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Teaching Philosophy:

I take pride in teaching. There is no satisfaction greater than seeing the face of a student light up after grasping a difficult concept for the first time. Inspired by my teachers, both good and bad, I have learned that teaching is not merely about regurgitating the material at hand, but about engaging students in critical thinking consistent with the Socratic method. I believe that a successful teacher should be able to (1) and effective means of teaching students the course material, and (2) teach students to question and explore instead of taking everything at face value. Therefore, I view my role not only as someone who explains to students concepts and ideas, but also as someone who guides them to ask the right questions and helps them to understand the answers.

 I find teaching to be tremendously rewarding, and it is one of the major reasons why I enjoy academia. Teaching has been an important part of my development as a researcher and leader. I have extensive experience in the classroom, where my philosophy has been to maximize the amount of interactivity between teacher and student, with a high reliance on Socratic discourse as a means of exploring and developing ideas. I have found that being able to contextualize new concepts and information works well to keep student interest high. I consider teaching an integral part of being a researcher, and I am committed to providing an excellent classroom experience for both undergraduate and graduate students.

 I have been extensively involved in teaching throughout my academic career, in beginning my experience is a bit unusual—when I joined C. U. Shah College of Pharmacy & Research, Wadhwan in 2004, there were no undergraduate major. I taught supplementary course, developed to pharmacy student, wrote a textbook, and had a lot of fun. Since then, I have taught and guest lectured in a wide variety of courses from computer programming. After then, I joined C. U. Shah College of Master of Computer Application, Wadhwan in 2006, since I actively engaged with many subjects which I like to work with it. My duties included assisting with academic organization and lecturing, and my role in the course is main instructor.

Topics I can teach:

                With some preparation, I would be willing and able to teach a broad range of computer science courses. In particular, I had taught below subjects:

                Internet Technologies

                Fundamentals of Programming (C, C++, Java)

                .NET Programming (VB + ASP)

                Build Client/Server Applications using VB

                Basic Biostatistics and Computer Application

                Enterprise Resource Planning

                Data Structure and File Structure

                Management Information System

                Database Management System

                Fundamentals of Networking

I believe my mentoring work with students will transfer to the ability to work with students in the classroom and to advise students in their research.

Future Plans:

My goal is to contribute to the expansion and growth of the next generation of computer science students. By developing computer science course materials that are exciting to students while successfully teaching them fundamental concepts and understand the strengths and weaknesses of techniques learned in class and develop new improvements to these techniques. Given my teaching and research expertise, I would be delighted to teach undergraduate and graduate level courses on computer programming. While teaching these courses, I plan to continue applying my teaching philosophy to create an environment that is both exciting and challenging to students.

 Integrating research and teaching: When possible, I will integrate my research into my teaching. I think that presenting recent research results and open problems, even in introductory classes, gets students engaged in the material. Furthermore, presenting relevant research results in class can be an excellent means for disseminating them to the students who will be able to put them to use in their technical careers. In more advanced classes, I would have students design and complete original projects, with the potential for producing publishable results.

Writing and presentation skills: I would teach writing and presentation skills in the advanced courses I teach. I had limited instruction in writing and presentation in my undergraduate computer science curriculum, and as a result, I struggled with these skills early in my graduate school career. I have been fortunate enough to receive good mentorship and practice in writing and speaking skills in graduate school. I feel it is especially important to pass these skills on to students, including undergraduates, since we live in an age where anyone with a computer can be a published author.

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