Sundaram "Sundy" Srinivasan

Sundaram Srinivasan was a beloved member of all the communities he was a part of. He was incredibly active in the Houston community, notably holding the following titles and respects:

• World’s best dad, and a loving husband, a true #1 topper!

• President Emeritus and Board Member of PanIIT USA

• Founding member of the IITAGH

• Chief Operating Officer of Zentech, Inc.

• Chief Executive Officer of SMAA, Inc. helping the next generation of students through the college admissions process

• Employed 30+ years globally in the oil and gas industry. Author of many articles in various Oil and Gas Journals.

• MBA degree from the Sloan School at the MIT, USA

• Bachelor of Technology degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) 1984, Delhi.

• Advisory Director on the boards of the MIT Enterprise Forum

• Advisory Director for the Rice Alliance Energy Forum

• Advisor to AID (Association for India's Development)

• Member of the "Energy Group" in Houston chaired by the Consul General and set up by the Ministry of Petroleum, India.

• An internationally recognized Poet in English, he has published Poetry in over 4 books!

• An actor in Community Theatre, performing in many plays and also standup comedy

• Certified “Punster” (comer upper of puns)

• Website: http://www.sundysrinivasan.com/

• Podcast about his life! [Link]

• Standup Comedy: [Link]

 

Original Quotes

“Never spare a bender, kick ‘em on the tender!”

A playful mantra to deal with those unfortunate enough to have dropped something on the floor

 

"No good deed goes unpunished.. but you gotta do 'em anyway!"

 

“The way you solve any problem is with first principles. If you don’t know the formula, it’s no problem, just derive it from scratch!”

 

Favorite Quotes (usually as lessons for his children)

“Everything that can go wrong will go wrong.. at the worst possible moment!”

My father’s beloved “Murphy’s Law” and the relevant Finagle’s Law Corollary

 

“When one's goat gets missing, the aroma of a neighbour's soup gets suspicious.”

Robert Mugabe

 

“I don’t need your money! Please be a good citizen of whichever country you decide to live in, and help and lift up your local community. This will be the biggest service you can perform for me, and for India.”

Abdul Kalam, directly to my father and other Indian-origin delegates when he visited him at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. My father mentioned on several occasions that this quote changed his life.

 

Poem: Alaska

 

All ice and yet so warm,

No soul yet full of charm.

Tis definitely the earth’s cocoon and chrysalis,

Home to the iridescent butterfly Borealis.

Many a mighty river, formed from but a solitary tear,

Of an exuberant, but constantly weeping glacier.

To be learnt from their beauty, there’s much, oh so much,

Blue fire in their belly, yet cold to the touch.

With the coming of spring, and some warmth in the weather,

Mother Hubbard gives birth with some glee.

With a hiss and a crackle, at the end of their tether,

The newborn chunks tumble down to the sea.

Given up for dead, yet meant for the living,

A toll while it takes, so generous in giving.

Oh, Alaska doth give, both wet and dry lairs,

It gives to the whales, it gives to the bears.

It gives to the young, it gives to the old,

There’s oil and diamonds, there even is gold.

To call this place heaven, even that wont suffice,

You can walk here on water, you just call it ice.

Now, a fond memory is all that I’ve got,

Of a perfect landscape, ne’er a blot

Sometimes I hear, and sometimes not,

The flowers singing “forget me not”.