STATEMENT OF PURPOSE APPLICATION - TO PURSUE HIGHER STUDIES IN

AUSTRALIA

Introduction

I would like to introduce myself as Ranasinghe Arachchige Supun Salis Appuhamy, born
on 24th January 1994 ( 28 Years) bearing the Passport No ( input the pp no). Currently I
am a resident at No 60, Kaluwarippuwa, Katana, Negombo, Sri Lanka. I have been
employed as a Maintenance Executive for the Central Industries since January 2020. In
order to elevate my career and academic expectations I have now decided to apply for the
Master of Engineering Program at the prestigious Charles Darwin University, Australia
for the 2023 January Intake. I have been offered to study for a Master of Engineering
(Mechanical), CRICO$ Code-068567K by Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
with the student ID 360328. The date of my commencement is the 06 of March 2023, and
the orientation is scheduled on the 23rd of February 2023. The purpose of this statement
is to provide background information about me and my intention behind pursuing this
postgraduate qualification.

Academic Background
I have completed my Primary and Secondary Education from one of Sri Lanka’s
prestigious schools, Loyola College, Negombo. Concluding my Secondary Education in
Science Stream, I was fortunate to enter the Sri Lankan Institute of Advanced
Technological Education (SLIATE) Colombo 10, to pursue the Higher National Diploma
in Mechanical Engineering, which is a 4 year program with 134 credits and an implant
training of 6 months. Completing my Higher National diploma successfully, I was
determined to chase more academic credentials as I believed that Education is the best
path to reach the pinnacle of professionalism. As a result of my intention. I enrolled the
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Hons) Degree at the University of Wolverhampton
which I was able to secure a GPA of 2.2. I have completed more than three years of
experience in a couple of companies in Sri Lanka as a Production Engineer and
Maintenance Executive. In 2015, I was selected for both a Physical Science Degree at
Eastern University and an HND in Mechanical engineering at the Sri Lankan institute of
Advance Technology Education. Since my childhood I have realized that my passion lies
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with motor mechanics and engineering. In order to pursue my childhood passion I was
keen enough to select the field of Mechanical Engineering. In addition to these academic
credentials, I have also completed the AC and Refrigeration Maintenance Course, Basic
Electrical and Motor Control Course, a PLC Course, and Auto-Cad and Solid Work
Diploma Program. I highly believe that all these professional credentials I have gained so
far assisted me to elevate myself to become who I am now. Now, my intention is to get a
deeper knowledge on thermodynamic Machine designing. To fulfill the intention, I
believe that a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering will be the ideal decision to make.
After completing HND in Mechanical Engineering, I was employed in a medium scale
company as a Production Engineer for a year. During my employment, I received a
monthly salary of 40,000LKR. Following the employment at the previously mentioned
company, I had been working at a repudiate PVC pipe manufacturing company for more
than 2 years. With my previous years’ experience, I got Rs 45,000 as my basic salary.
Meanwhile, I have completed my Undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at
the University of Wolverhampton . With my undergraduate credentials and prior working
experience, I applied for several jobs and was selected by a multinational company to
work as an Engineering Executive for Rs 85,000. Therefore, with my degree
qualification, I was able to increase my salary level. For the Engineer Manager role, many
reputed companies are looking for Master’s qualification in the Mechanical Engineering
field, and their minimum basic salary is RS 400,000. where I am determined to enroll in
a postgraduate qualification and gain knowledge in project management and sustainability
subjects to be a Professionally Qualified Manager.
My brother-in-law is a Ph.D. holder in Software engineering in the United Kingdom. My
younger brother is also a degree holder in the software engineering field as well my elder
brother completed a bachelor of degree in nursing. They always motivate me and advis
me that considering today’s world degree is a normal qualification so to be a professional
mechanical engineer I need to complete my master’s. So, their support and advice als
affect me to select a master’s course. (do not include this as it should be your own and
genuine intention to pursue quality Education)

