Statement of purpose

APPLICATION NUMBER 212015011155

NAME ANURAG KUMAR BURMAN

FIRST AREA OF PREFERENCE PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

I have completed my four year bachelor of engineering

program from Shri ram institute of technology Jabalpur which is one

of the finest private college of Madhya Pradesh. I was graduated in

June 2012 with a degree in electrical and electronics engineering.

Many of my courses and research activities in final year were in the

field of electrical engineering application with new technology with

a strong focus on wireless transmission of electricity. I am applying

for admission to the fellow programme in management in production

and operation management at IIM Ahmadabad.

I was introduced to mathematics and physical sciences while

at school and it was in high school that I considered career in this

area. The strongness in mathematics and desire to study electrical

engineering prompted me to take GATE exam for admission into

M.Tech and FPM courses from reputed institution. I was ranked

3548 in GATE exam in about 200000 students. Due to the ability of

deep thinking i decided to focus on FPM course rather than M.Tech.

My undergraduate education has not only given me a certain

set of skills but also helped me to understand my fields of interests

and my academic strengths and weakness. This understanding has

made me realize that though the applied physical science appeal to

me, my strengths lie in applied mathematics and in abstraction in

reality. In particular I am interested in the managerial aspects of

production and operation management. I am having efficient

managing quality so that by research in production and operation

management I can innovate new ideas for betterment of it. In my

final year project I was the team leader and looked after of the

circuitry part and report management part of our project. Due to

good communication, writing ability and managing quality i was

able to manage all these aspects of our project.

I believe that I have the qualities to be a good researcher and

teacher. Whenever I get free time, I used to research for some

practical things and innovate new ideas to solve mathematical

problems. I am a creative person and often think in a competitive

way about various issues of practical importance. Being able to

identify patterns and relationship that are not obvious to others is

perhaps my greatest strength. This will prove very valuable because

an integral part of being a researcher is to perceive the balance

between theory and practice, analytical rigor and intuition. My

communication skills are good and I like expressing ideas and

concepts both in oral and written form- an ideal platform for

dissemination of knowledge in my chosen field of specialization. At

college level I had seminars of quantum computer and sixth sense

device which shows mixture of both good communication skills and

having ideas of new technologies and innovation. I have keen

interest towards playing chess which shows i have good foresight. I

attained first position in regional level chess competition and

selected for the national game. I am adventurous too and attained

height of 13000 feet in a trek program managed my Explore

Himalayas.

The IIM Ahmadabad management school is one of the best

schools of management in INDIA with a strong orientation towards

research. The diversity of research interests in production and

operation management is particular interests to me. The eminent

faculty and the individualized nature of doctoral programme will

definitely bring out the best in me. I would like to reiterate that I

possess the background, ability and the motivation to make a

significant contribution to production and operation management. I

hope you will take a favourable decision regarding my admission to

the FPM programme and I look forward to join the IIM Ahmadabad

school of management as soon as possible.