Thinking of pursuing PhD? Here are some suggestions for you
by Prof. Basudev Biswal originally published in Oct 4th, 2019 on GROW's website . Once I met a hotel manager who after knowing that I teach at IIT Bombay asked me with curiosity if IITians always study. I told him IITians can also dance, sing, play cricket, and do a lot other cool stuffs. Of course, on an average IITians do study more than non IITians, but to say IITians always study is a myth. It is actually a human tendency to invent myths when we come across something we do not understand. It is not a surprise that outside the world of PhD there exist many myths about PhD and research scholars (those who pursue a PhD degree). This article may help you if you are at a crossroad of your life where you see PhD as one of the options ahead. Stop there and ask yourself questions In my first class this semester I handed over a set of questions to the (undergraduate) students; one of the questions was about their future plans. Close to one-third of the students were found to have no fu...