STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

M.S. Biotechnology and Molecular Biology

People see things; and they say, “Why?”But I dream things that never were; and I say, “Why not?”

Th e ab o ve ph ilo sop h y ha s pla yed an imp o rta n t ro le in t he sha p ing of my

o b je ct ive s an d f ra min g o f my p lan s f o r th e f ut u re .

Th e pa st ce nt u ry h as th ro wn op en th e do o rs f o r un ab at e d t e ch no lo g ica l
ad van ce men t an d h as cre at e d o pp o rtu n it ie s o f gro wt h in ne we r d imen sio n s wh ich
we n e ve r t ho ug h t e xist ed eve n a sh o rt t ime a go . To e xce l in th e f u tu rist ic
wo rkp la ce o f to mo rro w, on e will ne ed t o po sse s a pe rf e ct ble nd o f t he o re t ica l st ud y
an d p ra ct ica l e xpe rie n ce . I wa n t t o b e a pa rt of th is e xit ing ra ce t o cre at e a mo re
scien t if ica lly ad va n ce d to mo rro w a nd I e nvisio n g rad u at e st ud ie s a s a pa th to wa rd s
my a d va n ce me n t in th is d ire ct io n. To me , B io te chn o log y is n ot ju st a t oo l t ha t
be ne f it s an in d ivid ua l, bu t also th e co mmu n it y an d so ciet y a t la rge . To re a lize my
d re a ms a nd t o a ch ie ve my ca re e r g oa ls, I f o re se e yo u r un ive rsit y a s th e rig h t
de st ina t ion .

E du cat e d a t o ne of t he na t io n ’s b est sch oo ls, I wa s e xp o sed to

d ive rse o b je ct s t ha t e xp o un de d t he myt h s a nd myst e rie s o f lif e . It wa s th e
B io lo g ica l S cien ce s th a t t it illa te d me t he mo st wit h t he ve ry f irst a cq ua in t an ce .
Af t e r ob ta in ing t he be st g ra de s of 95 % in B io log ica l scie n ce s, I cho se B io lo g y a nd
Mat h e mat ics a s my e le ct ive s at Hig h S ch o o l. My in cip ie nt en ch an t me nt wit h
Che mist ry an d t he bu rn ing d esire f o r a scien t if ic ca ree r p e rsu ad e d me t o o pt fo r
B io t e ch no lo g y as my ca re e r o pt ion .

`The con t inu a t ion of my p u rsu it , I su cce ssf u lly go t ad missio n in t o

Ku ma rag u ru Co lleg e of Te chn o log y, an in st it u t ion ren o wne d fo r it s B io t e ch n o lo g y
de pa rt me nt . Drive n by t he de sire to do re se a rch in Mo le cu la r B io log y, f ro m my ve ry
f irst da y at co lle ge , I e xp lo re d se ve ra l op t ion s an d o bt a ine d a cut t ing e dg e,
assimila t in g to t he ma ximu m, f ro m my co u rse wo rk t o in p lan t t ra in in g s.

Du rin g my un de rg rad u at e p rog ra m th e t wo a re a s t ha t e vo ked an a rde nt

int e re st in me we re “ Mo le cu la r B io lo g y ” a nd “ Ce ll B io lo g y ”. Tha t I o bt a ine d t he f irst
be st g ra d e s of 7 5 % in a cla ss of 4 0 in th e se su b je ct s is t est imo n y t o an d ref le ct ion
of my ze st an d ze a l f o r t he se su b je ct s. My in sat ia b le th irst fo r de lvin g de ep in t o
th e se sub je ct s co up le d wit h my p rof o un d a pt it u de fo r re sea rch in Mo le cu la r B io lo g y
ha s in sp ire d me t o p u rsu e a G ra du at e ca re e r .

I b eg an my ste p s to wa rd s a re se a rch in Mo le cu la r B io log y ca ree r b y at te nd in g an

in p la n t t ra in in g a t Ce n t re fo r P la n t Mo le cu la r B io lo g y (CP MB ), Ag ricu lt u ra l
Un ive rsit y wh ich is kno wn fo r it s Mo le cu la r B io lo g y Dep a rt men t in t he cou n t ry an d
pa rt icip at in g in se ve ra l Nat io na l an d In t e rn a t ion a l con f e ren ce s. Th ro u gh t he se
p ro g ra ms I le a rnt th o rou gh ly th e con cep t s o f re se a rch a nd d eve lop me n t an d qu a lit y
ma rket in g . I ha ve un de rg on e t ra in in g in in du st rie s su ch as 2 +B io ge n o mics a nd
Ye rca ud B io t e ch .

My p a ssio n to wa rd s Mo le cu la r b io lo g y f u rth e r mo t ivat ed me to wo rk on

va rio u s p ro je ct s. My un de rg rad ua t e min i p ro je ct wo rk d ea ls wit h th e “I so la t ion an d
Cha ra cte riza t io n of P ro t ea se f ro m in du st ria l e ff lu en t s”.

I h ave a lso co -au th o red pa pe rs on “DNA NA NO TE CHNO L O G Y ” a nd “S TE M

CEL L S A S B I OS E NS O RS ”, wh ich we re se le ct e d t o b e p re se n te d at va rio u s In te r
Co lleg ia te Te ch n ica l Con f e ren ce s. Th e se pa pe rs won se ve ra l p rize s an d ha ve
he lpe d me u nd e rsta n d th e a ve nu e s t o re se a rch. I st ill f ee l th a t th e kno wle dg e I
ha ve g a in ed is in f in ite sima l a nd f rag me nt a ry. I re a lize th at I am st ill la ng u ish ing o n
th e sh o re s a nd ye t to ven tu re in to t he va st oce an of Mo le cu la r B io log y.

Cre at in g e f fe ct ive a nd ef f icie nt t e ch no lo g y t o de ve lo p a nd con cep t ua lize

Mo le cu la r Bio log y as a va lua b le e lixir to th e man kin d is th e en d I ha ve in min d. I
loo k fo rwa rd t o t he be st in G rad u at e Ed uca t ion an d Re sea rch .

My se a rch fo r t he be st ma t ch o f ob je ct ive s, pa ssion s an d d re a ms ha s

en de d at yo u r un ive rsit y wit h t he b est o f f un da me nt a l re se a rch in a ll a ve nu e s o f
Mo le cu la r Bio log y. I a m co n f id e nt of re a lizin g my g oa ls he re, as th e be st ou t loo k
an d f a cilit ie s a re a va ila b le t o st ud e nt s wit h th e b est of o pp o rt u n it ie s. I a m su re, I
a m be ho o ve d t o th e Un ive rsit y’s re q u ire men t s wit h t he righ t g oa ls an d at t itu de
to wa rd s ed uca t ion a l an d re sea rch e xce lle n ce . My go a l is to t ra in myse lf th o rou gh ly
th ro ug h my M. S. p rog ra mme a nd pro cee d fu rt he r o n t o a P h D in Mo le cu la r B io log y .