singh Badal]], Sh. [[Narendra Modi]], Sh. [[Murli Manohar Joshi]], Sh. M. [[Venkaiah Naidu]], Sh. [[Arun Jaitley]], Sh. [[Balbir Punj]]

==Social Service==
Tandon runs an NGO by the name of Competent Foundation which is regularly involved in the following activities:<ref>[http://www.tandonindia.com/articles.htm Activities of Competent Foundation]</ref>
* A free pre-school for poor children in a colony in Chandigarh.
* A weekly Langar, every Tuesday evening in a temple in Sector 18, Chandigarh since 2008.
* Biannual blood donation camps 20 of which have already been held, collecting a total of 5750 blood units.<ref>[http://www.indianewscalling.com/news/3396-230-units-of-blood-were-collected-in-the-9th-blood-donation-camp-organized-by-competent-foundatio.aspx IndiaNews]</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130911/cth1.htm#14 The Tribune]</ref>
* Regular support to the poor for medical purposes like – orthopaedic surgery, chemotherapy, cataract surgery, drug de-addiction treatment and provision of medicines.
* Disposal of unclaimed dead bodies

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.sanjaytandon.in}}

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[[Category:Chandigarh politicians]]
[[Category:Indian accountants]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian biographers]]
[[Category:Writers from Amritsar]]
[[Category:Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System alumni]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chandigarh]]
[[Category:Panjab University alumni]]

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