Graduate / Benefit to home country.....applying for scholarship [2]

applying for Msc in Wireless communication...plz help
An important selection criterion is therefore the potential contribution that you will make to development if you receive a Scholarship. You must provide a statement explaining how their proposed study relates to a development need. You are advised in your statement to describe how your plan of study or research relates to development in your sector and country. Please say how, on your return, you will apply your new skills and qualifications, and what outcomes you will

hope to achieve. This could usefully be related to a national development priority or objective. Please also suggest how the impact of the potential benefits of your work might be

measured. limit of 500 words.

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India has emerged as a significant economic force in the world in the last ten years. But the economic development in India is however limited to urban areas. For the 700 million people who live in six lakh villages in India, who are watching this transition, there is growing cynicism that they are being left out. The reason behind this is the low penetration of mobile and communication services in the rural areas. Communication is still a challenge in many of the villages and remote places.

So there is a need to connect this rural population to the mainstream India. Genuine efforts are required to improve the standard of living of rural India. Indian rural population has challenges in terms of low literacy, poor health care, poor agriculture knowledge and many others.

Mobile and Wireless communication technologies can be used to tackle the problem of literacy, poor health etc. The government of India has recently launched various schemes like Digital India, Financial Inclusion, e-governance, e-health, e-agriculture and mobile banking. The successful implementation of these schemes depends upon the availability of affordable and efficient wireless communication technologies and the workforce with necessary skills in Wireless communication technology. By providing these services, the standard of living of rural people can be raised. All this is possible with the help of advanced mobile and wireless communication technologies.

The proposed study will certainly help me in gaining all the necessary skills required to excel in the field of wireless communication. After doing this study, I would be better able to implement my knowledge for the benefit of my country.

After returning to India, I will join some reputed research institute as a researcher cum teacher. I want to do cutting edge research in the field of wireless communication. I will motivate my colleagues and students. I will deliver my skills acquired to students. It's like a cascading effect, whatever knowledge and skills I will gain in United Kingdom, it will replicate here in India.

All this can be achieved only if I would get a chance to study in some reputed University of XX.

Graduate / As a kid I was curious to know the source of sound from that radio - statement of purpose for Msc [8]

I still remember my grandfather used to listen songs on radio every evening. As a kid I was curious to know the source of sound from that radio. Oneday, I decided to open it up. I found some electronic components inside it. Before I could analyse anything, my grandpa ran after me with his stick. That was my first encounter with electronic components and his stick.

My interest in electronics and communication devices grew strongly afterwards. That interest led me to opt for Electronics and Communication for my undergraduate studies. My undergraduate curriculum exposed me to a wide gamut of courses like computer networks, analog communication, digital communication, wave propagation and microelectronics. I did my summer training at Doordarshan Kendra (public service national broadcaster). There I learnt about the various stages (power supply control, signal generation, signal processing, transmission and reception) and processes involved in an efficient communication process. My undergraduate project titled "Drip Irrigation system using GSM modem" involved the design of microcontroller based real time feedback control system that monitors and controls the various parameters like moisture, temperature and pressure of air at remote location. The GSM modem sends the information to the farmer at remote location.

After completing my B.E, I joined Mtech in Instrumentation and control engineering at XYZ. There I was introduced to new exciting subjects - Neural networks, optimal control systems, digital control systems and robotics. All the courses were taught in English. My Mtech dissertation title was "Investigation into Quality of service in ZigBee based Wireless sensor networks". The simulation models were designed on OPNET 14.5. The various prominent issues in wireless sensor networks like mobility, coverage and connectivity, scalability and heterogeneity have been investigated by observing the QoS parameters like MAC delay, throughput, packet delay etc. I want to work on other issues of WSN like data assimilation, security and routing.

Whatever I have studied in my bachelor and master degrees has formed a strong base and I would like to build on it by joining a unique course in 'Wireless sensors and Embedded systems' offered by the university. I want to develop the practical understanding of all the aspects of Wireless sensor networks. I am specifically drawn to the curriculum of this course particularly the intelligent sensor fusion module and mobile robotics and wireless sensors module.

I look forward to a career in research where I can use not only my academic background to achieve my research goals but also make original contributions to my country. I believe that graduate studies would provide me with the opportunities to attend advanced courses and would be the stepping-stone to my career in research.

I am confident that University of XXX is the right place where I could see the fruition of my budding ambitions. I am sure with persistent efforts, I shall be able to develop my engineering skills to the standards set by the institute and be a worthy alumnus. It will provide me a great opportunity to be a part of this global village culture and work with students from different nations.

Thank you for your time and consideration.