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Arun Venkatesh Kulkarni

Professor

Nuclear Physics, Numerical E and M, Physics Teaching, Theoretical Physics

Administrative Experience

In the Pilani Campus (1995 – 2004)

  1. Served as Instructor for 2nd Year BITS Students for PS-I in BARC (B’bay) May-July 1996. Had to fight with Director BARC to obtain accommodation for students in the BARC Campus. This facility was initially promised to our students, but was then withdrawn due to the conducting of the International Mathematics Olympiad in BARC at the same time. Some vacant quarters were later temporarily allotted to BITS students for the duration of the program. 
  2. Served as a Nonresident Warden for Krishna Bhavan (Boys Hostel) for 4 years (May-97 to  May-2001)
  3. Other duties  some time during Aug’1998 to Aug’2002  ( 2 years each) a. Disciplinary Committee Member under Dean Student Welfare. b. Coordinator of Student Counseling services. c. Library Committee member.
  4. Served as PS-I Instructor in Pune Center, (May-July 2000) and during this time established contact with C-DAC Pune, as a result of which BITS opened a PS-II program with C-DAC, and its  employees enrolled in  DLPD programs in BITS.
  5. In the following year (May-July 2001) as PS-I Instructor, I established contact with Mahindra British Telecom, (MBT-Pune) leading to their employees pursuing BITS-DLPD programs 
  6. Lead a team of 4 invigilators on NTPC invigilation duties once in NTPC-Talcher, Orissa,  and once in NTPC-Charkhi-Dadri, Delhi
  7. Faculty Coordinator of the Physics Journal Club for the Physics Group in BITS Pilani for one year.
  8. Served as Vice President of the Indian Physics Association (IPA) Pilani Chapter for 2 years.
  9. Conducted ITW  (Intensive Teaching Workshop) in BITS Pilani for newly joined faculty members earmarked for transfer from the Pilani Campus to the  Goa Campus during the 2nd Sem’2003-04
  10. Senate Member from 2001 to present.
 
 In the Goa Campus (2004 – Present)

 

Chief Warden : From July-2004 to April’2009  in  BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus.

 

ITW BITS-Goa : Coordinator of ITW in BITS–Goa in Jan-May 2005 for newly joined faculty members teaching at the Goa Campus.


Convener : Disciplinary Committee. (2007 – 2009)


Member : Faculty Recruitment Committee for Physics and Biology Departments in 2011-12.


Chairperson : Faculty Recruitment Committee for Mathematics from 2011 to present and for Physics Department from 2012 to present.


Member : Doctoral Research Committee (DRC) from 2011 to present.


Member : Doctoral Advisory Committee for 2 Ph.D. Students.


Member : Task force on Academic Programs & Pedagogy (APP) from Aug-2009 to Aug’2012. This Task force was constituted by Chancellor Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla and the VC to help steer BITS-Pilani to achieve higher levels of excellence in teaching and research.