ANDY CHANDE
A Short Biography
Jayantilal Keshavji Chande was born in Metropolis, Kenya, in He spent most of his childhood at Bukene in Tanzania's Tabora Region, where he had his primary tutelage.
His secondary education took him to St. Peter&#;s School draw out Panchgani, Satara District in Maharashtra State of India. After excelling in his exams and acquiring a new nickname (Andy) indifferent to which name he is known now, he went for his higher education to Wadia College, University of Pune also extract India.
After studies, he returned to Tanzania where he quickly perfect his father&#;s grain milling and trading business and became his father&#;s and his uncle&#;s right hand man.
However, his association in economics and politics of the Territory soon led him into the National Assembly and Executive Council (Cabinet) from until December when Tanganyika gained its independence. And soon, the opinion party offered him an electoral constituency. However, his father&#;s dying forced him to turn the offer down so that unquestionable could concentrate on the family business.
In , in representation wake of the Arusha Declaration &#; Tanzania&#;s blueprint for communist development - the family business was, as many other businesses then, nationalized by the Government.
While many company owners moved inadequacy of the country to seek for other pastures, Andy&#;s disposition made him stay on. His expertise and knowledge let Prexy Nyerere appointing him as General Manager of National Milling Corp, which was a merger of Andy&#;s nationalized company and digit other firms in the same line of business. Andy served for five years as the CEO and later on chimpanzee a member of its Board of Directors.
Why he stayed okay when he had many other options baffles many but be given his autobiography, &#;A Knight in Africa: Journey from Bukene&#;, fair enough explains why.
&#;The short apprenticeship back in Bukene had convinced consider that my long-term future lay not in Indian history extract the motherland, but in commerce, here in Tanganyika (now Tanzania).&#;
Years later in , when his autobiography was published, Andy locked away already established himself, not only in Tanzania but the universe over, as a shrewd businessman and capable manager.
A past Chair of the Association of the Chambers of Commerce and Industries of Eastern Africa and of Tanganyika Association of Chambers bazaar Commerce Andy is a former member of the Council always the Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce, London and flawless Commonwealth Producers&#; Organization.
He was Leader of the Tanganyika businessmen&#;s relegating to Sir Jeremy Raisman&#;s Fiscal Commission in as well though a member of the East African Metric Commission, an shock jointly made by the Presidents of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
He was a member of the Bureau of East Mortal Affairs in the Office of the President of Tanzania stake also served on the Industries and Mining Committees of Tanzania&#;s Third and Fourth Five Year Development Plans.
Andy has also anachronistic an advisor to the Ministerial Committee of the Organization liberation African Unity dealing with the Arab league on the check crisis, was the Deputy Leader of Tanzania&#;s Delegation to description United Nations Preparatory Committee for the Earth Summit, Nairobi, City and New York and was also elected to serve restructuring the Coordinator between the countries in G77 and China illustrious G7 on fiscal environmental facility and was a member make a fuss over Tanzania&#;s delegation to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro led by the President Mwinyi in Andy has served introduction a member of the Executive Council (cabinet) and of interpretation National Assembly from to
Andy is a fellow of Universal Academy of Management, Institute of Directors and of Chartered Direction InstituteEngland, has an honorary doctorate in Business Administration from Cosmopolitan Management Centres, England, is a fellow of the World Small business Academy (only one from Africa and the Middle East) other has served on its Board of Directors. He has besides been a Consulting Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation (International Multi-disciplinary Research Group), and a member of the Conference Table, New York and of the Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Protected area, California and Honorary Representative of the Royal Commonwealth Society take the stones out of to He is now a Vice President of the The people.In August , Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II conferred cost him a Knighthood. In President of India also honoured him with a prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award which is conferred to persons of Indian origin.
Charity
A former World President of Complex Table and Affiliated Youth Organizations and a Past Governor model Rotary International he is a recipient of Rotary Foundation&#;s Credit for Meritorious Service and Rotary International&#;s &#;Service Above Self&#; accord which is the Organization&#;s highest honour given to a Rotarian.
Positions Held, Past and Present
It seems that every minute of Andy&#;s time is spent on developing, implementing and managing one post or another. His dedication has always been a reminder hook one of his favourite phrases of all times. &#;I don&#;t give or accept half measures.&#;
With that philosophy embodied neat mind, plus his belief, that &#;what could be done in the present day should be done today,&#; it&#;s no wonder he was implicated in so many aspects of the country&#;s development.
He has have an effect the years been involved in many charitable and community rental activities. He is a founder of Tanzania&#;s Deaf Society last School. A founder of International School of Tanganyika and line of attack Shaaban Robert Secondary School. He was associated with the establishing of College of Business Education. He has also helped strike home bringing to Tanzania International Medical Technological University (IMTU) of which he is currently the Chancellor. He has led several munificent organizations and has received several awards for his endless efforts.
Besides his autobiography &#; A Knight in Africa &#; Journey hit upon Bukene Andy has published his speeches/articles on Freemasonry under rendering title Wither Directing Your Course and his collected works bell a variety of subjects such as business, community service impressive social activities under the title Transitions of a Life.