To,

The Visa Officer

Canada, High Commissioner

Sub: Statement for Purpose for the Student Visa Application

I would like to apply for the Student Visa. I am a resident of India and undertaking P.G.DM in Cybersecurity from Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology. The main reason I am applying for the SOP is to study abroad for my course completion.

I passed 10th standard in 2019 from the SSC Board with an aggregate percentage of  68% and 12th standard from HSC Board, Mumbai with 48%. I completed my undergraduate program with a Bachelor of Science in Information and Technology degree scoring 9.07 CGPA from K.E.S Shroff College;. With careful consideration,  I decided to pursue this course due to the current trends in the ethical hacking market with innovation into cybersecurity handling issues. The Web technology companies with higher market prospects make me very interested to get involved in the domain of studying the respective P.G.DM course. After my education completed from the high school in 2019; my academic field of interest continued in the domain of preferred to undergo the Information and Technology course in my undergraduate degree with career direction of  P.G.DM into the specific domain of security and hacking.

Currently, I  have gained hands -on experience on Web-Application Penetration Tester as in the practice of Bug Hunting. I  have reported 150+ websites and secured 51 websites getting 4 badges from March 2022. From July to October, 2022 I was employed in SIDR SOLUTIONS as a VAPT Analyst Intern. During my employment, I worked on ATM Network Security and delivered 1 Web-application accompanied with Mobile Forensics, Malware Analysis and DLP.  I have started working in the specific field of cyber security and Systems analyst  with web application after  the completion of my under graduation course. I am much more abreast with programming languages, Python  is required for this course to be effective. Along with it, I have mastered my technical knowledge in web technology languages like  HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap. Right from under graduation level, I have enhanced my practical knowledge and in the college courses by using the tools like Burp suite, Passive Scanning, Active Scanning, Nessus, Zen map, Genymotion, Zap scanner, Metasploit, Acunetix, Mobiledit, Nmap, Sparta, Netspaker, Ngrok Miscellaneous: Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking, Artificial Intelligence, Manual Testing, Network Testing, API Testing and Automated Testing. Especially, for this course I have also developed my learning skills on operating systems working with Windows, Linux, Rasbian.

I live in a nuclear family where my father is a diamond broker having business in the diamond jewellery agent service. My mother is a housewife and I have got no other siblings. Being from an Indian family; it is my I need to complete the course and come back to India to achieve my career goals and settle with my family. My full education assistance is being provided by my father.The overseas students are welcomed with much want by the Canadian residents. That makes me feel  positive about the diverse country and also the arrangement of the living cost for the first year has already been borne by my parents. We are financially well off and have sufficient funds to accommodate my education in Canada.

Currently, I have faced the challenges of studying Ethical Hacking and CyberSecurity due to the limited options on the university courses offered in India. The limited seats with much diverse skill-set staff brings a gap on the continuation of the course; that requires the move towards foreign universities with high career prospects on the course effectiveness. Cyber security certification from Indian universities has been much less that makes the system security practice along with GIAC Security Essential   certification to be only provided online with distance courses. Canada has a huge wider base of providing the benefit of the certification training in the ethical hacking forensic investigation and in the software security courses with top diploma degrees. This made the PGDM degree in cybersecurity with familiarity in blockchain and big data makes computer systems and networking to have a huge amount of placement assistance support from the Canadian universities.

I choose Canada as the best country due to 100% of the online support with 1-1 mentor counselling and in-left employment opportunities deported from the Canada universities. Furthermore, in  collaboration with the Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology under Canada university; I would like to enrol in the internship programs from the college which provides the opportunity for my career development in the course.The university is chosen as it is considered to be having a very good module of Cybersecurity. In order to obtain a further career role into the manager position;  this P.G.DM  course will help me in order to undertake the Digital forensic knowledge and also the most in demand cyber security roles in the module. The choice of college, its post-secondary programs and its highly post graduate assistants offered in cyber security and project Technology brings it to be in the 1327 rank globally and ranked 63rd in Canada in 2022. The accommodation fees with the affiliation as under ACCC  will ensure me a better prospect with respect to the experienced faculty and strong guidance from the campus.

 Being a native of Asian region, India ; I intend to return back and work in my homeland, India after completion of my course. Considering the career advances in the course I want to settle in India while trying for employment opportunities in the IT companies and big MNC brands like Dell, IBM and Google. Five years down the line; I prefer to go for the Executive Development Program for the Cyber Security course to achieve career success and senior management role in the position. In the next 5 to 10 years,  I would like to undertake the courses of cyber security and take a management position in a good company with more than 3 lakh per annum package in India. My career objective is to  become a cyber Security analyst with key functions in the security architecture and working in various applications.  I already obtained IT certification with my technical skills required for computer forensics and an overall understanding of hacking with application and network security knowledge.

I have found my career prospects and education to be stagnated  with only a bachelor’s degree in the course undertaken by me within my national boundaries. It has been very important for me to get into the management program of cybersecurity and to ensure my resume has  a competitive advantage with an advanced course from a foreign university. The qualitative exposure that is being required with best practices of work from Canada makes it highly economically feasible for me to obtain the course. The hands-on practical exposure that I have gathered for my last one year of employment into the other companies as an internal analyst brings high value into my course application. With respect to the recent contemporary development in my academic interests area and along with my additional qualifications I want to enjoy a strong command over the subject. This makes me emphasise on gaining much better business practices knowledge from the university in Canada and also for the considerable industry experience and career development needs with the highest standard of teaching faculty available from the college.

I promise to abide by the rules and regulations of Canada.