Smt. Annu Tandon is a Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha from India’s largest constituency Unnao. She won from the constituency with a record margin of over 300,000 votes.

Smt Tandon is also the founder and chairperson of the Hriday Narain Dhawan Charitable Trust (HNDCT), which has served marginalised sections of society in Unnao and surrounding areas for over 20 years.

Smt. Tandon has enjoyed a successful career, spanning over 25 years, in diverse business enterprises, including IT, media and garment export. She was the Managing Director of MoTech Software Pvt. Ltd, a company promoted by the promoters of the Reliance Industries Ltd. She also owns and runs Salonica Vasans, a textile export company.

Annu Tandon’s association with the print media dates back to 1996 when she started working as the Executive Director of the Observer Group of Publications with major responsibilities in the areas of finance and marketing.

Apart from being a Trustee of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Smt Tandon overseas the functioning of the Mumbai chapter of ORF. Smt. Tandon did her schooling from St Mary’s Convent, at Ramnee Park, Nainital. After that she joined the Government Girls’ Intermediate College followed by her science graduation from Dayanand Subhash National Degree College, both at Unnao.

Annu Tandon decided to go ahead with her father’s lifelong philanthropic dream to serve the poor and started the charitable Trust in Unnao, with the special objective of uplifting and empowering women and the rural poor. The main focus of the Trust is to support education and upbringing of the rural children.

A multi-faceted personality, Smt. Tandon exudes tremendous passion and zeal for social service. Her dedication towards her roots is evident in her extensive humanitarian endeavours in Uttar Pradesh. Smt. Tandon believes that changes take place in the mind. No amount of external assistance and charity can bring about the positive and sustainable change in the rural Indians’ lives unless they become conscious about their problems and grow the conviction to reach out, avail, try and achieve the solutions.

So, for Smt. Tandon, social service is not just accesorising rural poor with some temporary or stopgap kind of ’help’, but awakening their souls to the worth of their life and the standard of living they deserve as Indian citizens. She also believes in working together with villagers towards achieving the standard of life they deserve.