This book is a collection of my writings which previously appeared in various forms and at various times in the local newspapers. The writings are varied in content.
Part I of this book is a consolidation of thirty-one such writings which were published during the period of 2013-2020.
What connects my writings is the societal issue that was on my mind and in which I had some understanding and knowledge. The thread that connects my writings is a theme represented by the topics of Education, Innovation, Work, Immigration, Trade, China and America. These themes shaped the configuration of my writings, each representing a side and gave rise to the seven-sided heptagon.
In Part II I explain this connection. I also add my pragmatic advice to America which now stands at a crossroads. Part II is essentially the newly created material.
When I selected a topic, I researched it, identified an interesting issue, and applied my knowledge and career experience as a teacher, physicist, Intellectual Property lawyer, litigator, and writer to pragmatically offer a solution for the readers to consider. My writings reflect the insights that I have which are relatable to others. They are like stories which needed a listener or a community of readership.
Each of my writings is an amalgamation of my critical analysis, serious contemplation, intellectual legacy and authorship. I intended my writing to be recreational reading. Read them casually. Use the advice I provide in my writings as down-to-earth, if you chose to. Otherwise, read for pure entertainment.
The author has a rare combination of multi-disciplined education, a kaleidoscopic professional career and rich cultural background. His first love of Physics drove him to the pinnacle of leaning of Physics, as evidenced by the degrees he earned which are B.S., M.S., M. A., and Ph.D. While working as a Physics teacher and later as a Physicist at General Dynamics Corporation, TR pursued law to earn his J.D. and synergistically combine his scientific background with knowledge of the law and became an U.S. Intellectual Property attorney. TR has been admitted to practice in New York, Ohio, Vermont and the United States Patent Bar. He is admitted to practice before Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States. Before serving as the Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Law Counsel at International Game Technology Corp. he championed patent litigation and licensing as a Senior Director at NVIDIA Corporation. Prior to that, TR spearheaded as a Corporate IP Counsel at IBM for over two decades. At IBM he orchestrated many Executive and Senior management positions in many world locations including a five-year international assignment as the Assistant General Counsel in charge of IP in IBM's Asia Pacific Headquarters in Tokyo. Prior to IBM, he capitalized as a Patent Lawyer at NCR and as a Senior Research Engineer at General Dynamics Corp. Of Indian heritage, TR has gainfully combined his rich and disciplined Indian cultural upbringing with the consensus building of the Japanese tradition that he was exposed to while living in Japan and the competitive and innovative work ethic prevalent in the United States. TR presented and published over fifty papers and talks on Physics, intellectual property, and corporate law matters, including contributing a chapter on the Semiconductor Chip Protection Law to the legal treatise Intellectual Property Litigation & Licensing. He served for three years on the Editorial Board of the AIPLA Quarterly Journal of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. In April 2020 he chronicled his life in the title The Green Card Dowry Plan published by Ingram Spark. He is in the process of publishing his second book titled Heptagon Writings. TR's kaleidoscopic work experience has been as a physics teacher, physicist, software architect, intellectual property attorney, mentor, editor, public speaker, and writer.