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Family Background
I hail from a strong family of five members. My father, Ranasinghe Arachchige Cisil
Stanly Appuhamy is a successful businessman. My beloved mother is Amarathunga
Arachchige Jasintha Perera and she is a housewife. I am the middle child of my family
and My elder brother is Ranasinghe Arachchige Suresh Sameera Appuhamy who is a
Male Nurse at Monash Hospital, in Australia. My younger brother is Ranasinghe
Arachchige Suranjan Shalitha Appuhamy and he is studying for his bachelor of software
engineering degree at the University of Tasmania. I have been married to my beloved
fiancée Danushika Nilakshi Samaraweera since ( mention the year) and we were in a
romantic relationship since ( mention the year). She is a professional Beautician in Sri
Lanka successfully employed at ( mention the salon or the place)

Educational and Professional Qualification

I attended Loyola College, Negombo from primary to Advanced Levels. I completed my

Ordinary Levels in 2009. After completing Ordinary Levels, I continued my higher studies in
Physical Science Stream and sat for G.C.E Advanced Levels in 2013. I have successfully
completed The Higher National Diploma in Mechanical engineering in Sri Lankan Institute
of Advanced Technology Education, Colombo 10. (January 2015-July 2018). I completed my
bachelor of mechanical engineering degree at University of Wolverhampton. UK in 2020-
2022. As well, I completed AC and Refrigeration maintenance course, Basic Electrical and
motor control course, a PLC course, and Auto-Cad and Solid work diploma course.

(This part is repeated above)

Employment Information

I never wanted to waste the precious time where completing the G.C.E Advanced Level
Examination, I started my first employment as a Production Supervisor at Noratel Lanka Pvt
(LTD) which is the place where I have gained and enormous amount of working exposure
by supervising operators and resolving their problems to fulfill given company goals as well
I have done visual inspections and electrical tests to supply an accurate, quality product to
achieve customer anticipations. I have completed my six months training period at Camso
Loadstar Pvt (LTD) as a Trainee Mechanical Engineer where I was able to practically apply
my theoretical knowledge, but also I was able to improve my innovative ideas by working in

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the mentioned workshops. There are pneumatic and hydraulic system maintenance
workshops, metal fabrication workshop, motor controlling and motor winding workshops,
new project design workshop and heavy machine repair workshop. Additionally, I was
involved in some machine designs as well as some preventive and predictive maintenance
processes. I have joined Udaya Lanka Advanced Technology (PVT) Ltd and served 1 year as
a Production Engineer after finishing my HND program -I prepared a proper database to
improve workshops’ efficiency and productivity. I organized a proper machine preventive
maintenance schedule instead of using the breakdown maintenance method; I modified the
old structural design of product drawings as well as design new structural drawings
according to customer requirements. I implemented new policies and inventions (ex-make
the deep groove cutting the machine) to improve workshop productivity by minimizing
malfunctions and handling operators properly for a smoothly run production process without
any delays. I had been working at Central Industries PLC as maintenance Executive for more
than two and half years. So as a maintenance executive I carry out preventive and corrective
maintenance to ensure an uninterrupted manufacturing process, implement organizational
development to enhance the efficiency of the manufacturing process, and maintain
documents according to ISO Standards. Now I have been working as an Engineering
executive at Preffeti Mille company since October 2022.

Addressing GTE Criteria

Economic Ties

My family is derived from an originally business oriented background where My father has
his own business in Sri Lanka which is a Building Materials Manufacturing Factory, Plastic
recycling factory, and Colombo- Negombo High Root transportation business since
( mention the starting year). My elder brother does not have an interest in the business
field, therefore he chooses nursing as his career path. My younger brother is studying
software engineering. His childhood intention was to develop computer games. However, I
was the one who helped my father with his business. For my University project, I have
designed a Semi Automated clay brick making machine to increase our clay brick workshop
efficiency. Also during the last year, I originally started a plastic recycling business with the
help of my father. We crush many types of waste plastic and sell these crush to local plastic
item manufacturing companies. Monthly we are receiving a more than Rs 30,00000LKR
profit. Moreover, I bought a Truck, in order to support the transportation of our Family
Business. It is one of my prominent future goals to start my own plastic items manufacturing
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factory to produce new plastic designs to sell in the local market as well as import.

