Points:

1. Paper on Carnot efficiency.

2. Single loop matrix multiplication.

3. Re-inventing the wheel.

4. Exposure to CAESER.

5. Innovation in CAESER.

6. Responsibility of Auto-pipe.

7. Complex things are a combination of many simple things working in synchronization. This is
especially true in engineering problems.

Statement of purpose

“Great people don’t do different things, they do things differently.”

Since my childhood, I had inquisitiveness about how various things in my surroundings work.
This inspired me to study Mechanical Engineering from the prestigious VNIT, Nagpur. My driving force
has been my will to innovate and find better solutions and grades have been given secondary
importance. I firmly believe that progress is achieved through innovation and have focused my energy
accordingly.

My out of the box thinking has made me try things that seemed unachievable to my peers
consisting of highly qualified & experienced engineers. This coupled with my sound logic has helped me
achieve the seemingly impossible. After intense expert reviews, my research paper which proves that
heat to work can be converted more efficiently than the Carnot efficiency has been published by
Springer publications. This is a very big break-through & would change a very basic law, the 2 nd law of
thermodynamics. It has all the ingredients to be deemed historically significant.

I learnt ‘C programming language’ while in college and achieved good proficiency in it. During
this time, I devised an algorithm for matrix multiplication using single loop iteration, which, the text-
books claim, needs minimum two iteration loops. While learning Auto-CAD, I devised a method which
gives a 3-D view by taking input from two 2-D views. During these instances, I have enjoyed applying the
basic principles of logic & mathematics to achieve a difficult task using the computer as a tool. The fact
that I successfully went against established norms, despite limited knowledge indicate my innate
potential to use computer for problem solving. A master’s course in COMMAS would utilize this innate
potential and open up new avenues for me. This, coupled with my strong innovation focused approach,
could help me reach new peaks in my areas of interest, namely, Thermodynamics & Fluid Mechanics.
 I’ve started my career in Tecnimont ICB and am working here for the last 2.5 years. Here I’ve
been exposed to various engineering software. This has made me realize the necessity & extent of
dependence of softwares in the engineering industry. It has also reinforced my belief that a career in
computational problem solving would be challenging & thus intellectually much more rewarding.

Despite a very limited exposure to the piping stress analysis software, CAESER, I devised an
innovative method for load mark-up which utilizes the limited CAESER licenses by reducing the down-
time. The chief engineer of the stress & supports group, Mr. Srinivasan Iyer took heed of this. As a result,
I was given a very important and unique responsibility despite being the least experienced member of
the 60 member strong stress & supports group. This responsibility was to study the effect of piping
model conversion from Auto-pipe to CAESER, so as to reduce software costs. The report of this activity
was examined by top bosses including three general managers and was subsequently used to determine
the software to be used for engineering by the entire company. The fact that the management placed so
much trust in me was very re-assuring for my confidence and I started feeling strongly that if I did so well
by just using the software interface, I could do wonders if I had access to the algorithms. This is when I
seriously started considering the option of doing masters in this field.

When in school I was always curious as to how the surface area of a cone is calculated. After
learning the mathematical operation of integration, I went back to the basics and derived the surface
areas and volumes of various geometric figures like cone, sphere etc. to verify them. This may seem like
a very ordinary thing, but it exhibits natural inquisitiveness & initiative that was taken to apply the
knowledge that form the very basis of algorithm based problem solving and this I feel would make me
stand out of the crowd. During this exercise, I also realized that complex things are just a combination of
various simple things working in tandem and this is especially valid in engineering problems. I have
applied this simple logic and have achieved remarkable results. This is the reason a course in COMMAS
would be a magical wand for me. I feel that computational programming skills, coupled with my
engineering aptitude would help me put these ‘simple things’, which are the building blocks, together to
surmount the most complex of engineering problems in the most efficient way.