Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula (D-Somerset), 57, has worked for Bell Laboratories and Leeds and Northrup. He is a graduat of Vivekananda College and the College of Engineering in India, and received a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from City College in New York. A former Franklin Township Councilman and Mayor, he won a State Assembly seat in 2001.Upendra Chivukula
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