Letter of motivation

Dear Sir/Madam,

I appreciate this opportunity to provide further information in support of my application

for Master's in Development Economics at University of Göttingen for summer semester
2020.

I was born in a village, I had the opportunity to closely observe the village people and their
agriculture dependent life style. I was surprised after noticing that the large farmers are the
major stakeholder of different agricultural development programs by the government.
Although these programs were implemented for overall agricultural development, the
small and marginal farmers were always deprived. From those days my dream is to serve
the socially excluded groups and work with the rural development sector of my country.

To accomplish my dream, I have completed Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics

from Bangladesh Agricultural University with CGPA 3.395/4. I have sufficient knowledge
on Agricultural Economics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Mathematical
Economics, Econometrics, Agricultural Statistics, Rural Sociology, Agriculture, Research
Methodology and other economics related subjects. I have attended many extra lectures of
visiting professors and workshops arranged by my university and other development
projects. After my graduation I worked for two years in ACIAR project and individually
conduct a research entitled "Economic and Social Benefit of Growing Peanut instead of
Boro Rice in a Sweet Water Scarce Area of Bangladesh" under the guidance of Professor
Dr. Hasneen Jahan. I have presented my research at the "International Conference on
Sustainable Agriculture (ICSA 2019)" which is under process of publication now. I believe
that further education at your university will be more beneficial for me and student life in
Germany will give me new experiences to my future life.

Since your university is the only university which offers a program combining economic
sciences and agricultural sciences in a master’s degree, I am very much exited and decided
to place my application here. After I read carefully the curriculum and the course
requirements, I believe that it perfectly matches my research interests and profile. The
international environment of the campus attracted me also. Being a hardworking and
committed student, I am confident that I will be able to cope with the requirement set by
the international curriculum of your university and will be an asset to your renowned
institution.

Sisir Mahanta