As well my father possesses few properties. My father has 8.5 peaches of commercial land.
He gifted it to me in ( mention the year)

Family and Social Ties

Apart from my spouse’s side, there is being prepared for us to live in the future. Therefore,
after completing my masters I like to live in a new house with my wife with new hope. Since
my brothers live abroad it’s our responsibility to look after my parents and run my father’s
business in the future. My wife has only one brother. He is a Software Engineer in the
United Kingdom. He also has several properties in Sri Lanka. Her father has died. Her
mother doesn't like to travel to other countries. Therefore It's our responsibility to care about
them and look after their properties. My wife completed a beautician certificate course in
2020. After that, she worked as a beautician in a beautician salon. However, her ambition is
to start her own beauty service providing center. To start a Beauty Parlor, according to Sri
Lankan regulations she needs to fulfill NVQ 4 level qualification. Therefore, she has been
studying for her NVQ level 4 Since June 2022. After completing that I planned to help her to
start her saloon in Sri Lanka

Value of the study program to my future.

It is undeniable that technology is the basic drive of the entire world. Without technological
sophistication, it is not possible to enhance the world effectively in advance. Therefore I
believe that academic advancement in the field of Technology cannot be discarded easily in
the contemporary competitive world. I believe that pursuing this Master Program in
Mechanical Engineering will enhance my academic exposure further and will assist me to be
a highly recognized individual in the field of Mechanical Engineering in Sri Lanka. As my
sole intention to become an emerging innovative entrepreneur in Sri Lanka upon the
completion of this Master program, I believe that this master program will elevate my
academic and professional credentials to the expected extent and even further. I have
already proven myself that I have the capability of being a successful entrepreneur as I have
been helping my fathers business and having equal ownership since I have been
acknowledged on the innovative and emerging technological adaptations. Therefore I am
convinced that I will be able to multiply my academic and professional exposure many times
if I am able to gain the Master of Engineering program at the Charles Darwin University.

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Reason for studying this program

Since my childhood, I have been enthusiastic about doing innovative things. I was always
searching for the easiest methods to complete any kind of job. I always research machines'
mechanisms and was fascinated by how they work. Therefore, I have wanted to be a
Mechanical Engineer since my childhood. Therefore, I selected math subjects for my GCE
Advanced Level Education and after that, I completed a Higher National Diploma in
Mechanical Engineering at the Sri Lankan Institute of Advanced technological Education
(SLIATE). Therefore, I was able to gain several subjects : thermodynamics and basic
electrical. So I worked as a production engineer as my first job in a medium-level company
in Lanka. after I thought it's better to find an iso standard company to build up my career
path. Within that period I completed my bachelor of degree in Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Wolverhampton. I have more than three years of experience in the relevant
field. Therefore, I am looking to complete my master's in mechanical engineering and gain
more knowledge to do new innovative things as well as build up my professional career path.
So this course 100% matches with my educational background and my desired field.. This is
why I decided to study Mechanical Engineering for my master’s degree.

Reasons for choosing university

Firstly when I was searching for a suitable university in Australia for completing my
master's. After I compared other universities' course structures with Charles Darwin, I
realized that its 100% match my requirements and this program has fully Accreditation of
Engineering Australia. The course structure is directly aligned with industrial requirements.
In the course structure, there are several subjects such as Project Management, Risk and
Reliability, Professional Practice, and Sustainability. These subjects are the most valuable
assets for me to build up my Career path as a future engineer manager. As well I have
already studied machine design subjects and I am familiar with solid work and Auto-Cad
Software. So I think machine Design and system design subjects will be more important for
me to boost my machine design knowledge apart from that I could be able to do more
innovation. Biomedical Engineering subject is a new subject I have not learned before. In the
present situation in the world it's most important to give our support to the health sector so I
think I could be able to learn more things by this subject and do more innovative things in
the health care sector. So by considering all factors I could not find a university like Charles

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Darwin University for fulfilling my education requirements.

