Preparing for PhD entrance exams:04

 

(Photo source: pexels.com)

 

To enroll in a good institute, you must have GATE. Once you have GATE, the financial constraint is solved for at least 4 years. You get good scholarship. Then, every organization or university has their own entrance exam. UGC has made it mandatory. Students have to appear. So, one needs to prepare for it. Generally, questions are set inhouse keeping in mind the the program to be enrolled in. The questions are of basic nature of the relevant field. Generally, it should be easy to moderate level since it is more or less formality in case of many state universities where student enrollment rate is low. In case of programs which are in top demand, one may have to prepare keeping in mind the completion. After, entrance test, there is an interview in which one has to appear before a panel. The panel decides the candidates. 

 

You can read authors books to support the blog

How to choose an institute for your Ph.D? : 03

(Photo source: pexels.com)

 Generally, we all like to apply for the best institute for Ph.D. However, there are some other factors too. It depends on your mindset to great extent. If you are a bright studious student, you do not have to worry. You clear GATE, entrance exams and interviews to be enrolled in a class one institute like IITs, IISC, IISERs, or Reserch Institutes run by Government bodies. Then, you have state run universities or organizations and deemed universities where you can go for Ph.D. There is a vast difference between these two types. In the first type, you do not have to worry about scholarship and research facilities at all while in the second type you have to manage and hustle during your course. Many such institutes even do not give scholarships or its very meagre in amount. Above all, you can go for overseas to do PhD. While doing so, you have to keep in mind that there is no turning back because facilities back home will never entice you.

Generally, people with research and development bent of mind prefer the first type because they are clear of their goal regarding academic career ahead. On the other hand, the second type is suitable for part timers. Some people do it simply for career advancement such as someone is working in a college, he or she needs a PhD degree to move up. There  is  exception too who may do exceptional work in such a tight set up.  

You can read author's books to support the blog

Types of PhD: 02

 (Source: pexels.com)

There are two types of PhD programs; one is called regular in which one needs to be in the campus all the time and the other one is called part time program in which the students work remotely after being assigned to a guide.

If you are getting scholarship then you have to be a regular Ph.D student residing at the campus. You will be assigned some work during your stint at the campus. These works are academic in nature and helps to build some academic experience. On the other hand, part time Ph.D is suitable for working professional who cannot stay in the campus and can do the work remotely.

There is a general notion that regular students are able to finish the course early compared to part time one who can visit his /her guide occasionally. Some works needs to be done at campus under supervision of guide.  

If you like the post you can read or gift the author's books “B.Tech Guide Book" & "Campus Placement Guidebook" available worldwide in Amazon in Kindle format. These book will help you strategize your life. You will find many important things which are not discussed anywhere. Click in the link below.

 

 

B.Tech Guidebook (Click)

 Campus Placement Guidebook(click)

 

Our posts

1. Family support: Overestimate by students 

(https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/04/family-support-overestimate-by-students.html)

2. Knowledge trumps

 (https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/04/knowledge-trumps.html)

4. People may not like you all the time

(https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/05/people-may-not-like-you-all-time.html)

5. Retirement Extended

 (https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/05/retirement-extended.html) 

6. Financial stress

 (https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/05/financial-stress.html)

7. No one is thinking about you

 (https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/05/no-one-is-thinking-about-you.html)

8.  Expectation & over expectation

 (https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/06/expectation-over-expectation.html)

9. Two people, two lessons regarding interviews 

 (https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/06/two-people-two-lessons-regarding.html)

11. Strategy to Write a Paper during PhD:10 

(https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/07/strategy-to-write-paper-during-phd.html)

12. Collaboration during PhD to Write a Research Paper:11

(https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/07/collaboration-during-phd-to-write.html)

13. Anger Management 

(https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/07/anger-management.html)

14. Value addition 

(https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/08/value-addition.html)

15. Accept your reality (https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/08/accept-your-relaity.html) 

16. A few observations regarding AI

(https://authenticmedia2020.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-few-observations-regarding-ai.html)