------------------------------------------------------------------------ Curriculum Vitae ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Information --------------------- Name : A. V. Ravishankar Sarma Date Of Birth: 02/09/1975: 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.geocities.com/~z0408901 OBJECTIVE To work in the area of conditional logics especially modelling Belief change using counterfactuals.
Academic Records: ---------------- Educational Status : Pursuing PhD (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. Intermediate(10+2).(1989-1991) Govt. Junior Colege, Nagarjuna Sagar, Andhra Pradesh. Percentage: 54% Subjects: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. SSC, (1989) St. Josephs School, Andhra Pradesh: Percentage: 64% 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, a well known logician in India(1999-2000) 2. Practical Training
Currently working on Counterfactuals and Belief revision. Work aims at finding appropriate semantics for COunterfactuals 3. Currently Working as Research Assistant(system Administrator) 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 and Belief revision
Other Courses studied MA (Philosophy):
Western Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Logic, Ethics. Political Philosophy, Advaced Logic
M.Sc (Physics):
Classical Mechanics, Mathematical Methods in Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Material Science, Solid state physics, Nuclear Physics
B.Sc
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
Extra Curricular Activities ---------------------------- *. I am very much 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 --------------------------- *. Vipassana Mediation *. Music, Cricket. *. Bhagvad Gita. *. Reading, Solving 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-8.0),solaris Declaration ------------ I hereby declare that the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge. A. V. Ravishankar Sarma Reference ---------- 1. References can be sent upon request.