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Professor '''Atul Tandan''', acronym as '''PAT''',<ref name="Chatterjee 2015">{{cite web | last=Chatterjee | first=Chandan | title=Remembering Atul ‘Pat’ Tandan. Chandan Chatterjee pays tribute | website=MxM India | date=5 March 2015 | url=https://www.mxmindia.com/2015/03/remembering-atul-pat-tandan-chandan-chatterjee-pays-tribute/ | accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref> was an Indian management academic and corporate associate.<ref name="IE2015">{{cite web | author= | title=Former MICA Director Atul Tandan passes away | website=The Indian Express | date=2 March 2015 | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/former-mica-director-atul-tandan-passes-away/ | accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref>
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==Biography==
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Tandan was born in 1948 and studied BTech from [[IIT Bombay]] and MBA [[IIM Ahmedabad]]. In his career spanning four decades, he worked with Hindustan Lever Ltd., [[Cadbury]] (India) Ltd., [[Bajaj Electricals]] Ltd. and [[J L Morison (India)|JL Morison]] (India) Ltd.<ref name="IE2015"/><ref name="Standard 2009">{{cite news | title=MICA's director's term to end in June | website=Business Standard | date=25 May 2009 | url=http://wap.business-standard.com/article/management/mica-s-director-s-term-to-end-in-june-109052500034_1.html | accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref>
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| birth_place = [[Delhi, India]]
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| occupation    = CEO, Opportunity International United States
| spouse      = Birage Tandon
| children = Karman Tandon <br /> Sara Tandon
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'''Atul Tandon''' (born 1 October 1959) is a nonprofit executive, entrepreneur, humanitarian and author.  
He was associated with management education since 1984 and joined full-time as academic in 1996. He also taught at several institutions in India, UK, France and Sri Lanka. He was also modelled for Lipton tea advertisement. He worked as a consultant and taught at [[SVKM's NMIMS]], [[Mumbai]], SIIB Pune as a Marketing Professor.<ref name="PaGaLGuY 2006">{{cite web | title=PAT comes the reply - MICA Director's interview | website=pagalguy.com | date=9 May 2006 | url=http://www.pagalguy.com/articles/pat-comes-the-reply-mica-directors-interview-8768542 | accessdate=5 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306162759/http://www.pagalguy.com/articles/pat-comes-the-reply-mica-directors-interview-8768542 | archive-date=6 March 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Later he served as Director of [[Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad]] (MICA)  from March 2001 to March 2009. He was residing at  [[Ahmedabad]] and spending half of his time in [[Ludhiana]]. He was the director for the Post Graduate Diploma in Management programme at PCTE Group of Institutes in Ludhiana.<ref name="Chatterjee 2015"/><ref name="IE2015"/><ref name="Indiag 2015">{{cite web | author=India | title=Former MICA director Tandan passes away | website=The Indian Express | date=3 March 2015 | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/former-mica-director-tandan-passes-away/ | accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref>
   
== From the Daryaganj to Wall Street ==
Tandon moved to the [[United States]] in 1992. He played a role in turning around Citi's West Coast businesses in the mid-90s. His work pioneered customer-centered relationship banking and led to his involvement with Citi's Web 1.0 initiatives. He led corporate-wide sales culture and technology change. During Tandon's tenure as [[Vice president|Sr. Vice President]] and Global Branch Distribution Director at [[Citibank]], the bank grew its global consumer networks to more than 146 million accounts with $5.3 billion in income with a presence in 101 countries.<ref>''Changing Hearts One at a Time'', Christian Leadership Alliance, March 2009.</ref>


== Humanitarian relief and involvement with World Vision and the ONE Campaign ==
He died on 1 March 2015 in London due to a cardiac arrest.<ref name="Chatterjee 2015"/><ref name="IE2015"/>
[[File:AtulTandonTwo.jpg|frame|left|Tandon poses for a photo with civilians in Darfur. 1 October 2004.]]
Tandon was one of the leading voices behind the Better Safer World campaign, which later joined together with [[Bono]]'s DATA organization to birth the [[One Campaign|ONE campaign]] in the United States seeking to build awareness and enthusiasm among Americans to address issues of [[Poverty|global poverty]].<ref>''Global Equity Initiative'', Harvard University, 1 December 2005.</ref> In addition, Tandon was a member of [[World Vision International]]'s executive team providing operational leadership to the international World Vision partnership that runs community development, relief and advocacy projects in nearly 100 countries with 35,000 staff and an annual income of approx. $2.6 billion.<ref>[http://wvi.org/wvi/WVIAR2009.nsf/maindocs/9AD45EB59002C22E882576DC001F5A86?opendocument WVI 2009 Online Annual Review] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522091258/http://wvi.org/wvi/WVIAR2009.nsf/maindocs/9AD45EB59002C22E882576DC001F5A86?opendocument |date=22 May 2011 }}.</ref>


==References==
==Personal life==
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He was married to Priya and had a daughter - Karishma and a son - Samvit.<ref name="IE2015"/>


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Latest revision as of 00:30, 22 March 2026

Professor Atul Tandan, acronym as PAT,[1] was an Indian management academic and corporate associate.[2]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Tandan was born in 1948 and studied BTech from IIT Bombay and MBA IIM Ahmedabad. In his career spanning four decades, he worked with Hindustan Lever Ltd., Cadbury (India) Ltd., Bajaj Electricals Ltd. and JL Morison (India) Ltd.[2][3]

He was associated with management education since 1984 and joined full-time as academic in 1996. He also taught at several institutions in India, UK, France and Sri Lanka. He was also modelled for Lipton tea advertisement. He worked as a consultant and taught at SVKM's NMIMS, Mumbai, SIIB Pune as a Marketing Professor.[4] Later he served as Director of Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) from March 2001 to March 2009. He was residing at Ahmedabad and spending half of his time in Ludhiana. He was the director for the Post Graduate Diploma in Management programme at PCTE Group of Institutes in Ludhiana.[1][2][5]

He died on 1 March 2015 in London due to a cardiac arrest.[1][2]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

He was married to Priya and had a daughter - Karishma and a son - Samvit.[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chatterjee, Chandan (5 March 2015). "Remembering Atul 'Pat' Tandan. Chandan Chatterjee pays tribute". MxM India. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Former MICA Director Atul Tandan passes away". The Indian Express. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "MICA's director's term to end in June". Business Standard. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "PAT comes the reply - MICA Director's interview". pagalguy.com. 9 May 2006. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  5. ↑ India (3 March 2015). "Former MICA director Tandan passes away". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
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