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A PhD is the start of the research careers, and these students are the backbone of Universities and research institutions. It is the opportunity for youthful energy and creativity to make global impact and train the future researchers to make a difference. However, the candidature can also be the period of confusion and regret because of lack of structure and understanding.
Research Methods for Successful PhD is written to help the PhD students and other young researchers navigate their path through this phase that will give them a direction and purpose. It is a candid conversation and developed over the experience of supervising 30 research students and publishing 400 papers over 20 years. The book recognizes that every student is different and has unique circumstances. It teases out the fundamental questions that we forget to ask, the method of relating to the supervisor, discusses methods to improve communication skills and explains the how to get the work published.
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Research Methods for Successful PhD
About the author
Dinesh Kant Kumar did his B.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Chennai) in Electrical and then his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. After a brief stint in the industry, he became an academic in 1997.
Dinesh Kant Kumar is a Professor in Biomedical Engineering at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He has graduated to completion 24 PhD and 6 Masters by research students, and has published over 400 papers. He has also got three patents and been successful in the translation of technology by starting start-ups. He loves meditation, reading, trekking in remote parts of the world and horse-riding. But his passion is to experiment with life itself, and to explore the de¿nitions of Time, Space and I.
