HS 1113

Academic Communication Skills

Pooja Sancheti
pooja@iiserpune.ac.in
Office: Main Building, First Floor, HSS Wing

Office Hours:
Tuesdays: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Thursdays: 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
 Vocabulary Game
• Make as many words as you can from the
term given below by rearranging the letters
• You can use a letter only as many times as it
appears in the term and not more
• Words should be 3 letters or longer
• No slang allowed
• Time: 4:00 minutes

CLASSROOM TEACHER
 Cover Letters
for
Job and Internship Applications
 Cover Letter
• A one page formal letter/email sent along with
the CV for job or internship proposals
• Creates the first impression on your potential
employer or PI
• Serves as an introduction of yourself to your
potential employer or PI
• Is a space for you to project yourself as the ideal
candidate for the job
• It may also suggest how you will fit in with the
larger cause of the company/lab/department
 Cover letter Structure
• Open with appropriate salutations
• Body of Cover Letter in 6 sections:
– Introduce yourself, your current position or degree, the reason
for writing (i.e. the internship position you are applying for)
and where you found the advertisement
– State your past experience (academic and work) relevant to
the application
– (What you will gain from the internship and how it will help
your career)
– Personal qualities that make you a good fit
– Your availability for the position, request for a meeting/call for
interview and contact information
– Names of 2 referees
• Thank the recipient, closing salutations (Thank you very
much; I look forward to hearing from you…)
 Homework Exercise
Write a cover letter to a professor outside IISER
Pune whom you wish to intern with for the
summer of 2020
OR
Write a cover letter for one of the following
three advertisements: