This letter provides a strong recommendation for Archit Gupta. It details that the author has known Archit for about a year after Archit contacted him to guide a summer project. Archit spent two months at IIT Bombay that summer and impressed the author with his motivation, sincerity, and talent as he was able to achieve goals of developing tools using Python and helping a PhD student without needing much assistance. The author believes Archit has the potential for outstanding work and would place him in the top 5% of students he has interacted with over the past decade. The author highly recommends Archit.

1. =Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay भारतीय ौोिगकी संान मुंबई
Mumbai 400076, INDIA. पवई,मुंबई - 400076,भारत
Phone: +91-22-{25767701} Telex: 011-72313, IITB IN.
Email: siva@iitb.ac.in Fax: +91-22-25720290.
From: िशवकुमार G. Sivakumar சிவகுமார் March 29, 2012
(Professor)
Reference Letter for Archit Gupta
I’m very happy to write this letter of reference for Archit Gupta whom I have know about one year
now. Archit is a student of J.S.S Academy of Technical Education NOIDA. Archit first contacted
me in Spring 2011 requesting me to guide him for his summer project (he had been selected for the
KVPY Fellowship). Although, my schedule that summer was quite hectic, I was quite impressed
with Archit’s track record and accepted.
Archit spent 2 months at IIT Bombay in summer of 2011 and I was really happy that I had agreed
to guide him. He was a very motivated, sincere and talented student who did not need too much
hand holding. From the beginning, he was clear that he wanted to work on challenging problems
with good learning potential. Since I was interested in the use Python for modeling and visualization
I encouraged him to develop some tools in this area. I also requested him to help my Ph.D. student
who was building a simulator for evaluating dynamic policy adaptation in collaborative peer to peer
applications. Archit was all charged up, quickly picked up all the relevant knowledge and was able
to achieve both goals quite easily.
It was a pleasure to interact with Archit given his strong motivation, talent and capability for
independent work. He has the potential to do very significant outstanding work during his studies.
I would definitely place him in the top 5% of the approximately 500 students at his level I have
interacted extensively with in the last decade or so.
I am delighted to recommend him in the highest possible terms. Please feel free to contact me if
you need any more details.