2011-08-17

Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston

This is an oral history interview with Vimal Kothari conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Vimal Kothari arrived in Houston from Bombay in 1979 to work on an MS in electrical engineering at the University of Houston, which he completed in 1981. In 1988 he founded Sytel, Inc., a now mid-sized company that builds industrial computers for sale in the US and Canada. His three children attended private schools in Houston and the family has lived in the suburbs for several years. In the interview, Mr. Kothari recollects childhood interactions between his family and British in India, changing rates of safety in the city of Houston, spirituality, and discrimination. Interviewers: Uzma Quaraishi and Kothari Vimal.

interviews

Emigration and immigration; Vimal, Kothari

Sugar Land, Texas

Oral Histories from the Houston History Project

University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

English

Collection
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Houston History Archives
Oral Histories from the Houston History Project

Preservation Location: ark:/84475/pm8907tq37c