It is my immense pleasure to recommend Mr Harinderpal Singh Cheema for
Master’s program at your distinguished University. I know Harinderpal for
about 1.5 years during which he managed to impress me with traits of his
personality.

I recall that during my tenure as his teacher of Design of Concrete
Structures-II, he proved that he has a technical bent of mind and a very
systematic approach that helps him to analyse and solve problems. His
qualities like enthusiasm, self-motivation and determination enabled him to
get selected for the Testing and Consultancy Cell during one semester
entirely devoted to Industrial Training, where he took keen interest and
devoted time to learning new aspects of his studies

He worked hard and learned about Interpolation which he used in preparing
spreadsheets on concrete structures and make it understood to all who don’t
know how to interpolate through an impressive presentation. Harinderpal was
involved in design a 0.7 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant during his training,
which was a real project and was constructed later. He assisted in design
and prepared  cost estimate. He designed and analysed Concrete Structures
using STAAD Pro and his proficiency in using various Open Source Software
(which is not so common among Civil Engineering Students) is admirable.
He took special interest to learn Differential Global Positioning System
(DGPS), and put enormous efforts to produce precise results and maps from
the same. He successfully produced results using open-source software
RtkLib. Moreover, he is the only one in his batch who went one step ahead
and learnt gvSIG software which is used for GIS mapping. He learned layering
and editing shape files and is still continuing to learn Massive Open Online
Course (MOOC). His voluntary learning attitude not only sets him apart from
rest of his batch but also highlight his ability to venture beyond the scope
of course syllabi.

Harinderpal is a result oriented, hardworking and strong willed person who
has high learning goals in life. I highly recommend that he should be given
the opportunity to attend your program.


Prof (Dr). H S Rai
Professor of Civil Engineering
Dean Testing and Consultancy Cell
Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College
Ludhiana, Punjab, India. 
Email:  hsrai@gndec.ac.in