He verbally changed his syllabus in favor of the students, and then when final grades came along he went by the original syllabus which dropped everybody two grades, for example i earned a c- and he gave me a D. He is the biggest loser, stay away!!!!

One of the worst teachers at Wayne State.

very mean proffessor, doesnt know how to teach, he is hard and heartless and his tests are too complicated its like you are studying what is the moon made off. dont take a class with him

Padu - I believe he is by far the worst professor at Wayne State. He makes you think he wants to help but when you actually go to his office he is rude and intimidating. His lectures are not clear and his exams are too hard and too long. DO NOT take his class if you want to pass w/ a GOOD GRADE!

The WORST teacher at Wayne State by far, I am a very good student and I absolutely HATE this class not to mention that he is contradictory to the book and it is extrememly hard! Don't Take This Class! You will ruin your GPA

UGHHHHHHHHHHHH he is driving me crazy!

TOO MANY NOTES!!!! everyday, at least 5-7 pages off of overhead! also way too much material for exams. PADU: We have other classes!!

Not good at ALL. You will not be able to understand one single word that comes out of his mouth. Sorry. You would learn more if you go to a foreign country where you don't speak one single word.

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Padu is extremly rude and never adds quiz points like he says he is going to...then when you question him about it during office hours he calls you a cheater. I do not think he is very fair, especially with grading.

Do not trust the person who rated Padu on 11/29/04 - first of all Padu is HARD.. and not because he is trying to teach you and prepare you because he can't TEACH plain and simple. Plus don't trust anyone's opinion when they can't even spell COLLEGE.

This is pretty much a "teach yourself" physics class, since lectures don't help at all. I did well, but I agree that he is unfair, rude, unclear about grading, lies about adding quiz grade points, and uses the word "obviously" in every sentence. He doesn't get that the material is not obvious to us

terrible teacher. had him for quiz too and he couldn't even do the homework. figuring out homework on your own is a must. i would reccomend taking another teacher if you plan to go on to 2185. he makes it more difficult than it actually is.

lmao. The comment on 11/26 is padu. Only a guy who cant talk english would pronounce the word don't as "don". Give it a break padu. Learn how to teach then come back and rate yourself. He'll give you a false sense of hope the first week, so beware.

He was a terible teacher!

Terrible!

a horizontal force applied at 30 degrees

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he knows his stuff but that does not mean anything. Does not know how to teach a class. Pulls up his horrible powerpoints, recites them at an unreasonable speed, seems to get irritated when someone asks a question. I spent too much time on this class and only got a B+ when the class average for the class was around 60 percent the entire semmester.

He knows is stuff, but he is horrible at explaining it. He was merely a TA in my class (idk if he's moved up in rank or not) and acted like he was the professor. He never gave bonus points and gave bogus quizzes and handouts.

He is an awful professor for what was supposed to be an intro level astronomy course. He was teaching the class like it was a graduate level physics class. He's obviously very smart and knows the subject matter, but didn't prepare for each class individually his slides were at least 4 years old & reused with way too much info per slide.

If you see his name on schedule, run away. DO NOT take him. He's horrible. Sucks at teaching. Yells at his students. His exams are tough. And oh, one thing, when he does his reviews, his exams are NOTHING at all like the reviews. He is a big fat liar. Misguides the students. And oh, he tries to be funny, but REALLY sux at it lol horrible jokes too

Cool guy. Can't teach. There is no point to go to class but he makes his students come because he has a sign in sheet. The reviews he gives are nothing like his exams. I can't complain that much because i barley tried and got a B+

Prof. Padu is horrible. He took over for our ill professor, who had written our past 3 exams. I had to hire a tutor once he took over, he cannot teach. Padu was in charge of writing our final and it was ridiculous! It was a different from our previous exams.The review for the exam was misleading. Overall just avoid him!

Makes you do a ton of extra credit work and he does not count any of it. He does not prepare you well for the departmental final exam at all. Very unhelpful and never available. Study on your own. A lot.

Dr. Padmanabhan was awful as a professor. He was very unclear in his lectures and often provided us with incorrect formulas. This was by far the hardest class I've taken. His exams were too long and nearly impossible to finish on time without being an expert in the topic. If you want to entertain yourself, count how many times he says "obviously"

disappointment. disorganized. will not take his class.

Honestly he is probably the worse professor Ive had in a long time. He gives wrong formulas on formula sheets. Takes time out of his lecture to talk about his day and then decides he has to get through the material and speeds thru lecture material. Decides to not explain certain problems he gives that will be test. Honesly the list goes on..

Don't take his class. Big mistake. He is the worst prof I've ever had.

Dr. Padu is the most unorganized professor. He spends 49 minutes of class doing derivations and for the last minute he explains the concepts, starts a problem, and tells you to finish it on your own. He is a nice man and well respected but not good at teaching this class.

Spends 95% of class deriving equations, and you don't ever get any example problems. He HAS lecture slides but never uses them in class. When he posts them it's usually complicated problems with solutions you can't read, or just answers with no explanation. You won't know what to study and exams are ridiculously hard. averages around 50% on exams.

Do not. He just starts lecturing and doesn't explain what topic or chapter you're on, doesn't do any examples only concepts. The tests are ridiculously hard, even my TA said it was insane to expect us to know the material so well so fast. Tests are super hard to finish; especially on a final where 1 question had 13 parts. Take class at comm college

His tests are long to solve; in a 50 minute lecture he comes up with at least 20 new equations every day and does not take the time to explain and solve problems in class. Exams are long and a tough grader. Average for exam were high 50's.

