Prasad Srinivasan

Prasad Srinivasan
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
from the 31st district
Assumed office
January 5, 2011
Preceded by Thomas Kehoe
Personal details
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Kala Prasad Srinivasan
Children 2
Education University of Baroda (MD)
Website House website

Prasad Srinivasan (born November 19, 1949) is a physician and politician who represents the town of Glastonbury in the Connecticut House of Representatives.

Career

Srinavasan was born in India and graduated from medical school there.[1] He immigrated to the United States in 1975.[2]

Srinavasan is an allergist in Glastonbury, Connecticut.[3] He was first elected to the state House in 2010.[1] In 2016, he was elected for the fourth time in a row as CT representative for the 31st District.[1][4]

Srinivasan received the 2013 "Legislator of the Year" Award from the Connecticut chapter of the American College of Surgeons,[5] and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.[6] He was one of 18 Indian Americans who was given a Hind Ratan Award from the President of India in 2008.[7]

Srinivasan was a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Connecticut in 2018.[8][1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Christopher Keating, Dr. Prasad Srinivasan Raises $138,000 For Governor, Hartford Courant (April 6, 2017).
  2. ↑ Paul Bass, Doc's Next House Call: Guv Mansion?, New Haven Independent (November 8, 2017).
  3. ↑ Bill Ryan, The View From/Middletown; For State's Hindus, a New Place to Worship, New York Times (November 7, 1999).
  4. ↑ Connecticut 31st District State House Results: Prasad Srinivasan Wins, New York Times (August 1, 2017).
  5. ↑ "Legislator of the Year Recipients".
  6. ↑ "Prasad Srinivasan: Receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "U.S. NRIs Honored in New Delhi" (Press release).
  8. ↑ "Rep. Srinivasan is a candidate for governor in '18". CT Mirror. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
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