Coolest email by my professor ever

It's a mail by some professor of foreign university to our HoD. (Must read)

Dear sir,

The email attached is typical of many that I receive. They all seem to
come from IIT students. The students all claim to have reviewed my web
pages and to be particularly interested in working with me. I have yet
to receive one that shows any evidence that this is true, or indeed that
the writer has any idea whatsoever what research I do. Invariably their
stated interests do not coincide with any of mine. The fact that these
emails all appear to originate from IIT students, they all have similar
format and none of them show any sign that students have actually done
any research (it really looks as if they have written generic emails and
spammed them to every email address they could harvest) suggests that
they might be being instructed to behave this way. I find that hard to
believe, so I imagine it is more likely that they have misunderstood
something, but please could your staff who are responsible for your
internship programme encourage students to apply more selectively? I
fear that this deluge of spam emails from your students is not enhancing
the reputation of your institution, which I understand to be very high.

I've deleted all the identifiers from this email, it doesn't matter who
the student is, I've had many similar emails.

Jim Miles

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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:04:00 +0530
Subject: IIT Delhi Student - Application for Internship
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Respected Professor

I am a second year Computer Science student at Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Delhi ( http://www.iitd.ac.in/ ), which is a world
class institute with state of the art facilities and highly qualified
faculty imparting high quality teaching and training in technical
streams. IIT Delhi lays strong focus on practical knowledge apart from
imparting strong theoretical background which places it amongst the
top technical universities of the world.

Starting from 10th May 2008, I have about 10 weeks summer break during
which I would like to enhance my theoretical knowledge and practical
skills under excellent guidance. I am looking for high growth and
challenging opportunity to exploit my inner talent in the best working
environment and I am confident that I can do very good and meaningful
work in the area of Computer Science. By that time I would have
completed 4 (91 credits) semesters which include courses and projects
that have provided me with adequate fundamental knowledge of Computer
Science, both theoretical as well as practical. I have honed my
programming and technical skills with many projects and assignments
done in various courses related to a wide range of fields in Computer
Science.

I have been through the website and am impressed by the level of
innovative research at your institute.I have gone through the research
pursued by you and I am interested to work with you. I am highly
motivated to pursue research involving application of my knowledge and
more than willing to learn new concepts before working on a project.
An internship under your guidance would be an ideal addition to my
Bachelor's Degree in engineering. I am proficient in English and quick
to learn new languages also.

I am appending my Resume to this email, for your kind consideration.
Hoping for a wonderful learning experience under your guidance.

Looking forward to a favourable response and thanking you for your time.

Yours Sincerely

2nd Yr Computer Science
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi