Prasad Srinivasan

Prasad Srinivasan (born November 19, 1949) is a physician and Republican politician who represented the town of Glastonbury in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019.

Medical education and career Srinivasan was born in Kerala, India into a Tamil family. He graduated from Baroda Medical College. He immigrated to the United States in 1975 and did his fellowship in allergy and immunology at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. He was chief pediatric resident at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. Srinavasan is an allergist in Glastonbury, Connecticut, treating both pediatric and adult patients.

Political career Srinivasan was first elected to the 31st district of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 2010, defeating incumbent Democrat Thomas Kehoe with 56% of the vote. He did not run for reelection in 2018. Srinivasan served on the Health Committee, the Environment Committee, and as one of the few non-lawyers, on the Judiciary Committee. 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.

Housing In 2017, Srinivasan proposed legislation to address the problem with failing concrete foundations, but the bill died in the Joint Committee on Planning and Development.

Taxes 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. and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. He was one of 18 Indian Americans who was given a Hind Ratan Award from the President of India in 2008.