As we know that guide plays a vital role in the entire tenure of research leading to PhD, what are the qualities a scholar must look into consideration while selecting a guide?
If you have a research supervisor or mentor in mind, choosing the right one is very important. First of all, the mentor must have knowledge of the research subject, as well as a desire and interest to work in the field. The presence of this type of person makes the work of the PhD student purposeful. Next, there must be innovative thinking and work style that does not bother the doctoral student. However, his job is to guide, support and guide the PhD student to relevant, up-to-date and well-developed scientific work.
Do you mean mentor when saying guide? I think a mentor should have an inherent interest in science and be curious and self-critical. If the mentor has a big network and is internationally known this can help the PhD student to later get important contacts for the continuation of a science career. But we should not forget that in the end the most important is to stay curious and to never ignore data that do not fit. Observation and curiosity seem more important than focus and career planning. Why should we want to become scientists otherwise?
First of all, your career mentor will preferably be someone in similar field as yours. But it's not a must.
The criterion while searching for a research guide :
1)Specialization in that area of research in which you are interested.
2)Expertise of the research guide in that area
3)Sober and affectionate nature of the guide will understand the problems of the research students apart from research work and should.not harass the student
One of the most important criteria is your area of research interest and most importantly, your future research plan. These two are primary to finding a good guide
If you have a research supervisor or mentor in mind, choosing the right one is very important. First of all, the mentor must have knowledge of the research subject, as well as a desire and interest to work in the field. The presence of this type of person makes the work of the PhD student purposeful. Next, there must be innovative thinking and work style that does not bother the doctoral student. However, his job is to guide, support and guide the PhD student to relevant, up-to-date and well-developed scientific work.
A PhD research guide should be an experienced person, well specialized in that field of research, be able to give instructions and share views and ideas and be co-operative.
Mutual understanding is one of the important thing should not be ignored while deciding for guide/supervisor of PhD: I means the guide should be opened minded, sympathetic, cooperative, dedicated and have flexible nature not to impose his own will on the researcher besides having expertise and specialization in the research field. He should be a man of principle and should introduce novel research.
Well, a research supervisor plays a key role in shaping as well as grooming a scholar in the research area under study.
A person who is sufficiently knowledgeous and has a good number of publications in a particular area needs to be chosen as a guide.
A guide should be capable enough of performing both basic and applied research.
The most important feature that needs to be possessed by a guide is his/her personality which is measured in terms of his involvement, etiquettes, sincerity, devotion, dedication, simplicity and a quest to learn as well as to work in harsh environments
The most important criteria is mentor need to be proficient in that area of research in which field you are interested and be able to give instructions and share views and ideas.
Approachability is the main criteria followed by subject knowledge. Since PhD work is a long term focused effort on a new topic which many times may be a super speciality, freedom and flexibility play an important role and the guide must ensure that the best productivity comes from motivation, freedom and right mentorship with a vision.
It's important to ask lots of questions to ensure a good two-way fit. In addition to the suggestions others have mentioned, learn about their mentoring philosophy (do they have one? it could be "I'll give you enough rope to hang yourself by" or "Through weekly meetings, I'll give you enough feedback to stay on course"), work style and expectations, their approach to feedback (and timeliness of their response), how much they expect you to initiate. Talk with their previous students and postdocs to find out their impressions, and see whether their communication style fits your needs. Also remember, you can have many informal research guides, within and outside your department and university. If your career goal takes you outside of academia, be sure to consult professionals in the sector you seek to pursue.
You must have a depth of knowledge on the subject, share ideas, and guide along the way. Freedom and flexibility play an important role and the guide must guarantee the best productivity that comes from motivation, freedom and the correct mentoring with good vision.
Someone who has more research interests, who is more enthusiastic about research than you.
Well Dr. Arvind,
According to my point of view, The most crucial thing about choosing a supervisor is discovering someone interested who is actually interested in your research area. The supervisor is astonishingly important but the area of research itself is probably the most important thing.
The next step is that We should know about the supervisor before approaching him or even during the process of negotiating with them. Read their stuff, their publications, from which domain he or she actually come? Sometimes somebody who looks only at the paper (publications in well-reputed journals), will have a completely different perspective.
Something important when we seek to find a supervisor is to make sure that, I and Supervisor both have good coordination and understanding, and commitment. The commitment in the sense, How much time a supervisor is actually willing to give you during your entire project.
By considering all these, we have to choose our Ph.D. supervisor.
First of all a research guide should be co-operative and friendly. And also, he/she should be a knowledgeable and experienced person in that field.
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