It is a pleasure to write a letter of recommendation for Mr Manish Katyan for

graduate studies at your esteemed university. Over the last ten years of my
teaching experience, I have taught more than three thousand students, coming
from varied backgrounds and possessing a wide variety of talents, abilities and
personality traits. I would place Manish among the top 10 percentile of all the
students whom I have taught. Manish has been my student for two years between
2014-2016, during which I taught him Thermodynamics in his 3rd year and
Computational Fluid Dynamics in his 4th year of undergraduate degree.

Based on my observations, I can attest that he is a highly intelligent, sincere and

hard working student with a tremendous drive to reach his goals. He is a keen
observer and has the requisite aptitude to take up any difficult assignment in the
field of study that he is passionate about. He enjoys the scientific process and has
the ability and willingness to see both on the fine-detail scale and The Big Picture.
He was among the top 4 mechanical engineering students, selected out of over
300 applicants, to present a paper at a national level competition called “TechKriti
2016”, organized by IIT Kanpur, one of the best engineering institutions in India.

On a personal level, Manish is an well-rounded person, with a lot of enthusiasm for

sports and extra-curricular activities. He has also shown his adeptness at
organizational skills, especially in a cross-cultural setting. He is approachable and
easy to communicate with.

I have a strong opinion that he has the right aptitude to excel in Graduate studies
and, hence, strongly recommend him for admission at your university.

I wish him grand success in all his future endeavors.

To The Admission Committee: 
I am glad to endorse Mr. XYZ’s application for Master’s studies at your esteemed
university.    I have known him for the past six months in my capacity as the Head of the
Department of Enterprise Architecture and Innovations Manager at Holcim Services (South
Asia) Limited. Since its inception in 2007, Holcim Services (South Asia Limited) in India is a
group company of LafargeHolcim which caters and delivers IT services and solutions to
LafargeHolcim operating companies in South Asia. I have evaluated his performance as an
intern in the organization, in which he had shown a temperate attitude with a persistent
mindset of learning new concepts and technologies.
Innovativeness coupled with their excellent academic performance made him the ideal person
to be selected from the candidate pool for the internship position. The primary focus of the
internship program was to develop new skills.  Being a part of the Enterprise Architecture
and Innovations Department, he was assigned the task of finding a solution that can solve a
real-time problem and that can be incorporated into the company. XYZ brainstormed and
came up with the idea of a health and safety solution for employees to track their mental and
physical health in the workplace by making use of the data collected concerning breaks
availed by the employees. 
He demonstrated impressive perseverance and technical adeptness to understand the type of
data to be extracted and regarding the various network policies on the company server. He
showed great learning skills in both the technical and functional areas and quickly established
himself as a subject matter expert. There were occasions where he faced changes in
connecting 100 workstations, to and fro, to a server for updating data and also to implement a
cross-platform application with two modes.
I found him to be composed and self-assured, dealing with these problems with swift decision-
making. He never restricted himself to working on only particular modules assigned to him
but showed an inclination towards understanding the entire application flow. With his
impeccable dedication and proficiency in the concepts of AngularJS, JSON, and Servlets, a
working implementation of the said solution was ready and was well accepted by the
department.     
XYZ continues to polish his skills, and that helps him to perform better every day. He
possesses excellent aptitude, an analytical mindset, and a solution-oriented approach. His
technical expertise includes commendable coding skills and an in-depth understanding of
databases. Aside from his technical expertise, he also possesses excellent communication and
presentation skills, being able to express his thoughts and ideas during team discussions.  
Blessed with a rare blend of good problem-solving skills and strong technical knowledge is
what distinguishes XYZ from others.  His eye for detail and adeptness to learn makes him one
of the best interns in his batch. I strongly believe that his integrity and dedication will make
him a treasured asset to your university and the student body. I am sure that he would excel in
the Master’s Program at your esteemed university and hence, I strongly support his
application and wish him good luck for a successful career.
Sincerely,