Background
Desai, Yash Dahyabhai was born on December 13, 1944 in Tanga, Tanzania. Came to the United States, 1968. Son of Dahyabhai Ranchhodji Desai and Shantagauri Naik.
Desai, Yash Dahyabhai was born on December 13, 1944 in Tanga, Tanzania. Came to the United States, 1968. Son of Dahyabhai Ranchhodji Desai and Shantagauri Naik.
Business and Community Engagement, University Nairobi, Kenya, 1967. Master of Science in Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1970.
Field engineer highways Construction Company, Nairobi, 1967. Teaching assistant University Nairobi, 1967-1968. Research assistant University of California at Los Angeles, 1969-1971.
Research engineer, teaching assistant Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1971-1973. Water resources engineer Stearns-Rogers Inc., Denver, 1974-1976. Drainage chief engr City of Wichita, Kansas, 1976-1981, sanitary chief engineer, 1982-1983.
Land development supervisor Dooley-Jones & Associates, Tucson, 1983-1984. Assistant city engineer floodplain management City of Tucson, since 1984. Expert witness City of Tucson, State of Arizona, since 1986.
Member review committee Pima County (Arizona) Floodplain Ordinance, 1986, City of Tucson Aviation Corridor Project, since 1986. Speaker in field.
Active Tucson Unified School District Parent-Teachers Association, Cub Scouts American, Tucson. Member Arizona Floodplain Managers Association, India Association, Lions.
Married Bhanu Shankerlal Pandya, August 15, 1967. Children: Jitesh, Jignasa, Bhavisha, Nainesh.
