Name: Nagappa Ravindra, P.E.
Title: President
Company: Ravi Engineering & Land Surveying, P.C.
Location: Rochester, NY.
Place of birth: Mysore, India
Family: Wife - Vasantha Ravindra, Two daughters - Priya and Anisha
College: B.S. from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India and M.S. from Syracuse University
First job unrelated to your current field: Teaching Assistant at Syracuse University
First job in your current field: Structural Engineer at a Consulting firm in Syracuse, N.Y.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? We provide structural, environmental, geotechnical engineering, land surveying and construction inspection services in New York. Expand geographically to Pennsylvania in the future.
Hobbies: Golf, tennis and ping pong
Favorite film: "Beautiful mind"
Favorite novel: "To Have and Have Not" by Ernest Hemingway
Keys to success: Perseverance
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Professional tennis player
Person you admire most (outside of the family): Stefan Edberg
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