Career
She was an Member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha from Unnao, Uttar Pradesh with the Indian National Congress party. Tandon is the founder director of the Hriday Narain Dhawan Charitable Trust, which has been active in philanthropy in the district since before 2000. The charity, funded mostly through family funds, has worked in education, and gathered attention for innovative projects like helping children of illiterate parents with their homework.
The charity also works with weaker groups like widows and the handicapped.
She was also associated with Rehabilitation wing of the Congress party. She was earlier managing MoTech Software Private
Limited, a firm launched by Mukesh Ambani, and also ran Salonica Vasans, a textile export firm. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Dayanand Subhash National Post Graduate College, Unnao.
She is the widow to Late Sandeep Tandon, who was a top liaison executive of Reliance Industries Limited.
Before joining Reliance in 1994, he was with the Indian Revenue Service. As an officer of the Enforcement Directorate, Tandon had investigated foreign front companies floated by Reliance, and also conducted a raid on the house of Tina Ambani. She had declared assets of 41 crores (United States dollar 10 mn) in the 2009 election declarations.
She declared assets of 42 crores (United States dollar 10+ mn) in the 2014 election declarations.
In the Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh, 2014, Annu Tandon was again fielded as a candidate by the Congress. Annu Tandon lost the from Uanno badly - she was 4th in the election results barely retaining her deposits at 16% votes.
After Congress" resounding defeat in, Annu refused to blame Congress leadership for the debacle. In the Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh, 2009, Annu Tandon was fielded as a novice political candidate by the Congress.
During the elections, many prominent personalities including film star Salman Khan campaigned for her.
She has served as a member on the Committee of Water Resources and that on Empowerment of Women in 2009 when she was part of the 15th Lok Sabha. In the year 2007, MoTech then led by her was under scrutiny for insider trading by regulator SEBI. In 2012, Arvind Kejriwal had alleged Annu Tandon of stashing away black money in Swiss Bank for Relianace with investment banker Praveen Kumar - however, Anu Tandon had denied these allegations. In February 2015, Annu Tandon"s name figured at position 22 (balance $57mn) in the list of Indians with accounts in the Household Bank Swiss Private bank (Swiss Leaks).