I was born on 10th September 1963 to Shri Balramji Dass Tandon and Smt Brij Pal Tandon in Amritsar, India. My father, Late Shri Balramji Dass Tandon was a freedom fighter, an RSS Pracharak, a founding member of the Jan Sangh. 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.
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.
Completed my schooling from DAV School, Sector 8, Chandigarh
Completed my B.Com from Government College for Men, Sector 11, Chandigarh
Became a Chartered Accountant in 1986 and began my practice under the name of S.Tandon & Associates
Completed my Cost Accountant in 1988
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.
I started CA practice after qualifying in 1986, and over a span of thirty odd years have built the Competent Group. The group has verticals like – Accounting, Auditing, Consulting, Stock Broking, Commodity Broking, Software products, and Coworking spaces. We carry out many social service activities through our NGOs Competent Foundation and Balramji Dass Tandon Charitable Foundation.
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.
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 – BD Tandon Charitable Foundation & Competent Foundation, Chandigarh
Member – Bharat Vikas Parishad, Chandigarh
Member – DAV Management Committee Pratinidhi Sabha
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, Institute of Chartered Accoutants of India, 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
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