Santosh Vinita "Sandy" Kalyan (born 26 July 1957) is a South African politician, and a former Democratic Alliance member of Parliament's National Assembly, where she served as the Shadow Minister of Science and Technology until 2012.
[1] She served as the DA Shadow Deputy Minister for International Relations & Cooperation.
She is married to Jitendra Kalyan with two children, actor Adhir and Kirthi.
[1] She holds the Teacher’s Diploma and is reading for the Doctorate of Education and a second masters in Sexology.
On her re-election to Parliament in 2009, she retained her position as a whip and was appointed as the Shadow Minister of Science and Technology.