I have always cherished a career in research and training inComputer Science. I feel that graduate studies at a good universitylike yours in pursuit of a PhD would be a step in that direction. I amconfident that I will be extremely successful both as a graduatestudent and later as a researcher and teacher.Ever since I was in school, I was interested inMathemetics. My success at the Regional Maths Olympiad and TheNational Talent Search examinations boosted this interest. I was alsointroduced to programming in school and was fascinated bycomputers. With these interests Computer Science was the ideal choiceas my undergraduate major.The Computer Science and Engineering department at IIT Bombayhas a good faculty and a wonderful course structure. It is undoubtedlyone of the best in the country. The undergraduate curriculum hereexposed me to all the basic areas in Computer Science and I haveconsistently performed well in all the core courses. I have alwaysadopted a rigorous approach to learning and have tried to grasp thefundamentals of all the subjects. This is amply reflected in my GPA of9.09 on 10(3.80 on 4) in a highly competitive class and in my positionin the top 5% of my batch in the institute.Over the past one and a half years I have developed aninterest in the field of Programming Languages and Systems, especiallycompilers. I have performed well in the basic systems courses likeLanguage Processors, Programming Languages, Database managementsystems and Operating systems (please refer the resume). I have alsochosen as one of my electives for Spring 96 the course titledFoundations of parallel computation. I am currently working on my B. Tech thesis - which is in thefield of compilers - under the guidance of Prof. D.M. Dhamdhere. I aminvolved in the development of GENSAT - a generator for staticanalysis and transformation programs. We have already incorporatedinto GENSAT a framework to implement intraprocedural data flowanalysis using bitvectors for the representation of data flowproperties. I am extending this framework by providing for the usageof sets instead of bitvectors. This will make GENSAT a generic toolfor solving monotone dataflow problems. I am also studying varioustechniques for interprocedural data flow analysis. My aim here is toabstract a framework in which these techniques can be implemented. Inthis pocess I will be modifying existing algorithms and possiblyfinding a new one.My interests are well supported by my strong theoreticalbackground. In my junior year I presented a home paper on the"Theoretical Consequences of the Ellipsoid Method". I have audited(taken as non-credit) a Post Graduate course on algorithms titled"Current Topics in Theory and Algorithms" and I have currently takenanother elective on the Design and analysis of algorithms. I have alsodone a course on Geometric Algorithms which gave me a good exposure toRandomization in algorithms. I am confident that these and the othercourses I have done will stand in good stead in any future research Iundertake.I have always loved solving problems. The pleasure obtainedfrom being absorbed in problems over extended periods of time andfinally arriving at solutions is immeasurable. Many times I havearrived at solutions that were very different from those of others.This unique bent of mind coupled with a desire to be at the forefrontof a budding field drive me to pursue research. I believe myself tobe mature, committedI have good reason to believe that I will be successful as ateacher. I have received enthusiastic response from my students when Iwas a course assistant in an undergraduate course titled "ComputerProgramming and Utilization". I have also been a lecturer and tutor intwo UNIX workshops conducted by our department at the institutelevel. Further, I believe that teaching a subject gives us greaterinsight into it.I have chosen to pursue Graduate studies at New YorkUniversity because the facilities there seem to foster a healthyresearch environment as I could gather from the brochure of yourdepartment. I believe that I possess the motivation, the intellectual ability, and the preparation to set out on this exhilarating and arduous path, to do justice to a demanding Graduate program and to make significant contributions to the ongoing work at the Kansas State University.