PY211 sucks regardless of teacher. Mohanty, despite first impression does care about students -- just go talk to him during office hours at the beginning of the semester and ask for help. What he calls "simple algebra" isn't always clear to stud

He's a good guy and as said before he does care about students. Just get extra help if you need it from him or TAs.

I love Raj Mohanty. Keeps your attention much better than the other teachers, he has a great sense of humor.. and, he likes to give out practice problems in class, and tells you which ones you should really know how to do, in case, y'know, there's a test.

He's really cool and pretty funny when he wants to be. he goes over a lot of practice problems and handouts that are great for predicting whats on the midterm

Awesome teacher. Very nice and caring. He knows what he's talking about, so listen to him. He cares about his students and actually wants them to do well, so get to know him!

He is funny and really cares about his class. He gives extra problems and goes through the material thoroughly. He is the best of the 211 teachers

Good guy. Funny, Clear in his speech although he has an accent. Gives plenty of problems to work on. Remembers everyone's names once intoduced. Cares about his students and about them understanding the material.

Cool guy!

He doesn't solve any problems at all in lecture. He's alright.

He is awesome, very friendly. His class is managable, do the homework and pay attention to class notes, they will appear in the exams. If you put the effort in, you will get a good grade. He curves the final exam and grades but not the midterms.

Realy cool professor. He was very helpful and very clear. He did a decent amount of problems in class and would walk around and offer assistance. Final exam and final grades are curved, but not midterms. Notes are a bit disorganized, but office hours and the book are great. Easy C+/B-, hard A/B

he uses powerpoint presentaions for every class, BEST PY 211 profesor

Yo, this guy's awesome, and for PY211 he's the best, by far. He takes a boring and hard class and makes it alot easier than the other teachers. If you're taking 211, you want Mohanty.

hes the bomb!!

Compared to all other PY211 professors, Mohanty is THE best. Teaches straight out from book and teaches practical examples. Very methodical, but does go very fast and doesnt go back to explain stuff he puts off. Exam preparation is good, gives u "similiar" examples. Beware tho, that he does leave for 1month, so second exam is score is poor. Recomnd

The average of his class is the highest of all other sections. He is methodical and he knows what to teach...comparing to other prof who spend the whole lecture deriving an equation. Strong and funny accent, but he uses powerpoint to present to compensate....go for him for py211

He explains everything from the beginning and does not go into useless derviations like the other professors do. He is very clear and concise. He enjoys answering questions and pushes you to answer in class questions. Very straight-forward, very concise, very clear, highly recommended.

He was just a great teacher. Sometimes a little hard to understand because of his accent, but overall, just great. He wants everyone to do well and he and his TF's are very willing to help out.

Funny guy, really humorous. Love his accent, I like to imitate him all the time. Ok at explaining basic concepts, but more examples should be done in class apart from the easy ones that my grandmother could do (and she doesn't even speak english!) Tests are good, grading is a little weird though, I expected an A and got a B+. Best phys prof however

Good teacher, explains things well in class and the class is worth going to. Cares about his students. The tests are easier than the homework, luckily. I am not sure how the grading worked, but I didn't do quite as well as I thought I would.

Probably the best professor for PY 211. Explains almost everything very well and with clarity, and his lectures are worth going to. His homework assignments are tough, but this doesn't have a large negative impact on the class. A lot can be learned from Mohanty.

Mohanty is a funny, interesting professor, and he definitely knows his stuff- however, he seems to have a hard time relating to students who might not be as smart as he was (everything is "easy"). Lectures are pretty unorganized, which can have a negative impact on learning.. The tests are usually a lot easier than the homeworks, fortunately.

He's a funny/awkward guy in a good way. You can get away with just reading the book and going to office hours for the most part. To be honest, the book has been most helpful to me because his lectures tend to go all over the place. Still, he's a nice guy.

Lectures sometimes are long and drawn out but the book is amazing. Mohanty is always willing to help if you email him. The final grade is curved really nicely. If you need to take this class, don't be worried about taking it with Mohanty. Overall great semester with him!

Raj was great. He was the only lecturer to give exam type examples. He showed us how to solve all problems without numbers so we could apply to any questions. Was extremely available and his sass made class fun.

He's a bit sassy yet dull during lectures, but always finds a way to be entertaining if you like dry humor. During lectures he did many exam type examples which, to me, is the primo way of learning physics. DO HIS HANDOUTS WHEN YOU STUDY! I felt like he really cared about the students, but the course itself was disconnected between the profs.

Yes, he can be kind of dull, but his problems are super helpful even though he doesn't go over how to do all of them. Do his handouts and ask him questions if you need help; he is actually very helpful outside of class as well. He definitely cares, but you have to put effort forward.

Really nice, but has a dry sense of humor that can come across as rude. Gives a lot of good exam type examples and tries to be helpful after class/in his (limited) office hours.

Go to office hours.

Raj is a very insightful teacher who gives his students meaningful quotes to live by such as "You have to think, not guess!" Raj is funny because he says bector.

I honestly really liked Mohanty because it's a night class but we always leave an hour early. Because of how the class is structure you need to put in a lot of work outside of class but it's not bad. Personally I just learn through the pre-session and e-book.

Ignore the other comments. I will be taking Mo for 106 bc I liked him for 105. Class is 2 nights a week and he teaches everything needed. He does prac problems and is always helpful. The content is easy and Mo explains it well. Commenters are complaining because they didn't study and didn't do well, not because it was hard. I recommend him.

Good professor with great lectures. Funny and was engaging during the class times. Also checked up through email making sure everything was okay when I missed class.

Physics is a hard class, but Dr. Mo makes it way easier. Could not recommend more highly. Great guy and keeps lecture engaging!

I was initally scared to take his class but he's honestly super funny and a great professor. i like how the class is only twice a week at night. This class is not as bad as what everyone makes it out to be

Raj is my favorite man. Does not give a single f about the class, only reads off of slides. I survived this class bc of the TA's and LA's, thank you Divya my queen. Physics is hard, if you want to be coddled dont take with raj, but if you want a fun time with minimal work in class fs take him. funniest man ever.