Ravishankar V. Rao


Hello !! Welcome to my personal webpage !

I am from India, more specifically from Bangalore. After completing my undergraduate studies at SJCE, Mysore University, India, I came to UC Davis to pursue my graduate studies. I am currently working towards a PhD in Computer Science dept.

My wife Renuka, is also pursuing her PhD in BioPhysics graduate group. I believe she works on NMR, MRI, and other complicated stuff like that. All I understand is that she cuts open rats and takes their pictures!!

I enjoy reading, hiking, and occasionally playing chess and volleyball! (the least tiring outdoor game:).

Some of the books I enjoyed reading include:
* 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell
* Foundation Series, Nightfall and other short stories by Isaac Asimov
* Most books by R.K.Narayan
* To kill a mocking bird by Harper Lee
* Brave new world by Aldous Huxley

My wife and I also like to hike! I have 'attempted' Mt.Shasta twice :(
I intend to try again this summer !
Davis is ideally located for many hikes. Its about 2hrs west of Sierra mountains and 2 hrs east of bay area, both of which have excellent hikes.

I realized that I have travelled to more cities in the last 6 years I have been in US than the in 21 or so years in India !!
The big cities in US I have traveled to include Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas and ofcourse San Francisco


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