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Sukkrivaa Vijayan's Recommendation Letter
Sukkrivaa Vijayan's Recommendation Letter
IampleasedtorecommendSukkrivaaVijayanfromRafflesInstitution,Singapore.Hehasbeen
inmyteamsinceNovember2014.Despitebeinginhisteensandbeingtheyoungest
researcherattheCenterforQuantumTechnologies,Sukkrivaademonstratedgreatskilland
aptitudeinthefieldsofquantumelectronicsandsuperconductivityinartificialDNA.Thisproject
wasoriginallyofferedtostudentswhohavegraduatedfromtoppreuniversityinstitutionsacross
Singapore.However,despitebeingonlysixteenandbeingthreeyearsawayfromgraduation,
Sukkrivaa,byvirtueofbeingonethebestinadvancedmathematicsinRafflesInstitutionwas
selectedaswell.Intotal,includingSukkrivaa,sevenwereselectedinthecountry.
Thus,hewasoriginallycontractedtobeinchargeoftheintensivepostgraduatelevel
mathematicsneededfortheprojectwhiletheotherswereinchargeofthecomputingand
physicssectionsoftheproject.However,withthedepartureofamemberinchargeof
computing,majorchangestookplace.Fromthispointonwards,alltheresearchersselected
workedontheirownprojectsduetomanpowercomplications.Thus,Sukkrivaa,despitebeing
selectedmainlyforhismathematicsability,hadtohandlethephysicsandcomputingsectionsof
hisprojectaswell.
ItwasherethatSukkrivaashowedamazingabilityanddedication.Heoftenturneduphoursin
advancetoourallocatedmeetingtimessoastoaskquestionsortojustworkoutproblemsat
theside.Hewouldreadgraduateleveltextbooksinadvanceshowingahugelevelof
commitmentforsomeonewhowasstillschoolingandtakingexaminationswhileconcurrently
takingpartinsportingchampionships.
Sukkrivaawasnevershyofaskingforhelp.Hewouldemailmequestionsandproblemsfrom
veryadvancedtextsusuallyusedbyphysicistsduringgraduateorpostgraduatestudies.One
admirablethingaboutSukkrivaaisthathenevershirkedawayfromthechallenge.Hefacedit
andgaveithisall.Heisclearabouthisgoalsinlifeandismotivatedbeyondmeasure.Heis
deeplyinterestedinthesubjectmatter.Describinghimasobsessedwouldnotbemuchofa
stretch.
Heiswillingtostepoutofhiscomfortzoneandchallengehimself.Herelishesthechallenge.He
enjoystheworkinvolved.Whilemostpeopleseeworkandstudyasa95thingandswitchoff
afterthat,Sukkrivaajustcannotstopthinkingaboutthesesubjectsbecausehelovesthe
intellectualstimulation.TheseparationbetweenworkandleisuredoesnotexistforSukkrivaain
thesesubjects.
Sukkrivaaissomeonewhoalwaystakestheextrastep.Hewillemergefromthisresearch
projectassomeonewhoisadeptbeyondhisyearsinthefieldsofphysics,mathematicsand
computing.Buthewillnotstopthere.
Ifyouwouldliketocontactme,youaremostwelcometodosoattamama@yotcopi.comor
tamama@nus.edu.sg.
YoursSincerely,
DrTamaMa
ResidentScientistatYotcopiTechnologies,NationalUniversityofSingapore
FormerPostdoctoralResearchFellow,CenterforQuantumTechnologies,NUS
MPhil(HKU),PHD(ETHZurich)