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Statement of Purpose of Prasanna Satyanaryan

 Applying for Masters of Science (Mechanical Engineering)

For Fall 2015

" An investment in knowledge pays the best interest"!enamin Fran#lin

 

$ remem%er playing chess right from school &ays' he game as intro&uce& to me %y my father'

*e tol& me a%out the Maestic +night an& ho it as the only piece that coul& ump o,er other pieces'

$ playe& most games centering on the +night an& $ rarely on- hich ma&e me start to lose interest inthe game' hen one &ay $ felt $ shoul& stu&y the game more comprehensi,ely hich le& me to &ecipher

the game %etter' Sloly %ut stea&ily results starte& coming in my fa,or an& it ma&e me %elie,e that

"through un&erstan&ing- &e&ication an& application in any fiel& ill yiel& positi,e results "' $ ent on

to represent my college for . years in uni,ersity le,el championships inning se,eral times for my 

college' ruly $ ha& foun& a ay out an& also happiness in the game' his process of trying to

un&erstan& an& i&entify the right path for me has %ecome a ha%it of &ifferent choices %ase& on my 

learning an& e/perience from the past' he same goes for my choice of pursuing Masters of Science

(MS) in Mechanical Engineering from your esteeme& ni,ersity'

My un&ergra&uate course in mechanical engineering as a ell thought of course' $ ha&

inclination toar&s su%ects li#e Management Entrepreneurship an& otal uality Management'   Atthe start of the course $ lo,e& these topics an& felt that $ oul& %e goo& at it as my gra&es ere goo& in

these su%ects' !ut later su%ects li#e Mo&eling Finite element metho&s- Material Science- Mechanics

of 3omposite material- an& ri%ology as more appealing to me' My final semester proect as on

4i%ration Analysis of 6roun&nut Shell 3omposite"' he proect in,ol,e& preparation of a composite

material of groun&nut shell an& epo/y resin' horough testing an& analysis of the strength of the

composite as &one using the ni,ersal esting Machine' he &ata as correlate& using AnsysM %y 

creating the Finite Element Mo&el of the test specimen an& applying properties of the material to

analy7e its strength' *alf &i& $ #no that these su%ects- topics an& area of proect or# oul& %ecome

a part of my career choice later'

$n my final year $ ha& opte& to sit for placement as the i&ea of or#ing for softare firmsloo#e& li#e a goo& i&ea' he reasons ere to- one that it oul& %e easier to get a o% an& the en&

result $ oul& get %etter groth prospects an& %etter oining salary' !ut something in me tol& me that $

 oul& ust en& up %elie,ing that $ as happy li#e the fe su%ects mentione& %efore- here my mar#s

&efine& my li#ing' hat8s hen $ &eci&e& that $ ha& the choice to opt out of softare placements an&

 ait for companies here $ coul& utili7e my li#ing toar&s core Mechanical Engineering' $n fact $ as

among the only three stu&ents from my class ho en&e& up getting a o% in 9S: Steel ;imite&

(;ea&ing Steel manufacturer in $n&ia)

!ut $ oine& a &esign company calle& Promas Engineering P,t' ;t& as a <esign $ntern' At the

organi7ation my seniors ere eager to help me an& ma#e me feel comforta%le' hey e,en put their

trust in me %y gi,ing me han&s on e/perience in realtime proects' he internship really helpe& mei&entify my li#ing toar&s 3AE (3omputer Ai&e& Engineering)' $ use& FEA tools li#e 3A$A M  an&

 A=S>SM an& learne& a lot on the &esign process of Me&ical E?uipment li#e Me&icine <ryer an& a%let

3ounting &e,ice' he four months of rigorous or# as an intern an& my research ha%its toar&s the

topic ma&e sure that ,ery soon another engineering firm- A6 $nno,ations P,t ;t& a%sor%e& me as a

full time employee' :or#ing as Proect Engineer- $ continue& my learning in the fiel& of 3AE to ai& my 

 or# at office' $ felt that $ shoul& sitch to a %igger organi7ation ith %etter proects' After fifteen

months of or# in A6 $nno,ations $ oine& Altair as a 3AE3onsultant Engineer'

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Statement of Purpose of Prasanna Satyanaryan

 Applying for Masters of Science (Mechanical Engineering)

For Fall 2015

3urrently $ am an employee of Altair Engineering as a 3AEProect Engineer' $ am or#ing on

&eputation at 6eneral Motors in 3losure 6roup- here $ &o &ura%ility analysis on &oors- hoo&s an&

liftgate of a car' he primary o%ecti,e is to impro,e life cycle of su%system' :or#ing ith the current

proect $ ha,e use& tools li#e *ypermeshM- @ptistructM an& A%acusM' $t is or#ing here that $ felt

that Masters &egree oul& a&& a &ifferent &imension for my research acumen'

$ as alays intereste& in Science Math hich helpe& to participate& in a many national le,elcompetitions li#e 46reen @lympia&B (%y eriEnergy an& Cesources $nstitute) an& 4=ational 3hil&ren8s

Science 3ongressB (%y <ept of Science ech- 6o,t' of $n&ia)' he i&ea of 3ommunity Ser,ices as

ingraine& into me %y my parents ho ha,e alays as#e& me to help the un&erpri,ilege& an& contri%ute

for %etterment of society' his ma&e me ta#e up ,olunteering for the 4=ational Ser,ice SchemeB (=SS)

 hich is un&er the Ministry of >outh Affairs Sports- 6o,t' of $n&ia' $ ha& acti,ely ta#en part in

3amps to %uil& lea&ership an& pass on the learning to rural youth' ree planting &ri,es an& %loo&

&onation camps ere also part of my ,olunteer acti,ities at =SS'

$ plan to ta#e up MS in Mechanical Engineering as it oul& gi,e me a scope to &e,elop %etter

un&erstan&ing in the fiel& of my or# an& augment my research capa%ilities' A Masters &egree oul&

a&& a &ifferent &imension to my e/isting #nole&ge %ase an& ma#e me a&ept to face the real life an&practical challenges' 3ouple& ith my goo& mar#s in the Mechanical Engineering su%ects an& my four

 years of or# e/perience ma#es me feel that $ am suita%le can&i&ate for the pursuing my MS

Cesearch at your renone& ni,ersity' At this uncture $ reali7e& that in life the only competition is

myself an& not others' hat ma#es me feel that $ am rea&y to push my limits an& or# har& to ma#e

sure that my area of interest in higher e&ucation is not only rear&ing %ut also gets me suita%le

research acumen' $ rite this Sop ith the hope that your uni,ersity fin&s my can&i&ature orthy from

among the se,eral hun&re&s of applications' ;ife for me has %een a%out learning an& correction- a%out

results an& choices an& $ hope the ourney remains meaningful %ecause "The day I feel that I know

everything, that’s the day I stop learning"-Den Philosophy'

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