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Oral history interview with Vikram Srinivasan [Session 01, Recording 01]
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- 2019-03 (Creation)
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WAV; 01:25:02
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Vikram Srinivasan was born in Chennai, India, in 1981. In 2002, he earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering in Chennai. That same year, he moved to the United States, and he later earned a master's degree in engineering from the University of Cincinnati. In 2006, he was hired by Mentor Graphics in Wilsonville, Oregon. A short time later, he joined the Portland Gay Men's Chorus. After his work visa expired in 2012, he returned to India. In 2015, he returned to the U.S. to marry his American boyfriend, and they relocated to Portland a short time later.
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In the first interview session, Srinivasan discusses his family background and early life as a member of the Brahmin caste in Chennai, India, and describes life in a multi-generational household and a close-knit neighborhood. He speaks at length about his experiences during his education in India, talks about his love of studying languages, and about the social pressure to study science and math. He describes navigating romantic relationships as a teenager and realizing that he was gay. He speaks at length about his relationship with his first girlfriend.
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Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and The Immigrant Story. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
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- eng
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- Raman, Sankar (Contributor)
- Seery, Shea (Contributor)