------------------------------------------------------------------------ Curriculum Vitae ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Information --------------------- Name : Ravishankar Sarma Permanent Address : A.V.Madhusudhan rao A/159,Pylon Colony Nagarjuna Sagar, Nalgonda(d.t),AP,508203
Current Address : #213, H-2, IIT Powai, Mumbai, 400076. E-mail : avrs@hss.iitb.ernet.in Degree : Pre-Phd, Humanities and Social Sciences. Fields of Interest : Subjunctive Conditionals,Nonmonotonic Reasoning, Planning in AI,Reasoning about Actions
WWW http://www.hss.iitb.ac.in/~avrs OBJECTIVE To work in the area of conditional logics and Belief change focus on counterfactuals.
Academic Record ---------------- Educational Status : Pursuing pre-ph.D course work,(2000-) Department of Social Sciences and Humanities Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai Present CPI : 8.65 on a scale of 10 (after the completion of course work) EDUCATION: Percentage M.A.(Philosophy) Logic, (from Jan. 1997-1999) 64.0% Hyderabad Central University , Hyderabad, India Specialisation:Logic M.Sc., Physics, (1994-1996). Kakatiya University ,Warangal ,India 63.5% Specialisation:Solid State Physics B.Sc., May (1991-1994). A.P.Residential Degree College, N.Sagar, India 74.0% Specialisation:Mathematics,Physics,Chemistry. Academic Honors ---------------- * placed in the top 0.1% of all examinees of M.A(Philosophy) HCU entrace Exam 1997, the Joint Entrance Examination for admission to the HCU. I was ranked first all over India . * Received Hyderabad University Merit Scholardhip for two Consecutive years from (1997-1999) * Qualified UGC-JRF National elibility Test for Lecturership,in philosophy (december1999).
Research Experience ---------------- 1. Worked with Dr.Chinmoy Goswami, well known logician in India(1999-2000) 2. Practical Training
Currently working on Counterfactuals .Work aims at finding appropriate semantics for COunterfactuals 3. Currently Working as Research Assistant in HSS department,IIT-MUMBAI.
Work includes system administration,networking, and teaching logic.
RELEVANT COURSES(current) Modal Logic Artificial Intelligence(cs443) Cognitive Psycology(cs474) Theory of knowlege
Seminar on Counterfactuals
Other Courses studied MA(Philosophy):
Western Philosophy,Indian Philosophy,Logic,Ethics.Political Philosophy,Advaced Logic
M.Sc (Physics):
Classical Mechanics,Quantum Mechanics,Statistical Mechanics,Material Science,Solid state physics,Nuclear Physics
B.Sc
Mathematics,Physics,Chemistry
Extra Curricular Activities ---------------------------- *. I am interested in classical music *. participated in music programs at the university level. *. participated in organizing institute festivals like Techfest and Mood Indigo. *. . Currently Class Representative of our batch. *. Maintaining home page of my Department Hobbies and other interests --------------------------- *. Music, Cricket. *. Bhagvad Gita, Yoga. *. Reading, Puzzles and current affairs.
* Reading and lokking into the problems raised by Jiddu Krishnamurthy,greatest indian philosopher Software Exposure ------------------ *.I am well conversant with the following languages:, Prolog LaTex, HTML. *.worked on packages such as SPSS,LYX,Staroffice,Samba. *.worked extensively on and well conversant with the following platforms: Windows 95/98/2000, Windows NT-4, UNIX System V Release 5 and Linux.(Redhat-6.2),solaris Declaration ------------ I hereby declare that the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge. Ravi Shankar Reference ---------- 1. References can be sent upon request.