EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Sanjay Mehrotra, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A of SanDisk Corporation for the quarter ended October 3, 2010; and
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.
| Date: September 8, 2011 | /s/ Sanjay Mehrotra |
Sanjay Mehrotra President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |