SAM KANNAPAN APPOINTED TO TEXAS PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS BOARD

Former president of GOPIO Houston, Texas chapter, Sockalingam (Sam) Kannapan PE, was appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to serve on Texas Professional Engineers Board for the term expiring on September 26, 2017. Harris County Judge Ed Emmett administered the oath of office on Friday June 15 with wife Meenakshi Kannappan holding Bhavad Gita during the ceremony.

  

The Texas Professional Engineers Board licenses qualified engineers, enforces the Texas Engineering Practice Act and regulates the practice of professional engineering in Texas. Ramesh Kannappan, Director of Enterprise Systems, Texas A&M system introduced the guests and Abirami, IT Consultant at Chevron also spoke at the ceremony. Attendees include: Glen Emmett (wife of presiding judge Ed Emmett), Pearland Mayor Tom Reid, Consul General of Germany Roland Herrmann; Consul Anil K Matta, Consulate of India at Houston; Sugar Land City Councilman Thomas Abraham, Dr. Kamlesh Lulla, NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston; Mike Clements, Market President, Frost Bank.

  

Sam Kannapan is senior design engineer SNC Lavalin Hydrocarbons and Chemicals. He is a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Gas Pipeline Safety Research, a board member of the Society of Piping Engineers and Designers, and an advisory board member of the Asia Society of Texas. Tamil born Sam Kannapan is co-founder of the Shri Meenakshi Temple in Houston.

  

  

PRESDIENT OBAMA NAMES INDIAN-AMERICAN AS FEDERAL JUDGE

Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan has been nominated by President Barack Obama to the US court of appeals for the American capital. Noting that "This important court is often called the Nation's second-highest court," he said: "Srinivasan will be a trailblazer and will serve the court with distinction and excellence."

Srinivasan, 45, last year was named Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the US, succeeding Indian American, Neal Kumar Katyal, which created history in becoming the first South Asian to be ever nominated to the circuit court. "Sri Srinivasan is a dedicated public servant who will bring tremendous experience, intellect, and integrity to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit," Obama said.

Srinivasan began his legal career by serving as a law clerk for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. He received the Attorney General's Award for Excellence in Furthering US National Security in 2003 and the Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence in 2005.

Srinivasan was born in Chandigarh and grew up in Lawrence, Kansas. He received his BA with honors and distinction from Stanford University and his JD with distinction from Stanford Law School. He also holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.