St

atementofPur
pose

[Purpose]
Duringmyunder graduation,Inur t
uredani deaofshapi ngmycar eeri
nt hepat hof
doingr esearch,whi chi nduecour seoft ime,hast urnedi ntomycar eergoal .I
alsocher ishanambi t
ionofpur suingteachingasmypr ofession.Iwasn’ tqui te
sureofwhatar eaofr esearchIshoul dgeti nv ol
vedin,si nceIwasi nterest edi n
mul t
iple areas ofst udy unt i
lmy hi gh school .Taki ng a mul tidi sciplinary
under gr
aduat emaj orhashel pedmer ealizethatcomput erscienceandl ogi car e
thear easwhi chent hral
lmet hemostwhencompar edt oot hers.Byt heendof
sixt
hsemest erIam cr yst
alcl earandconf identinset ti
ngmypr i
or i
tiesov er
comput erscience.Resear chatPhDl evel wouldbethebestbett osati
sf ymyl ong
term goal.Iopi net hatcompl eti
ngmast er sanddoingr esear chatmast ersl evel
woul dequi pmewi thther equi r
edpr ofi
ciencyincomput ersci enceandwoul dset
aper fectplatformf ormyent ryintoPhD.Thus,af t
eracar ef
ulconsi derat i
onof
myi nterests,abili
ti
es&goal s,Ideci dedt opursuemast ersdegr eeint hef ieldof
Comput erScience.

[MyBackgr ound]
SincechildhoodIal way sexcel l
edatquant it
ativeandl ogicalabili
ti
es.Thus, Ihad
a strong inclinati
on f ormat hemat i
cs and phy sics.Thi sl ed me t o optf or
mat hemat i
cs,phy sicsandchemi stryasmymaj orsathi ghersecondar yl evel
(10+2).Aftercompl et
inghi ghschoolwi thoutstandinggr ades, Iwasi nterestedin
pursuingmyf urtherstudi esinabr anchofengi neer i
ngt hatofferedaspect rum of
diversebuti nterr el
atedcour ses.Themul ti
discipli
nar yfacetsof‘ Elect r
onics&
Communi cati
onEngi neer ing’
,i t
sbr oadscopeandwi deappl i
cat i
onsl uredmet o
optf ori
tasmymaj orint heunder graduati
on.Iwasr anked1418outof1, 28,000
students who wr ot et he hi ghlycompet it
ive ent r
ance t est‘ EAMCET’t o get
admi ssi
oni ntoanengi neeringi nst i
tut
e.Ienr olledi nto‘ Sr
eenidhiI nstit
uteof
Science&Technol ogy’whi chi saccr edit
edbyNat ional Boar dofAccr editati
on.

[MyI nterests]
Firstf i
vesemest ersofmyunder graduat ei nst r
uct i
onintroducedmet ov arious
essent i
alcour ses,ofwhi ch:C,Dat aSt ructures,Swi tchingTheor yandLogi c
Desi gn ( logic gat es) , Micropr ocessor s & I nterf
acing, VLSI and VHDL
progr ammi ng,Pr obabi li
tyandSt ochast icPr ocesses,Di gitalSignalpr ocessi ng
wer emyf i
rm f av orites.St udy i
ng af or ement i
oned cour sesmademyj our ney
throught hesef ivesemest ersv er yinterest i
ng.Dur ingthisper i
od,myi nterests
gradual l
ydr if
tedt owar dscomput erandl ogicr el
at edcour ses.Itisint hepr esent
(si
xt h)semest erthatComput erNet wor ksandOper ati
ngSy stemsar epar tofour
cur r
iculum.TheComput erNet wor kingcour sehasexci tedmei npar ti
cular.Ihav e
done ext ensiver eadi ng and acqui red good knowl edge ofOSIand TCP\ IP
referencemodel s,t heDat alinkl ayer( i
ncl udingt heMACsubl ayer),theNet work
l
ay er,theTr anspor tationl ayerandv ariousal gorithmsandpr otocolsr el
atingt o
them.Thecur iosi t
yt hatIdev elopedf ort hiscour seispr ov i
dingent husiasm t o
studyf urtherint hi sar eaofi nterest.Att hisjunct ure,Iwoul dal soliket oinf or
m
thatIhav er egisteredf ordoi ngapr ojecton‘ VLSIi mplement ationofEt hernet
MACt r
ansceiver’atMI Ctechnol ogiesasapar tofmysev ent h( l
ast )semest er.
Anot hersubjectt hathasgener atedi nt eresti nmei sOper ati
ngSy stems( OS).I
spend many hour sr efer
ring tov arious t extst o under stand t he concept s,
structureandmechani smsofOS.Someoft het opicslikeThr eads,Concur rency
Concept s, Memor y Management , Pr ocessor Schedul i
ng and Di str
ibuted
Processinghav eal way sexci t
edme.Apar tfrom t heor y
,programmi ngski llcomes
as a nat uralabi l
ityt o me.Hav ing mast er ed C and dat a st ructur es in my
curri
culum Ihav el earntC++andj avai napr ivatecomput erinstitutewi thani dea
thati tmayhel pmei nmyf urtherst udi es.Iam amazedbyt hewayi nwhi ch
conceptofcl assesandobj ector ientedpr ogr ammi ngisi ncorpor atedi nt
oC++
andt heedgeandpowert hatjav awasdesi gnedt ocar ryov erC++.Outofmy
sheerent husiasm Iv oluntaril
ywr otecodest omanyofcompl expr ogr amswhi ch
helpedt ohonemypr ogrammi ngski l
ls.Ihav eav erygoodski llofwr it
ingcodesi n
C/C++, Assembl yl anguage, hardwar edescr iptionlanguage( VHDL)andJav aand
Ienjoywr it
ingcodes.Iwoul dli
ket oinf ormt hatwi thmyt echnicalapt itude, abil
it
y
andt heprogrammi ngski ll
sIam al soof feredaj obat‘ Cogni zantTechnol ogy
SolutionsIndiaPv tLtd( CTS) ’
throughcampusr ecruitmentofmer itstudent s.

