Fun Facts

Since I am doing my PhD, people might think that I am nerd. :) But I am NOT!! Though my research demands devoting a good chunk of time to it, but whenever I fetch time, I hang out with my friends. I love to drive and so often go out on long drives. In my spare time, I love to cook various cuisines.. and I love swimming!!

About Me

I am a PhD graduate student in Statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at University of Texas at Dallas with a GPA of 3.953. This is my 7th semester. Prior to that I have had majors in science/texas/lubbock">Computer Science and Mathematics. In my Masters degree and also during my PhD program, I have got full tuition waiver and received scholarships in all my academic semesters. I also got two NSF travel awards this year.I want to be an academician after the completion of my PhD, preferably working as an Assistant Professor.

I have 2 years of experience teaching and lubbock">tutoring students for MBA exams from 2006-2008. And then being a teaching assistant I have 6 years of experience of teaching and lubbock">tutoring freshman and sophomores on subjects like Mathematics(Calculus I,II, College Algebra, Pre-calculus) Statistics(Statistics for Life Sciences, Probability and Statistics in Management and Economics,Probability and Statistics in science/texas/lubbock">Computer Science) and Physics(Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism) in University of Louisiana, Lafayette and in my present University.

When I lubbock">tutor students, I keep two things in mind. The first is they understand and NOT memorize the fundamental concepts of the subject and also at the same time make them practice sufficient variety of problems so that they learn the tricks and the trend of questions. While making them do the assignments, I also cover the problems from previous year exams, so that they feel confident. After every topic, I prefer taking tests or quiz to keep my student right on target which helps him/her not being nervous before the school or college exams and take it as one of their practice test.