Prasad Srinivasan was born on November 19,1949 and is a physician and Republican politician who represented the town of Glastonbury in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019.
12 Facts About Prasad Srinivasan
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Prasad Srinivasan immigrated to the United States in 1975 and did his fellowship in allergy and immunology at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago.
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Prasad Srinivasan was chief pediatric resident at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, NY.
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Prasad Srinivasan is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.
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Prasad Srinivasan served on the Health Committee, the Environment Committee, and as one of the few non-lawyers, on the Judiciary Committee.
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Prasad Srinivasan was a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Connecticut in 2018.
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In 2017, Prasad Srinivasan introduced House Bill 6645, to establish parental access equality in cases involving the custody of a minor child, but the bill died in the judiciary committee.
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In 2018, Srinivasan was one of only three members of the Judiciary Committee voting against the reconfirmation of the controversial family court judge Jane B Emons, who was not reconfirmed despite the positive committee vote.
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In 2017, Prasad Srinivasan proposed legislation to address the problem with failing concrete foundations, but the bill died in the Joint Committee on Planning and Development.
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Prasad Srinivasan has sponsored legislation to create tax credits for renewable energy, to eliminate the business entity tax, and to phase out the corporation business tax at a rate of one per cent per year.
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Prasad Srinivasan received the 2013 "Legislator of the Year" Award from the Connecticut chapter of the American College of Surgeons, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
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Prasad Srinivasan was one of 18 Indian Americans who was given a Hind Ratan Award from the President of India in 2008.