Military and Political Service
Labeled a "wunderkind" by the media, Mukherji was on the cover of Business News NJ after the September 11 attacks for enlisting in the Marines at the age of 17 while he was CEO of a technology company. He served in military intelligence.
Mukherji was appointed by then-U.S. Senator Jon Corzine to his Military Academy Board in 2003. In 2004, the Governor of New Jersey appointed him to the Governor’s Council on Volunteerism and Community Service. He was also a Superior Court-appointed member of the Juvenile Conference Committee. He was also selected to participate in the Junior Summit international forum conducted by the Media Laboratory at M.I.T.
According to The Jersey Journal, he is declining the $110,056 salary and a city-issued car, instead opting to earn one dollar per year due to "the austere economic climate."
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