Statement of Purpose

Respected Sir/Madam,
I am writing you to express my interest for Graduate Masters program in Mechanical
Engineering for Spring 15. I appreciate this opportunity to introduce myself to your esteemed
University. With my educational background and working experience, I strongly believe that I
am suitable candidate for Mechanical Engineering. Embarking on a Post Graduate program is a
serious decision as I intend to make career path that will set a course to my professional goal. I
wish to place my credentials to prove my reason to study Post Graduate program at your
esteem university.
I have completed my Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering with academics First Class
with distinction, from University of Pune, India. The key subjects I studied are Applied
Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Manufacturing Process, Theory of Machines,
Machine Design and Dynamics of Machinery. During my third year vacations I undertook an
internship at Thermax Ltd in ENVIRO Division. I designed Inlet cum Bypass Damper (ICBD) and
2 way Diverter Damper for Thermax. This served me with insight of basic fundamentals and
actual industrial requirements for designing any Product. This paved my way towards designing
and manufacturing.
Moreover, my first job at Star Engineers PVT LTD As Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) was in
R&D to design plastic, rubber components needed for sensors housing and its mounting. This
experience educated me with various factors involved in designing. After four months in Star
engineers, I joined Surin Automotive PVT LTD as a Jr. Engineer in New Product Development
Department from 18th November 2013. My role was starting from designing of product and
process, material selection or finding equivalent, evaluate requirements of product till
manufacture it as customer demands. I also look after documentation of APQP. During my job
experience I found my field of interest and took decision to pursue Masters. I believe I can do
well in Product Design, Development and manufacturing.
In retrospect, I found myself to be enthusiastic and active participator in every opportunity I
came across. Since school days I was fascinated to know how things work and tried to know
them by doing practical experiments. I participated in project competition in school days, it was
geography project. We prepared a demonstration of volcanic eruption, which earned us the
first prize. My interest in projects and a will to do innovative things made to choose Mechanical
Engineering after 10th.
I completed my diploma from D. Y. Patil Polytechnic college which is affiliated to Maharashtra
State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE). It provided me with a strong engineering

foundation and included all the tools I need to pursue my undergraduate degree. My keen
interest and the support of quality professors guided me to reach the pinnacle of securing first
rank in the mechanical engineering department with 84.51%. My final Year Diploma Project was
Water Cooler Test Rig. In this project we made a test rig which monitored performance of
Water Cooler. It was an experiment in our curriculum, after completion of project we donated
it to our college. It is still used to demonstrate that experiment. Moreover, I had participated in
many extra- curriculum activities; one of that is project competition which was held at D Y Patil
Polytechnic on 12th January 2008 on occasion of Youth Day. Our project was Generation of
Electricity, which gave us first place in competition. I always aimed to achieve something
different to stand apart in the competitive world, this motivated me to author some technical
papers, which have received due appreciation for Artificial Intelligence which secured us
second place in completion. The other state level paper presented was at Institute of
Technology, Malegaon and paper was delivered on Modern Trends in Refrigeration.
My bachelorette degree provided me many platforms, which served as excellent opportunities
for me to effectively utilize my acquired skills and knowledge. SAE Supra was one of the best
opportunities I came across. SAE Supra is a designing, manufacturing and racing of a formula
one type car, which was held at Buddha International circuit. This event is organized by society
of automotive engineers India SAE India. It offered me fundamental knowledge and hand-on
experience of all the aspects involved in designing, manufacturing and testing of an automobile.
I also participated in a project display event held in Modern College of Engineering organized by
SAE India. The project was Self Torque Adjusting Vehicle, which come under topic
Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) . I was a key volunteer for conducting intercollege
event Gyanguru in college fest M-Pulse, which was a Technical Paper Presentation
competition. My final year project titled Generation of Electricity using WindBelt. Windbelt is
a device used to convert wind power into electricity. It was originally invented by Shawn Frayne
in 2007. In our project we tried to increase efficiency of project by varying belt length and
finding substitute for belts (example, using Elastic belt replacing Mylar coated Taffeta).Our
project has zero pollution and no high grade fuels needed to generate electricity. It was a small
attempt to find and spread awareness of alternative source of electricity generation. It has zero
pollution and no high grade fuels needed to generate electricity. Though it cannot be used in
large electricity generation due to some disadvantages, but definitely it can be installed for
domestic and household purpose.
I accomplished many certified courses like two levels of School computer education program
conducted by CDAC, GIST at school level, MS-CIT which gave in depth knowledge of computer
and AutoCAD course from Centre of Advanced technologies (CAT) and passed with A1 Grade.
Another course of 'Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing' held at College of Engineering,
Pune, had Auto CAD, CATIA, ANSYS and CAD/CAM as its key components.

The reason for choosing this masters program comes from the fact that I am keen to learn new
technologies and skill sets require to design and manufacture them. To design any product and
component a thorough study in all subjects like Finite Element Analysis, Thermal, Solid
mechanics is require. By taking this course I could study all subjects in depth and apply acquired
skills to develop a product.
As I decided to pursue Masters, the first country came in my mind was USA. USA is well known
for its practical oriented educational system and research oriented work culture. It would keep
me updated with the latest technology and give me a great deal of experience to achieve my
long term career objective. One of the best graduate courses made me choose
________university for my Master's degree. After going through the course structure and
subjects, I found it is in line with my interests. This would definitely give me the in depth
knowledge and guide me for my future career. I would also like to pursue a Doctoral Program
after completing my Masters.
I look forward to fresh challenges of studying in an exciting conglomerate of people from
different cultures and countries of tackling hitherto un-chartered territory and eventually in
making my presence felt in wider arena of life. I am aware of the arduous efforts required for a
rigorous Master's program. I promise to give complete dedication to grasp the knowledge given
at your university and contributing meaningfully to your college community. Considering my
interest and skill set, I believe that Master's would be the most prudent extension of
my academic pursuit. I believe my passion, perseverance and sincerity, make me a competent
candidate for a Master's degree at your college.
Yours sincerely
Prasad Mehta