The document is a statement of purpose that outlines the author's interest in astronomy and astrophysics from a young age. It describes how the author was intrigued by pictures of celestial objects and the mysteries of the early universe. During their undergraduate studies, the author learned fundamental concepts of astrophysics from recommended textbooks and coding languages. They are inspired to learn more about stellar structures and evolution, such as how stars form, change over time, and eventually collapse. The author also wants to gain experience using astronomical instruments and analyzing observational data to draw conclusions, as their college lacked proper research facilities. An research-based internship would provide a first opportunity to enrich their knowledge and gain valuable experience for their career path.
The document is a statement of purpose that outlines the author's interest in astronomy and astrophysics from a young age. It describes how the author was intrigued by pictures of celestial objects and the mysteries of the early universe. During their undergraduate studies, the author learned fundamental concepts of astrophysics from recommended textbooks and coding languages. They are inspired to learn more about stellar structures and evolution, such as how stars form, change over time, and eventually collapse. The author also wants to gain experience using astronomical instruments and analyzing observational data to draw conclusions, as their college lacked proper research facilities. An research-based internship would provide a first opportunity to enrich their knowledge and gain valuable experience for their career path.
The document is a statement of purpose that outlines the author's interest in astronomy and astrophysics from a young age. It describes how the author was intrigued by pictures of celestial objects and the mysteries of the early universe. During their undergraduate studies, the author learned fundamental concepts of astrophysics from recommended textbooks and coding languages. They are inspired to learn more about stellar structures and evolution, such as how stars form, change over time, and eventually collapse. The author also wants to gain experience using astronomical instruments and analyzing observational data to draw conclusions, as their college lacked proper research facilities. An research-based internship would provide a first opportunity to enrich their knowledge and gain valuable experience for their career path.
The document is a statement of purpose that outlines the author's interest in astronomy and astrophysics from a young age. It describes how the author was intrigued by pictures of celestial objects and the mysteries of the early universe. During their undergraduate studies, the author learned fundamental concepts of astrophysics from recommended textbooks and coding languages. They are inspired to learn more about stellar structures and evolution, such as how stars form, change over time, and eventually collapse. The author also wants to gain experience using astronomical instruments and analyzing observational data to draw conclusions, as their college lacked proper research facilities. An research-based internship would provide a first opportunity to enrich their knowledge and gain valuable experience for their career path.
The following is a candid expression of my Statement of Purpose.
From my school days, I have developed keen interest in knowing about celestial objects and early-
universe. The pictures of nebulae, star clusters, supernovas from the astronomy books appeared to be
very intriguing right from then and I believe the more we delve into the depths of the sky, the more it will
allure us, unravelling the mysteries of life. During my undergraduate years, I approached our professor as an astrophysics enthusiast and she advised me to go through the books on astrophysics by
Professor Arnab Rai Choudhuri and Marc Leslie Kutner to know the fundamental concepts. I have also
learned a bit of coding in Python, Fortran and CAS like Maxima, Gnu plot. Having studied the basics, I
am inspired to learn more about stellar structures and stellar evolution. It will be extremely fascinating
to understand how the stars form, evolve and then finally collapse to be white dwarf or neutron star or
black holes. Also, in our college we hardly had any access to the instruments in the observatory and
we were only shown the moon, lunar eclipse, mars, mercury transit, Jupiter whereas the research
students used to collect data and analyse them. So, I would also like to learn about handling of
instruments and methods of procuring and analysing observational data to arrive at a conclusion. So, it
would be illuminating for me if I get an opportunity to do a research-based internship. It will not only
enrich me but also provide me with a flavour of research experience for the first time in life, which will
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