"We are committed to take Silicon Valley’s signature entrepreneurship to U.P."

January 2015 \ Interviews \ Indian Diaspora Interview—Dr Nandini Tandon

"We are committed to take Silicon Valley’s signature entrepreneurship to U.P."

Interview with Dr Nandini Tandon, Founding Partner and Group CEO of Tenacity Group Inc. Dr Nandini Tandon, Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and venture capitalist and Founding Partner and Group CEO of Tenacity Group Inc, spoke to India Empire’s Editor Sayantan Chakravarty. Dr Tandon along with her mentor Dr.B. R.Shetty, Founding Partner and Chairman of Board for Tenacity Group Inc. and her sister, Ms Priya Tandon, Founding Partner CEO, Tenacity India Operations, are spearheading major investments in healthcare / healthcare IT and skill development space in Uttar Pradesh

By Sayantan Chakravarty

You were a delegate of President Obama’s US State Department’s Global Entrepreneurship Program to Turkey. For someone who has interned at the White House, this recognition and acknowledgement of your talent must be hugely satisfying.

Global Entrepreneurship Program grew from an initiative of President Obama into a core program at US State Department and was guided by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to promote entrepreneurship as a key pillar of economic development among developing countries.

The Turkey experience was an exceptional one. I was doubly honored to be invited, one being chosen from the very talented pool of American entrepreneurs and second being the only Indian American on the delegation.

President Obama’s focus on entrepreneurship for creating jobs definitely inspired me to double our efforts under Tenacity to take entrepreneurship for job creation to UP.

You are on multiple boards, 14 for profit and more than that on not for profit boards, spread across various continents, what has been your experience like?

I feel truly fortunate to be associated with exceptionally talented and gifted individuals across a wide array of very prestigious boards. Often being the only woman and only Indian American on the board has given me a valuable perspective that I am looking forward to bring to my investments in India.