NRI Srinandan Kasi named Vice President of Associated Press

August 11, 2006
New York

NRI Srinandan Kasi named Vice President and General Counsel of Associated Press who has been with the news cooperative since 2004. He will be one of the most senior NRI (non-resident Indian) in the US media.

"Sri's wide-ranging technical, legal and business skills have served the AP well since he joined us as vice president-global business and deputy general counsel," Tom Curley, president and CEO of AP said in announcing Kasi’s appointment on Monday. "His diverse background will come into play even more as the AP charts new ground in the digital era with its international editorial, business and technology initiatives."

Prior to joining the AP, Sri was with the law firm of Dewey Ballantine LLP. He has served as general counsel and head of strategic planning for an e-commerce company, and was an attorney with Rogers & Wells.

Bio

• In 2004, The Associated Press named Srinandan Kasi vice president-global business and deputy general counsel. Sri worked their global business initiatives and assisted in managing their legal activities. Sri had a very strong technical, legal and business background and had worked in all aspects of corporate law, including international corporate, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, strategic alliances and joint ventures, as well as technology transactions including outsourcing, software development agreements and a variety of related matters.
• Since 2001, Kasi has been an attorney at the law firm of Dewey Ballantine. For one year prior to that, he was general counsel and head of strategic planning for an e-commerce firm based in New Jersey. Previously, he was an attorney with Rogers and Wells.
• Kasi, who has a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Houston, was a scientist at IBM, where he was involved in chip design and micro electronics. He has four of his own patents.
• Kasi also has a law degree from Columbia University and a bachelor of science degree from the University of Madras.
• Srinandan Kasi said, "I left India in 1984, to pursue "higher studies," as they used to say, after completing my undergraduate education at Vivekananda College, University of Madras (I went to Vidya Mandir for high school). The United States has afforded me the opportunity to experience the richness of different industries and professions. I visit Chennai at regular interval as I still have friends and family there.