FORM 5.

Letter of Recommendation
To the applicant: Please fill in your name and the other required information below. In turn, deliver or email this form to the person
who will write this letter. NOTE: Request your recommender to seal his or her letter of recommendation in an official envelope and
sign across the back flap upon completion. Recommendation letters that are not sealed and signed will not be accepted.

Confidential

Name of Applicant: (Surname) Adhikari (Given Name) Jhalak Raj

Nationality: Nepali

Desired Degree Program: √☐ Master’s ☐ Doctoral ☐ Research

Desired Major: Mechanical Engineering

To the recommender: The person named above has applied for the ‘Korean Government Scholarship Program’. We ask for your
assistance, and would appreciate your frank and candid appraisal of the applicant.

* Please type or print clearly using black ink.

1. How long have you known the applicant and in what relationship?

I know him from 2008, when he admitted admission in the bachelor degree at KU. He is a Mechanical Engineer to our company
since August 2017.

Please assess the applicant's qualities in the evaluation table given below. Rate the applicant compared to other classmates who
are/were in the same school year with him/her.

Truly
Excellent Very Good Good Below Average
Classification Exceptional N/A
Top 2% Top 10% Top 25% Middle 50% Lower 25%
Academic Achievement √
Future Academic Potential √
Integrity √
Responsibility/Independence √
Creativity/Originality √
Communication Skills √
Interpersonal skills √
Leadership √

1
1. What do you consider to be the applicant’s strengths?
He is a sincere and hardworking Engineer. I was impressed by his affluences in design skills to demonstrate answers in
strong logical and precise manner. It is worth mention the level of confidence and diligences that Mr. Adhikari
demonstrated in the field were extraordinary.

2. What do you consider to be the applicant’s weaknesses?

He doesn’t have good hand writing.

3. How well do you think the applicant has thought out plans for graduate study?
I respect his decision to pursue Master's degree in the Korean Universities and I have strong confidence that he will
equally succeed. I strongly recommend him for scholarship program, without restriction, and would appreciate your
most favorable condition to his application

4. Please comment on the applicant’s performance record, potential, or personal qualities which you believe would be
helpful in considering the applicant’s application for the proposed degree program.
Mr. Adhikari usually approached the solution in innovative way by consulting recent publications and journals. I would
like to summarize Mr. Adhikari as a promising person that is confident and intelligent. I believe he will further advance
his understanding in the field and gain more valuable experience in practices which is beneficial for him and also to our
university.

Recommender’s Name Er. Ram Lama Date 16/2/2018

Recommender’s Signature

Position or Title: Chairman

University (Institution): Kathmandu Hydro Electric Pvt. Ltd.

Address: Banepa-6, ,Kavre, Nepal

(zip-code: 45210)

Tel: 977-9801012815 Fax:

Please return this form sealed in an official envelope and signed across the back to the applicant. We greatly appreciate your
timeliness regarding this letter for your recommendee.