Swathi Dandekar

Swathi Dandekar

Swati Dandekar is a State Representative from District 36 in the Iowa House. She ran for re-election in November 2004. She was re-elected on November 2, 2004. Now this week, State Representative Dandekar, won for the third time from District 36 in Marion, beating her Republican rival Nick Wagner by 55 percent to 45.

EDUCATION
J. N. Tata Parsi School, Nagpur, India, 1968, high school diploma

Nagpur University, India, 1971, BS, Chemistry/Biology

Bombay University, India, 1972, Postgraduate diploma in Dietetics

FAMILY
Husband, Arvind, CEO/President, Fastek International

Son Ajai, Linn-Mar High School (1993), Stanford University (1997), MD/PhD, University of Iowa (2005).

Daughter-in-law Allison MD, University of Iowa (2002).

Son Govind, Linn-Mar High School (1996), Stanford University (2000)

PLATFORM
Excellence in education
Economic Growth
Financial Security