- Satish Mohan
Dr. Satish Mohan is the current
town supervisor ofAmherst, New York .Biography
Dr. Satish Mohan is a
professor of Civil, structural andEnvironmental engineering atUniversity at Buffalo, The State University of New York , and an entrepreneur on leave from his position at UB to serve as the Supervisor of the town of Amherst. Mohan was born in India and moved to the United States to study, and has since become a US citizen.Supervisor's Campaign
Previously, little-known in political circles and lacking governmental experience, Mohan entered the Supervisor's race by engaging in a
primary election for the Republican nomination. He was opposed by the Amherst Republican Committee's endorsed candidate, Dirk Rabenold, a member of the AmherstBoard of Education . Mohan's campaign took out full-page advertisements in theBuffalo News and local weekly newspapers. It also engaged in an aggressivelawn sign strategy. Mohan won the Republican primary and faced the incumbent Democratic supervisor as well as Rabenold (who remained the race as the candidate of the Conservative and Independence Parties ) in thegeneral election .During the campaign, Mohan promised a 15% cut in the tax rate, a more equitable property assessment process, and solutions for residents dealing with sinking homes and cracking foundations. Since his election, he has had often cool relations with the rest of the Town Board and many of the town's department heads and has been unable to accomplish what he promised to do during his election.
In June 2008, Mohan joined the Democratic party and runs for re-election in 2009.
Academic Credentials
1978, Ph.D., civil engineering,
Purdue University , West Lafayette, IN1975, M.S., civil engineering,
Kansas State University ,Manhattan, Kansas ,KS1959, B. Tech. (Hons), civil engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology ,Kharagpur ,India External links
* [http://www.amherst.ny.us Official Website of the Town of Amherst]
* [http://www.civil.buffalo.edu/professors_mohan.shtml UB page]
* [http://www.satishmohan.com/ Campaign Site, 2005]
* [http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20070127/1035525.asp Editorial critical of Mohan]
* [http://x.indabuff.com/donut/?p=57 Editorial about Mohan]
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