Research and Teaching Interests:
Babu Suthar is a linguist, a creative writer and a literary theoretician. As a linguist, he is interested in South Asian Linguistics, Indo-Aryan linguistics and typological linguistics; as a creative writer, he writes novels, poems and short stories in Gujarati, which is his mother tongue and as a literary theoretician, he is interested in contemporary literary theories and South Asian regional literatures. Suthar has published many articles in linguistics and literary theories. He has also compiled a Gujarati-English learner's dictionary. He teaches courses on Gujarati language and culture.

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Selected Awards:

•	Best poem collection, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (Sapphera) 2004-05
•	Two years Fellowship in Creative writing (Department of Culture, India) 1995

Education:

Gujarat University:	Major Gujarati and Minor Hindi	B.A.	1979
The M.S. University of Baroda:	Major Gujarati literature and language	M.A.	1981
The M.S. University of Baroda:	Major Linguistics	M.A.	1987
University of Pennsylvania: (Department of South Asia Studies)	Agreement in Gujarati	Ph.D.	2005

Key Courses Taken:

•	Linguistics: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Formal Semantics, Historical linguistics, Language Policy
•	South Asian Studies and Indology: Pakrit, Ashokan Prakrit, Bhartruhari's Vakyapadiya
•	Literature: Philosophy and Literature, Aesthetics and Literature, Linguistics and Literature and Methods of Comparative literature (Courses taken in India)

Experience:

•	Lecturer in Gujarati Language
	Teaching Gujarati language (Beginning Gujarati, Intermediate Gujarati and Advanced Gujarati Reading) at the Department of South Asia Studies, University of Pennsylvania since Fall 1997. Lecturer in Gujarati in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 at the South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI), University of Wisconsin-Madison.
•	Lecturer in Linguistics
	Lecturer in Linguistics from 1991 to 1997, The M.S. University of Baroda, India.
•	Lecturer in Gujarati Literature
	Lecturer in Gujarati literature from 1982 to 1984 in Adivasi Arts and Commerce College, Santrampur (India). Lecturer in Gujarati in 1985 in Maniben Nanavati Women's College, Ville Parle, Bombay.
•	Non-academic Positions
	Chief Sub-Editor, Sandesh (a Gujarati daily), Baroda edition, for two years Sub-Editor, Sandesh (a Gujarati daily), Baroda edition, for three years.

Knowledge of Languages:

Languages	Write	Read	Speak	Understand
Gujarati	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
English	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hindi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sanskrit	No	Yes	No	Yes
Prakrit	No	Yes	No	Yes
Apabhramsha	No	Yes	No	Yes

Academic Training:

•	Workshop on "Developing Assessments for South Asian Languages", SASLI, University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 12-16, 2006.
•	Workshop on "Language Assessment: Standards and Tools", Penn Language Center and Department of South Asia Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2005.
•	Workshop on teaching South Asian Languages, University of Pennsylvania (one day), 2005
•	Workshop on "Using Technology To Promote Learner-Centered South Asian Language Instruction", SASLI, University of Wisconsin at Madison, June 6-10, 2005.
•	Workshop on "Appropriate Pedagogy: Language, Culture, and Curriculum The South Asian Language Classroom" SASLI, University of Wisconsin at Madison, June 7-11, 2004.
•	Language Teacher's Training Courses (one week), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 2000
•	Language Teacher's Training Courses (one week), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1998
•	Teacher's Refresher Course in Linguistics with focus on Sociolinguistics (three weeks), Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad 1996
•	International Workshop on Morphology, Central Institute of English and Foreign Language, Hyderabad (three weeks) 1996
•	Elementary Prakrit Language, Bhogilal Laherchand Institute of Indology, New Delhi (three weeks) 1996
•	Workshop on lexical typology, Telugu University, Hyderabad and CIIL, Mysore, 1993.
•	Teacher's training course (two week), The M. S. University of Baroda, Baroda 1992

Awards and Fellowships:
I was awarded a two years Fellowship in 1995 for Creative writing (Rs. 36,000) by the Department of Culture, India for writing a novel (fairy tale) "Ek hato chokro" (Once there was a boy) for the children belonging to the 10-14 years age group.*
*Manuscript is submitted to the Department of Culture, New Delhi.

Seminars Conferences and Talks:
One week capsule course on "Contemporary Literary Theories" in M. S. University, Baroda; Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar; Mumbai University, Mumbai; and S.N.D.T. University, Mumbai, Summer 2006.
Presented papers in about ten national and regional seminars and conferences and given about ten talks on various topics in linguistics, literary theory and philosophy in various academic institutions in India. Gave course on "Contemporary Literary Theory" as a Visiting Faculty in Mumbai University and S.N.D.T. University, Mumbai; M.S.University of Baroda, Baroda and Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar in Summer 2006. I am also an editor of a quarterly ‘Sandhi’ which publishes creative and non-creative writings in Gujarati and English. It is published by US Bharat Foundation Inc., Cleveland, OH.

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