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Tandon

Tandon (Tandan, Tanden, or Tondon) is a surname found among the Hindu Khatris and SikhsofPunjab, India.^[1]

Notable people

Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated to the Surname, include:

Activists

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Purushottam Das Tandon, Bharat Ratna, Indian freedom fighter

Actors

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Amit Tandon, Indian singer, television actor
Ayush Tandon, Indian actor who played "Pi" in Life of Pi
Kushal Tandon, Indian model, television actor
Lavina Tandon, Indian actress
Priya Tandon, Indian actress
Raveena Tandon, Indian film actress
Sachet Tandon, Bollywood playback singer who has sung the song "Bekhayali"
Saumya Tandon, Indian television actress

Administrators

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B. B. Tandon, IAS officer who served as 14th Chief Election Commissioner of India
Chandrika Tandon, businesswoman and vice chairman at NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Gulshan Lal Tandon, former chairman of Coal India Limited
Neera Tanden, American political consultant and staff secretary to President Joe Biden since 2021
Prakash Tandon, former chairman at Hindustan Lever and author

Artists

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Grace Martine Tandon, better known by her stage name Daya, American singer and song writer
Loveleen Tandan, co-director of Slumdog Millionaire
Lekh Tandon, Indian filmmaker
Ravi Tandon, film director and producer

Athletes

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Ansh Tandon, Indo-Emirati international cricketer
Rakesh Tandon, Indian cricketer
Ramit Tandon, professional squash player who represents India. He was ranked number 46 in the world and India rank 2.
Shikha Tandon, swimmer with 146 national medals, and 36 medals in international competitions, including five gold medals. Arjuna Award winner.

Entrepreneurs

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Atul Tandon, Indian American entrepreneur
Devdutt Tandon (1902-1980), founder of Tandon Motorcycles
Rakhee Kapoor Tandon, business entrepreneur and venture capitalist. She is one of "India’s 25 Most Influential Women", according to India Today.
Sirjang Lal Tandon, manufacturer of Tandon PC and disk drive, founder of Tandon Corporation

Politicians

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Ajay Tandon, Indian politician
Annu Tandon, MP in the 15th Lok Sabha from Unnao, Uttar Pradesh
Ashutosh Tandon, Indian politician and currently serving as Minister of Urban Development, Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation in the UP Government.
Balram Das Tandon, Indian politician and the Former Governor of Chhattisgarh.
Lalji Tandon, Indian politician who served as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Governor of Bihar.
Sanjay Tandon, Chandigarh State President of Bharatiya Janata Party
Shiv Narayan Tandon (?-1999), Indian politician
Yash Tandon, Indian-Ugandan policymaker, political activist, professor, author and public intellectual.

Scientists and doctors

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Atul Tandon (1948-2015), Indian professor of management
Badri Nath Tandon, Indian gastroenterologist, hepatologist, medical researcher and academic
Prakash Narain Tandon, Indian neuroscientist and neurosurgeon. Padma Bhushan awardee
Pramod Tandon, Indian Plant Biotechnologist and academic.
Nikhil Tandon, Indian endocrinologist
Nina Tandon, American biomedical engineer and tissue engineering researcher
Rajesh Tandon, practitioner of participatory research and development. He is one of the founding fathers of Participatory Research.
Sampat Kumar Tandon, Indian geologist. He is a former pro-vice chancellor at Delhi University
Veena Tandon, Indian parasitologist, academic and a NASI senior scientist

References

^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (1st ed.). Oxford University Press (OUP). p. 2623. ISBN 978-0199677764. Retrieved 17 March 2019. Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Khatri) and Sikh, based on the name of a clan in the Khatri community

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