After Cupertino, another Californian city gets an Indian-American mayor. An Indian-American engineer has been named the mayor of  South San Francisco city in the US state of California.

An IIT Chennai alumnus, Pradeep Gupta, was sworn in as the mayor of the city earlier this month, a media release said.

He became the second Indian-American to be elected as the mayor of a Californian city. Previously, Indian-American woman, Savita Vaidhyanathan, was named as the the Mayor of the Cupertino city of California.  

Gupta said that, "It is my honour to step up and continue the work that former mayor Mark Addiego has started." "We have a great group of people on our council, many who have served the city for years. I'm eager to lead this council and our city during such exciting times," he added.

Indian-origin Gupta was appointed to the South San Francisco city council on December 31, 2012 for a one-year term and was elected to a full four-year term in November 2013.

He also served as the chairman of the South San Francisco Planning Commission for three years.

Indian-American woman elected as Mayor of Californian city!

Nandini