In Addition to this , I found CDU is a top 100 university globally for quality education
Overall, CDU ranks among the world's top 200 universities globally for research and impact
on all SDGs and its course fee also reasonable by comparing other universities and its has a
professional placement for engineering masters’ students and finally I found that Darwin is a
vibrant, multicultural city, home to nearly 140,000 people hailing from close to 60 countries.
With plenty of cultural, sporting, entertainment, accommodation, and travel opportunities.
Moreover ,I mostly prefer to live in a rural area with a natural environment, So I decided that
Darwin is the most suitable place for me

The above-mentioned facts are the reasons why I decided to study in Charles Darwin
University. Reasons for choosing university. Firstly, when I was searching for a suitable
university in Australia to pursue a Master credential, I compared other universities' course
structures and modules with the structure of Charles Darwin, I realized that matches 100%
with my requirement and this program has fully Accreditation of Engineering Australia. The
course structure is directly aligned with industrial requirements. In the course structure, there
are several subjects such as Project Management, Risk and Reliability, Professional Practice,
and Sustainability. These subjects are the most valuable assets for me to build up my Career
path as a future engineer manager. As well I have already studied machine design subjects
and I am familiar with solid work and Auto-Cad Software. So I think machine Design and
system design subjects will be more important for me to boost my machine design
knowledge apart from that I could be able to do more innovation. Biomedical Engineering
subject is a new subject I have not learned before. by the present situation in the world its a
most important to give our support to health section so I think I could be able to learn more
things by this subject and do more innovative things in health care section. So by considering
all factors I could not find a university like Charles Darwin University for fulfilling my
education requirements.

Other than the above mentioned features, I found out that CDU is a top 100 university
globally for quality education Overall, CDU ranks among the world's top 200 universities
globally for research and impact on all SDGs and its course fee also reasonable by comparing
other universities and its has a professional placement for engineering masters’ students and
I have read several student success stories which determined me that Darwin is also a vibrant,
multicultural city, home to nearly 140,000 people hailing from close to 60 countries. With
plenty of cultural, sporting, entertainment, accommodation, and travel opportunities
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 Reason to studying this degree in Australia

After I decided to study Engineering for my masters, I decided to study it in a western

country because their education system is far better than Sri Lanka. UK and Australia came
into my mind because those two countries are two of the best countries to study as an
international student.Later I did research about studying in those two countries. I wrote down
the pros and cons of studying in those two countries. When it comes to cons in England it is
too cold and since I am used to tropical weather it will be hard for me to live in that country.
The next con is that England is far away from my home and air tickets are expensive. It will
take me about a day to travel from Sri Lanka to England or from England to Sri Lanka. So I
selected Australia to continue my masters.

Reasons for choosing Australia over other countries

University of Wolverhampton-master of mechanical engineering practice- Since my plan is to

be an engineer manager in the future I need to study project management but There is no
subject to improve my management knowledge as well they are not 100% granted professional
training. Bolton university-master of UK Its master's program does not have any engineering
accreditation. University of Tasmania-master of professional engineering - not fully accredited
in engineering Australia as well their course fee is high. After completing my master's It's
difficult to find a good job in Sri Lanka. Since my brother-in-law lives in England, they told me
to come to England for my higher education. But I plan to be an engineering manager in Sri
Lanka, therefore, I need to select an engineering accreditation course which fulfills engineering
management theory.

As well I search western countries whether condition. Actually I like to live a topical country
like Sri Lanka.In Northern territory their climate is similar as Sri Lanka therefore Easily I can
adopt the climate change and I think after completing my masters its easy to adopt my country.

