Family Background

I was born on 10th September 1963 to Shri Balramji Dass Tandon and Smt Brij Pal Tandon in Amritsar, India. My family was known for their devotion to God, love for the country and upright morals. My father, Late Shri Balramji Dass Tandon was a freedom fighter, an RSS Pracharak, a founding member of the Jan Sangh. He was six times MLA, four times minister, and the Governor of Chhattisgarh (from July 2014 to August 2018). My mother Smt Brij Pal Tandon used to teach in Amritsar in her younger days. Over time she has been a devout homemaker, and a Lord Krishna devotee. I have two sisters, both settled in Delhi.

Son and Daughter of Balram Das Tandon

I did my schooling from Amritsar till class 8, and used to attend the RSS Shakha since the age of 6. Soon I was chosen as the Mukhya Shikshak of the Abhimanyu Shakha at Amritsar. In 1977 when my father became a minister, the family moved to Chandigarh, and have lived in Chandigarh ever since.

Education

Sanjay Tandon receiving his B.Com Degree from Govt. College for Men, Sector 11, Chandigarh

After completing my schooling from DAV school, Chandigarh, I did Pre-university from DAV College Sector 10, Chandigarh, and went on to do B. Com (Hons) from Government College, Chandigarh. I qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1986, and a Cost Accountant in 1988.

Marriage & Family

In 1987, I married Priya, the daughter of (late) Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi, who retired as the Chief Justice of India. We have three sons, the eldest son is a Computer Engineer and is in business, the middle son is Chartered Accountant and looking after Stock Brokerage & CA business and the youngest is a Lawyer practicing in Punjab & Haryana High Court.

Occupation

I started CA practice after qualifying in 1986, and over a span of thirty odd years have built the Competent Group. The group employs over 5,000 people and has verticals like – Accounting, Auditing, Consulting, Stock Broking, Commodity Broking, BPO services, Software products, and Coworking spaces. We carry out many social service activities through our NGOs Competent Foundation and Balramji Dass Tandon Charitable Foundation.

Positions Held

Past – (Professional)

  • Member – Standing Committee of Administrators Council on Law and Order, Chandigarh Administration.
  • Director – State Bank of Hyderabad (6 years)
  • Director – National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (3 years)
  • Director – Gail India Limited (Nominated by Petroleum Ministry, Government of India) (4 years).
  • Director Rockman Industries Ltd.
  • Member – ‘Human Resource Development for IT/ITES’, Information and Communication Technology Corporation, Government of Punjab.
  • Committee Member – Board of Studies in Human Rights & Duties, Punjab University, Chandigarh
  • Member – State Task Force, ICAI, Chandigarh
  • Member – Banking and Insurance Committee of PHD Chambers of Commerce.
  • Member – Senate Panjab University (Nominated by Vice-President of India)
  • Member – Board of Finance & Syndicate, Panjab University

Past – (Political)

  • Executive Member – Bhartiya Janata Party, Chandigarh State (7 years)
  • Convinor – CA Cell Bhartiya Janata Party, Chandigarh (5 years)
  • General Secretary – Bhartiya Janata Party, Chandigarh
  • Non-official Visitor – Modern Jail Burial
  • State President Bharatiya Janata Party Chandigarh (10 years)
  • Chairperson – Standing committee of Administrators Advisory Council on Traffic Management Chandigarh Administration
Sanjay Tandon State President Bhartiya Janata Party Chandigarh

Currently held –

  • Co-Incharge – Bhartiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh.
  • Member – National Council Bhartiya Janata Party.
  • Chairman – Standing committee of Administrators Advisory Council on Sports Management Chandigarh Administration.
  • President – UT Cricket Association, Chandigarh (Associate Member of BCCI)
  • Member – Advisory Committee of Home Minister on UT Chandigarh
  • President – Competent Foundation Chandigarh
  • President – Balramji Dass Tandon charitable foundation Chandigarh.
  • Member – Bharat Vikas Parishad, Chandigarh
  • Member – DAV Management Committee Pratinidhi Sabha

Writing

  • I along with my wife Priya S. Tandon, have co-authored seven books titled – Sunrays for Sunday, Sunrays for Monday, Sunrays for Tuesday, Sunrays for Wednesday, Sunrays for Thursday, Sunrays for Friday, and Sunrays for Saturday. The books of the Sunrays series contain Inspirational short stories based on the teachings of Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The first three books have also been published in Hindi and the first two in Telugu as well.
Sanjay Tandon Presenting sunrays book to APJ Abdul Kalam
  • I wrote the biography of my father titled – Balramji Dass Tandon – Ek Prerak Charitra. This book was released on 17th August 2009 by former Deputy Prime Minister and the then Leader of Opposition, Sh. Lal Krishan Advaniji. The book release programme was presided over by the Chief Minister of Punjab Sh. Parkash Singh Badal and was attended by many other National and State leaders.
  • I am the founding editor of  a monthly newsletter called ‘Kamal Samachar’, which I started in March 2009. This covered all the happenings of BJP Chandigarh, and became a quintessential medium for all party workers to stay updated.
  • I compiled 100 letters that were sent by dignitaries, politicians, bureaucrats, industrialists and prominent persons on the 90th birthday of my father, Sh. Balramji Dass Tandon into a book called Sangharsh Gatha along with brief sketch of Tandon Sahib, and same was presented in the program held in Chandigarh, where the main speaker was Sh. Mohan Bhagwat Ji, SarSanghChalak RSS.  The program me was also addressed by two chief ministers of adjoining states Punjab and Haryana.
  • A book by the name of ‘Shradhanjali’ was released by me after the demise of my father Sh. Balramji Dass Tandon, containing messages of different persons who had dealt with him during his life time.
  • I have also been sending inspirational thoughts through e-mails to about 6000 people in my contact since 2001. I have also started this service through SMS on mobile phones.
  • During the Covid-19 pandemic, we have started uploading the videos of inspirational Hindi stories from 26th March 2020 onwards every Sunday on YouTube Channel of Sunrays. YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Website

Others

  • I have been in the forefront of social service with the inspiration of Saibaba; I founded the Competent Foundation, through this institution poor patients coming to PGI and other major medical institutes are helped in operation and treatment, weekly bandaras for the needy, education for children living in slums and blood donation camps (twice a year, since 2008) are also organized from time to time.
  • I organized the first Balramji Dass Tandon memorial lecture at Punjab University Chandigarh to mark the first death anniversary of Shri Balramji Dass Tandon in which lecture was given by Hon’ble Vice President of India Sh. M. Venkaiah Naidu. Such programmes shall be organized by Punjab University for years to come for which the fund has been donated by Tandon family. This will become a platform for people who have worked towards building the nation to share their views with the youth.
  • The Second Balramji Dass Tandon memorial lecture was given by Shri J. P. Nadda, National President of Bhartiya Janata Party, virtually on 14th Aug 2020 which had the reach of over 3 lacs viewers.
  • Under Balramji Dass Tandon Charitable Foundation free monthly Ration scheme for poor widows has been started on 12th January 2020 in which free ration is given to widows on first Sunday of every month.
Sanjay Tandon with Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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