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Introduction: Education: PhD, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago; Expected: Fall/summer 2015 Dissertation title: "Form of language and form of life: Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Language and Philosophical Anthropology." M.A. in Philosophy, University of Mysore, Mysore India. Spring 1990 (M.A. Dissertation : Verification in science in the light of Logical Positivism) B.Sc. (Physics and Mathematics Major) University of Mysore, Mysore India. Spring 1988. Teaching Experience: Private tutoring of high school students in writing and preparing for SAT/ACT since January 2010, many of whom have been admitted to top ranking colleges and universities. Writing tutor at Chicago University School: October 2008 - May 2010 Conducted writing workshops for University of Chicago College undergraduates to improve and hone their writing skills: this was usually in the form of assisting them from formulation to final editing of their papers for class: 2001 - present. Over the last several years I have successfully assisted many students in formulating their SOPs and other application material who have been admitted to graduate programs, often with financial assistance and grants. Assisted graduate students, primarily University of Chicago but also several from other Universities in the US, in advising, revising and editing their term papers and grant proposals. I have helped nearly a dozen students edit and format their Ph.D. dissertations and assisted one student in successfully convert his dissertation into a book brought out by a very reputable publisher. Taught Undergraduate Classes on Introductory Logic (Aristotelian and Propositional and Predicate Logic), Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Language; 1990-94 Select Publications: Of Murders and things like that in East country and other stories. Aleph Book Company (Forthcoming Fall 2014) Tar Arrives and My Grandfather had a wish in Steel Nibs are Sprouting, Harper Collins, 2013 Everything Stitching together simultaneously Brochure for Fang Ling-an's solo exhibition at CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, LA. May 29, 2010 Chitrapata in Ramayana Stories in Modern South India, Edited by Paula Richman, Indiana University Press. 2008 A Horse for the Sun in Vintage Book of Modern Indian Literature, Random House, 2004 Bhagavad Gita in the Mahabharata in Dialogism and Cultural Criticism Clive Thomson, Hans Raj Dua (Eds.) University of Western Ontario Press, 1995; Also in Journal of the Indian Council for Philosophical Research. Winter 1993. Annaiah's Anthropology in Indian Literature Winter 1995 Awards: Katha National Award for the Best Translation of the Decade 2003 Katha National Award for Excellence in Translation for the year 1993 Other relevant experience: Since 2000: Freelance consulting / editing of dissertations, proposals, journal articles and papers of graduate students in various Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines. Successfully assisted graduate students write grant proposals, SOP's for admission to Graduate programs, Post-doctoral fellowships and tenure-track teaching positions. Editorial services for faculty members. Conducting writing workshops for both graduate and undergraduate students. Constructed and Edited English language tests for Japanese High School students for BenEsse Corporation, Japan, through their contractors Estat International. 1999-2003. Worked with JudithTypes Editing dissertations, journal articles and essays of Graduate Students at University of Chicago, 2000-2. Computer Laboratory Supervisor, Graduate School of Business Computing Center, University of Chicago. 1998-2000.