Instructor

1. Operations Management (Undergraduate Core) [Spring 2021; Class size: 44]
   **Graduate Student Instructor of the Year 2021-22, Scheller College of Business**
   **Nominated for CETL Institute-wide Graduate Student Instructor of the Year 2021-22**

2. Operations Management (Undergraduate Core) [Spring 2023; Class size: 53]

Teaching Assistant (Areas: Operations/Supply Chain Management, Data Analytics/Econometrics)

Scheller College of Business, Georgia Tech

1. Analytical Tools for Decisions (MBA) [Fall '19, Spring '20, Fall '20]

• • Responsibilities: Grading R assignments and exams. 

2. Supply Chain Modeling (Undergraduate, MBA) [Spring '20, Spring '22]

• • Responsibilities: Grading case assignments

3. Operations Management (Undergraduate) [Fall '21]

   • Responsibilities: Developing Lecture Notes

4. Pricing Analytics and Revenue Management (Undergraduate, MBA) [Fall '21]

   • Responsibilities: Developing R exercises
     
     

School of Economics, Georgia Tech

1. Econometric Analysis (Undergraduate) [Spring '17, Fall '17, Spring '18]

4. • Responsibilities: Grading STATA assignments and exams

Teaching Approach

In the past, I have relied on using the following teaching methods to support student learning*: 

1. Connecting Theory and Practice
   Supporting Comments:
   “I think that I am learning a lot of topics in this class that I am able to apply to real-world understandings of the companies I see on the news or buy from and that's been really cool to experience..”, “Great real world examples..”, “Really appreciated how knowledgeable about the topic the professor was and the effort he exhibited to tie in real examples to make topics relatable to students”, “I really enjoyed the videos in the lectures- i think they help me learn, especially when they relate things were learning to other companies.” , “He was great at lecturing and finding examples that relate to the topic.” , “I really enjoyed the real life examples that were brought up in class.”  [Spring 2021 and Spring 2023 Survey Text Responses]

2. Encouraging Independent and Critical Thinking
   Supporting Comments:
   “The homework assignments helped us take what we were learning and apply it to the real world they always made me think and stretch my mind”, “Assignments gave us a lot of creative freedom at points to give recommendations and were good exercises.”, “I thought the assignments were the most interesting part.”, “The assignments did a great job of checking if we knew the material.”, , “I liked the assignments! Helped me understand the content”  [Spring 2021 and Spring 2023 Survey Text Responses]

3. Building Intuitive Understanding
   Supporting Comments:
   “I thought the professor explained everything he taught very well.”, ”...explains material very well”, “Whenever a concept was a little confusing I felt that the professor always explained it and broke it down in a way that was more understandable (especially the more difficult math concepts)”, "He covered everything very well and nothing was ever too confusing.” , "Great at explaing all topics pertaining to the class”  [Spring 2021 and Spring 2023 Survey Text Responses]

4. Student-centric Course Design and Policies
   Supporting Comments:
   “Very compassionate for the students”, “..he was super nice..” , “Clearly cared about teaching and his students.”, “Effort was expected and I was not overwhelmed”, “the amount of work was perfect, not too much and not too little either.”, “I am learning a lot but it isn't necessarily stressful like some of my other classes, which is great.”, “Well structured course.”, “Very organized.”, “I think he just cares a lot about his students, and he wants us to succeed as best we can.”, “Professor Kulkarni cares about his students and wants them to do well. As mentioned previously, he makes it clear what is needed to succeed in this class. I would say that transparency and clarity is a great strength of his. I never had to wonder what assignments were coming up because expectations were set clearly.”, “He really seemed to care about the students, we has very kind and understadning of what it is like to be a student and often gave helpful reminders and advice.” , “Ability to empathize with students.”  [Spring 2021 and Spring 2023 Survey Text Responses]

5. Being Accessible to Students
   Supporting Comments:
   “Response time is great”, “How responsive the professor was, and how easy it was to follow along in the class”, “easy to communicate with”, “Very approachable”, “Accessible was very easy to connect and go over assignments”, “Helpful and available”, “I appreciate that you make time to meet with students outside of class and discuss the exam and any other questions or concerns we have”, “Very clear communication through email”, “Communicated well with the students.”, “Very helpful if I ever needed guidance.”, “Always excited to help students and very knowledgeable about course material”  [Spring 2021 and Spring 2023 Survey Text Responses]

*Note that these are based on my experience from two semesters of teaching. I hope to continue to learn more about the effectiveness of various teaching methods!