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How this degree will help shape students future career

After I complete my masters of engineering, I know that I can easily find a Designated
employment in the engineering management field. Now my salary as a maintenance executive
is about Rs 90,000. But as an Engineering Manager, the basic salary is about Rs 5,00000. As
well with an engineering of Australia accreditation I can demand my value as manager. With
my Australian qualification it will be easy for me to climb the corporate ladder and will be easy
to come to a senior position in my job. Australia is one of the best countries in the world for
higher education and there are lots of international students currently studying in Australia.
According to my point of view, the Australian Education System encourages students to be
more independent, creative and innovative. Since I have experience in Sri Lanka and Australia,
I know that Australia has the best education system and I like to study in that system again. I
believe that completing my Masters degree in Australia will help me to open many pathways to
my future studies and career.

How is this study relevant to students background

Concluding my Secondary Education, the Higher National Diploma in Engineering which I
have gained from the SLIATE, Sri Lanka, is highly coop up with the Master Program which I
am going to purse in the Charles Darwin University Australia. The HNDEN, which I have
completed, had 46 modules which spread from the basics of Engineering to the complex. I
believe that I am fortunate enough to be part of the engineering field starting from my
undergraduate studies where I have been now elevated to apply for the level of a Master
credential. The subjects which I have learned in my Higher Diploma such as ( mention the
subjects which are similar) are parallel to the modules structured in the Master of Engineering
Program offered by the CDU. I believe that the lack of managerial exposure, which the
HNDEN program consisted of, can be fulfilled by following the CDU offered Master of
Engineering program. The Undergraduate studies which I have pursued the Bachelor of

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Engineering(Hons) from the University of Wolverhampton had a major relevance to this master
program where modules such as ( mention the subjects which are similar). Apart from the
undergraduate studies I have acquired, my past and present employment has a direct relevance
to the Master of Engineering credential which I am going to pursue in the Charles Darwin
University. My career exposure as a Production Engineer at Udaya Lanka Advanced
Technologies PVT Ltd boosted me to gain more exposure on the Engineering components. The
span of my career history starting from a Production Supervisor to a Maintenance Executive
has driven me so far who I am right now and the exposure which I have been gathering since
2014 being employed for various employers of the Engineering field has paved the way to
select this master program which is exactly admissible. In addition to my former career and
academic relevance, I have also being actively launching my own business (mention the
business and its nature briefly) via social media platform like Facebook *1. Therefore, I
believe that not only my academic and working exposure but also the Entrepreneurship which I
owned suits entirely with the content of the Master Program which I have selected at the CDU,
Australia.

Mentioned about the study gaps.

Travel history

Sponsorship details

My father, Ranasinghe Arachchige Cisil Stanly Appuhamy will be my main sponsor and my
brother- in – law, Mr. Dayan Fernande will be the secondary sponsor. My father possesses
AUD 67,203 in his savings account and my aunt( Mentioning her name and resident details)
has AUD 27,634 in her Savings and she earns AUD 90,000 plus salary annually.

Intentions of returning to my home country after program completion

As my sole intention is to pursue quality education which will assist me to elevate myself in
both my career and further academics, upon the completion of my course I am returning to
my homeland Sri Lanka. I am having this intention due to many reasons. The first and the
foremost reason is the moral responsibility which I have to take care of my elderly parents.
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On the other hand both my brothers and my Brother in Law reside abroad for a long period
of time, this will cost my parents and my spouses’ parents pessimistically as if all their
children left them alone, they will be helpless at their elderly age. Therefore I will defiantly
return to my parents to take care of them. Secondly, as I am leaving my spouse in Sri Lanka
to pursue my higher studies, I have to return to my beloved wife in order to resume our
family life and have kids. She is currently working as a professional beautician and her sole
dream is to have her own business line , opening her own beauty service center in Sri Lanka.

Apart from my family and moral responsibilities, it is undeniable that one must serve his or
her country for what it has given to the individual from birth. I personally believe that it is
my ethical value to serve and aid the corporate economy of my country with the intellect I
have acquired from the Australian Education Qualification.

Declaration

I am looking forward to making the best out of this opportunity and would really appreciate it
if you grant me a Visa to start my degree in Australia. I am confident that the skills,
knowledge and experience I receive in a prestigious Australian university would help me to
sharpen my career for a successful future and contribute to my home country.

Thank you and Kind

regards Yours
faithfully,

Supun Appuhamy

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