Current Status:
* Working as Programme Coordinator in the Higher Education Cell, CSCS, Bangalore

Professional Qualification:
* UGC- NET for Lectureship

Work Experience:
Programme Coordinator Jan 2007 - till date Higher Education Cell, Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore
Lecturer in English (Part Time) July 2006 – September 2007 Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
Lecturer in English July 2005- May 2006 CMR Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore
Freelance Screen writer 2003 - 2005 Manipal Entertainment Network Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore

Co-curricular activities:
DESIGNATION TIME SPAN PLACE OF WORK
Member of Organising Committee for Young Researchers’ Workshop Sept 2006 – Feb 2007 CSCS, Bangalore
Teaching Assistant for UG Diploma in Cultural Studies offered by CSCS August 2006 - March 2007 Christ College, Bangalore
Member of the core committee for Optional English curriculum design Ongoing Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
Member of the Organizing Committee for Workshop on Teaching Languages for Non Humanities Students Feb 2006 CMR Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore.
Granted Undergraduate Teachers’ Library Fellowship Nov 2005 CSCS, Bangalore

Educational Qualifications:
M.A in English Jnana Bharati, Bangalore University.
2005
68.15%

B.A. (Optional English, Journalism, Psychology) Christ College, Bangalore University, Bangalore. 2003
68.98%
Pre University Vijaya College, Bangalore. 2000
69.1%

S.S.L.C.
St. Josephs’ Indian High School, Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board. 1998
82.56%


Publications:
* Review of Amanda Weidman’s book Singing The Classical Voicing The Modern: The Postcolonial Politics Of Music In South India published as “Voice behind the Song, Song through the Voice” in EPW (Issue : VOL 42 No. 38 September 22 - September 28, 2007)


Extra curricular Activities:

* Participated in the Jnana Bharati Inter Collegiate Theatre Festival in the years 2001, 2002, 2003
* Assisted in editing the classic “Kannada Bharata”: The Mahabharata in Kannada consisting of Kumaravyasa’s “Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari” and Timmanna Kavi’s “Sri Krishnaraya Bharata Kathamanjari” Ed by A.V. Prasanna, published by Hampi University, Vidyaranya.
* Awarded in the Daa. Raa. Bendre inter collegiate poetry competition 2000, organised by Christ College Kannada Sangha.
* Scripted the documentary on children’s theatre in Karnataka “Kannadadalli Makkala Rangabhoomi” produced by Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore.

Personal details:

Name: Ashwin Kumar. A. P
Date of Birth: 28.02.1982
Sex: Male
Marital status: Single
Interests: Reading, translating from Kannada to English and vice versa, Screenwriting, film society and theatre activities

Address: #311/7, “Bhoorame”, 2 main, 7 cross, Bahubalinagar, Jalahalli,

Bangalore 560013

Phone No: 99003 66861, 28383975

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]