Kishor Premvadan Thanawala

Background

Thanawala, Kishor Premvadan was born on December 1, 1936 in Bombay. Son of Premvadan Navnitlal and Indira Nathalal (Desai) Thanawala.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India, 1958. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India, 1959. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Missouri, 1965.

Postgraduate, Golden Gate University, 1972.

Career

Engineer, Saurashtra Chemicals, Porbandar, India, 1960-1963; senior engineer, Surat (India) Cotton Mills, 1963-1964; engineer, Consoer, Townsend & Associations, Chicago, 1965-1966; engineer, Austin Company, Des Plaines, Illinois, 1966-1970; engineer, Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, 1970-1973; senior engineer, Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, 1973-1982; engineering supervisor, Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, 1982-1986, 90-94; senior engineer, Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, since 1999; senior design engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Sunnyvale, California, 1986-1990. Principal engineer International Coach Federation Kaiser, Hanford and Richland, Washington, 1994-1996. Senior design engineer Fluor Daniel N.W., Richland, 1996-1998.

Achievements

• Kishor Premvadan Thanawala has been listed as a noteworthy Electrical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Interests

• Avocations: home computers, yard work, music, photography.

Connections

Married Yogini Bhagwandas, August 8, 1969. Children: Shilpa, Mayank.

Father:

Premvadan Navnitlal Thanawala

Mother:

Indira Nathalal (Desai) Thanawala

Spouse:

Yogini Bhagwandas

child:

Shilpa Thanawala

child:

Mayank Thanawala