Sanjay Baluswamy, MEng Graduate Program

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Being born in a city which is called as the Manchester of South India – Coimbatore, which has more
than one hundred textile mills and textile Machinery manufacturing industries. During my childhood
days, I was always fascinated by the mechanisms involved in machinery. This made me to observe the
things and the ways of solving the problems in different approaches initiated me to choose Mechanical
Engineering.

During my High School, I chose Mathematics and Science group. And result reflected my interest on
Science and Engineering as I graduated with an excellent score of 90% with distinction. This high
academic score in high school enabled me to realize my dream by joining Mechanical Engineering at
Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, one of the most reputed educational
institutions in South India. The degree program opened up subjects like Production Planning and
control, Manufacturing Engineering, Total Quality Management, Principles of Management and
Engineering Mathematics etc. My interest in these topics had a direct influence on my grades as I
acquired 8.28 CGPA(out of 10).

Apart from the high theoretical knowledge acquired from my college I was always curious for
practically understanding the working concepts learnt theoretically and to be aware of the latest
technologies in industries due to which I spent all my summer holidays working as an intern in
various companies which I enjoyed the most.

During third year of my graduate study I was fascinated by Automobiles and wanted to observe it in a
working environment which led me to do internship in Manchester Honda, Coimbatore with well
equipped and resourced for Automobile and services of Cars preferred using latest technology. My
internship helped me to realise the concepts and working of Automobile service process. I have
expanded my knowledge beyond the walls of my classroom by visiting industries like Hindustan
Machine Tools and Ranba casting. My internship at Ambal Auto, Coimbatore have enriched my
knowledge in the field of Automobile assembling and service activities in the Automobile.

Also the knowledge on automobiles acquired during the internship aided me to participate in the event
named SUPRA SAEINDIA in a national level conducted by SAE India and sponsored by Maruti
Suzuki held at Buddh International Circuit, Noida.My passion for automobiles helped me to Design
and Developed a Formula category vehicle ,I served as the captain for the team comprised of 25
members and involved more specifically in the Suspensionteam and won 62nd position among the 165
competitors. My leadership skill got proliferated with confidence.

In addition to my experience in the universities, I was the event organiser for department function and
several events which required considerable talking and communication skills. Because of this, I grew
patient and tolerant in demanding and frustrating conditions. It helped me to engage in the
management activities in the universities level. My final year project is on CNC miniature under the
guidance of Dr.R.Manian. This project gave me an exposure and avid hunger for developing new
ideas with the availability of limited resources.
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Sanjay Baluswamy, MEng Graduate Program

Considering my academic excellence, analytical skills and consistent performance I was fast tracked to
join M/s Hettich India Pvt Ltd, a leading Furniture based companyheadquarters at Mumbai and
World headquarters at Krichlengern, Germany as Pre and Post Sales Engineer.

In the first three months of my profession, I was given inhouse training in the capital of India, Delhi
about all the 10000 products technical information and its usage. After that I was located at
Chennai.After a six months of Hard work, they impressed with my performance and transferred to
Business and Development team.

My successful performance in the first year was noticed by the management which promoted me as
Assistant Area Manager - Trade. In this new role I was responsible for 20 Districts with managing 30
Dealers with two manpower under me. And I continued performance by showing 160% growth when
compared to last year. So I was awarded by the Appraisal and an Memento.

As a part of Business management and development team, carrying out capacity analysis and creation
of capacity within the existing capacity to meet the delivery schedule along with the required quality
service to end users still remains a challenge to me. As this is the basics for supplying products on
time along with quality, and witnesses the business activities at firm. I felt a lot of expertise needs to
be gained in the management field and I believe a Master’s degree in Engineering Management would
bridge the gap by introducing me to various bench marking industrial practices presently being
followed.

Thus my career as a Management Professional in a Furniture based industry facilitated me with a

fundamental knowledge on various phases of Management skills. With this momentum, I wish to
enrich myself further by taking up research in specific areas of my own interest. I found from the
university website and from my seniors that the graduate program for Engineering Management
offered by Politecnico di Milano provides excellent opportunities for research and learning by
simulating real life industrial scenarios. Choice of subjects in the course work design suits my interest
and simulates it further. Hence I am very confident that a stay at your world class facility for my
graduate studies will improve my competency levels to meet the industry standards. With my
academic excellence, analytical and research abilities and my administration experience, I believe that
I perfectly fit to the Management and Technology program at your university and I would definitely
perform beyond the expectations of the University as a graduate student.

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