The most disorganized class I have ever taken. Padu keeps going off on stupid stories instead of actually teaching us. This is an example of a "tell, don't show" class. Instead of showing us how to do something, just tell us.

The man simply doesnt know how to stay organized and on topic. Explains concepts but does not demonstrate them to the fullest

Professor does not update materials and expectations are not clear. This class is rough.

Absolutely terrible class. I dont think he showed us how to solve one problem the entire semester. Discussion sections are pointless. Lots of homework. Randomly gives online quizzes. Awful at updating canvas. I literally went into the final not knowing if i had an A or a D. The worst professor and class Ive had at Wayne. ruined my 4.0 GPA.

More than half the class failed. Take it with a different professor

Absolute trash professor. He will not grade your assignments when it serves him, and is the least approachable person I have known throughout college. He unapologetically and egotistically steps on the student experience to advance his career. Avoid this professor if you want something different.

The worst professor at Wayne State

Would not take again

This professor only cares about his research and it shows. Does not care about students and puts in a disgustingly minimal amount of effort. Physics 2 has been a dream because I have a professor who responds to emails, looks at me when I speak, and and has some trace of empathy in regard to teaching. Avoid this professor in all ways.

the worst class i have ever taken. yes its that bad. he is terribly disorganized which makes its difficult to follow along or even understand. try avoid this professor

Horrible. do yourself the favor, and avoid this professor You will literally hate physics for the rest of your life. I am still cursing Issac Newton to this day. Dont take this professor. You'd think he would be more caring since its an online class and COVID and all that but NOPE.

One of the worst professors Ive ever had. You dont know your grade at all until the final grade is posted to Academica. Unreachable, never responded to a single one of my emails all semester.

His lectures are difficult to follow and he does not grade the work you do on tests, only the answers you provide

Karur Padmanabhan is without question the worst teacher I have ever had in all my years of schooling. It is absolutely impossible to accurately rate him in just 350 characters as I have tried several times to rewrite my original rating, so I will keep it short and sweet: I am legitimately baffled and concerned that he is still teaching. Avoid!

Probably the worst professor at WSU. Terrible technical skills, couldn't be on time or work his computer. Lectures were horrid, fast, and incomprehensible. Tests were impossible and he gave no time to do them, YOU CANNOT SUBMIT SHOWN WORK ON TESTS!!! Delusional man, never available, no curves, bad grader, difficult class and bad curriculum.

Lots of spelling errors when typing post lecture quizzes He cuts off in the middle of his zoom sessions Doesn't respond timely with emails Wayne State students are extremely intelligent but, he makes them feel the opposite.

This is not an easy class be prepared to do lots of studying in addition to webassign, discussion work, and lecture quizzes. Grades for the discussion were never posted. He gives test corrections rather than curving. You cannot get partial credit on the exams because you cannot submit work. The key to the exams is to practice, practice, practice!

This professor has tests/exams/quizzes with unclear questions, sometimes impossible to comprehend while never teaching how to actually learn each individual formula. He is also hard to understand and makes his entire class based on how well you do on exams only.

Exams are nothing related to lectures, discussions, homework, etc. Man pulls stuff outta nowhere and sucks at teaching. He provides a syllabus but expect most things to go the way he wants it to, no clear picture to provide for students of his plans/intentions. He has some post lecture quizzes which is quizzed on things he teaches you afterward.

Absolutely the worst professor I have encountered in the STEM department, doesn't really teach well and his exams are so hard and lecture and discussion doesn't do anything for you besides provide you the basics and formulas. Don't take him unless there's no other better option. Seems nice but should reconsider his methods of many things.

He absolutely is the worst professor I had ever taken at WSU. He doesn't even put in the minimal effort in teaching. Exams are nothing like the homework or slides. Class is extremely disorganized.

Lectures contain hard-to-read handwritten slides, and he takes forever to explain them. For exams, he rewords questions from the homework but does it terribly (ex: poor grammar, the equations become hard to understand, etc.) most of the time the answer isn't even an option. Formula booklets don't have all of the formulas needed.

AVOID, AVOID, AVOID! This professor has no clear grading policy, the material on the exam is never discussed in lecture, and no practice problems are given out. The highest grade on the final was a 70%. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT TAKE.

Don't take this class. He talks to fast, unorganized, won't help you, and the homework and tests a hard. He never shows us how to do the problems. You're just kind of alone. I have almost had multiple break downs trying to do the work. It's like he expects us to know exactly what he is talking about when seeing it for the first time. HORRIBLE PROF!

This is the worst professor at Wayne State University. He does not help at all. You are totally alone in the class; his lecture slides are terrible, and homework has nothing to do with the test. His practice problems, if he even gives some, do nothing for the exam. Worst teacher do not take!

Taking this class was both interesting but weird. Pretty easy but professor constantly talks in a fake English accent. Funny up front but gets old by the 10th "pip pip cheerio" reference. Also, he knows every word to the 90s hip hop song "Poison" and will make sure you do too by the end. He's easy on the eyes which is a bonus.

do not take him you will suffer for it

he is so bad. his slides are horrible; you don't need half the content he puts on them but need all the content he doesn't put on them. he randomly assigns quizzes due within 24 hours. he cold calls. his exams are not hard, they are impossible. he's kind and passionate about the topic, so I feel kind of bad, but dear God, he needs to retire.

This man was the reason my GPA tanked. His exams were extremely difficult and half the content wasn't covered before.