[Anunf i
nishedpr oj ectt hatIwoul dli
ket oment ion…]
Wheni n5thsemest erIal ongwi thmyf ri
enddeci dedt odoapr oj ectcal led‘Mi ne
Detect orRobot ’foranat ionall evelcompet iti
onatI ndianI nst it
uteofTech( I
IT
Mumbai ).Thepr obl em st atedi st odet ectt hemi nesbur i
edi nasi mul ation
cardboar danddi gi toutusi ngast andaloner obot.West art
edt obui ldar obot
with desi gning amet aldet ecti
on ci r
cuitand apr oxi mi tydet ect or.Wi t
h our
electronicsbackgr ound wecoul d successf ullybuild oneci r cuitwhi ch coul d
detectmet alwi thinacer t ainradiusandal sot heproxi mitydet ect orwhi chcoul d
detectanobst acl eatr equi r
eddi st
ance.Ournextst epwast obui ldamov ing
platform wi thwheel s,ast eppermot orandacont rolci rcuit
ry .Tocont r
olt he
mov ementofr obotwedeci dedt ouset hemi crocontrol l
er8085.Wewr ot ecodes
to mi crocontroller wi t
h i nputsf rom det ect or circuits. When we f i
nal l
y
i
mpl ement edt heRobot ,i tmov edi nahaphaz ar
dandundesi r
edf ashi on.We
fi
nallyhadt oabandont hepr ojectduet ol ackoft i
meandf unds.Thought he
projectf ail
edIhav el ear ntal otfrom it.Atf irstlook,t hepr oblem seemedt obe
veryeasyandachi ev abl e.AsIgotmor einvolv edinthepr ojectIcoul dsenset he
diff
iculty,intri
caci esandcompl exit
yassoci at edwi t
ht hispr oject .Ourt ri
alsi n
wr i
ti
ng cor r
ectcodes hel ped me t o a gr eatdeali nl earning t he assembl y
l
anguage.Thoughourpr oj ectdi dnotwor k,It akeprideofhav i
ngat tempt edi t
!
Afteral li
ttrulywasal ear ningexper ienceandf uninteam wor k.

[MyFut urepl
ans]
ThoughIhav eobtainedaj obinCTSIam ofopi nionthatIam noti
nfullcapacity
todoaj obatt
hisearlystage.IfeelthatIneedmuchmor eenhancedknowl edge.
Infact
,Iam mor einterestedindoi ngresearch.Inthenextfi
v eyear
sIhopet o
compl etePhD wit
hi ntenser esearchexper i
ence.Ihav east r
ongpassi onf or
teachi
ngwhi chmayl eadmet ot aket hepathoft eachi
ngaf t
erPhD. Butmy
i
mmediat
eshor
tter
m goali
st ocomplet
emast er
swi
thgoodgr
adesandwi
th
r
esear
chwhi
chwoul
dbealearni
ngexperi
ence.

[
Reasonf orchoosingUni ver
sityofHoust on]
Some al umnimember s of my col lege and v arious ot her sour ces hav e
recommended Uni versit
yofHoust onf ori t
sexcellentr esearchf acili
ti
esand
reputati
on.Imadeacar efulstudyoft hecour secataloguesi nmanyuni versi
ti
es
websi t
esandf eltthatthecour sesment ionediny ourcour secat aloguewoul d
bestsat i
sfymygoal sandi nterests.Al so,Ihav eat tai
nedmostoft hepr e-
requisi
tesment i
onedf orpursuingamast ersdegreeincomput ersci ence.Ihav e
alsomader evi
ewofal lt
her esearcht hatishappeningaty ourdepar tment .It
ake
thisoppor t
unitytoexpr essmyeagerent husiasm andi nterestoft akingpartin
one oft he research programs.Reasons af or
esaidl ed me t o deci de t
hat
Universi
tyofHoust onwoul dbeoneoft hebestuni versit
ieswhi chcanhel pme
reali
zemygoal s.

[Alastword]
Ihopet hatmyst rongknowl
edgeofel ect
roni
csandcommuni cat
ionscoupl
ed
withmyknowl edgeincomput ersci
encewouldmat chthediversit
yandthe
standardofthestudentsofyourdepart
ment.Itakethisopport
unitytogi
vean
assurancethatgiv
enachance,Iwouldstri
vehardwit
hal lmyresourcest
okeep
thestandardandreput
ati
onofyouruniv
ersi
tyst
andtal
l.

I
twoul dbeofgr eathelpandconv eni
enceifyoucoul
dpr ovi
demewi thsome
for
m offinanci
alassist
ance.Itakeanassistant
shi
p,resear
chort eachi
ng,not
j
ustasameansoff i
nanci
alsupportbutasat r
ulyl
ear
ningexper
ienceandasa
dutydemandingsincer
it
y.

Ilookforwar
dtojoini
ngUni
ver
sit
yofHoust
onasagr
aduat
est
udentaty
our
esteemeddepar
tment.