Assistant Professor @ B S Abdur Rahman University of Science and Technology | PhD in Biotechnology | Editor in Chief @ Exon Journal | Researcher Publishing since 2010 | 1740 times cited with h index of 12 from 26 papers|
You should never be a technician during your PhD. You should use your brain and contribute significantly in your PhD rather than just following the work plan of your guide daily. Which group do you belong to.. 1. Your PhD work was proposed by you and the guide was convinced 2. The guide has proposed as work and you executed with his instructions without any contribution from your part 3. The guide proposed the work, after sometime you reached the track and had given significant contributions from both. I will write about different types of PhD guides in next post....
SURAJ MISHRA
6mo
That's exactly what my Dissertation guide said " Don't be a technician, use your own brain". It really helped.
I think you should do all of that, be technician (that's how you develop experimental skills), use brain (critical thinking) and take a lead of your PhD project over time. If you don't have experimental skills, how are you going to be independent researcher?
I look forward for the story. .... From everyone.... More importantly because as a scholar, I even started as 1. But, it's a team work.... And, learning always humbles us down to understand that no matter how good we are. .. research is always a. Team work ...... And that's why it's always "We". And, congratulations to all of you ..I am indeed meeting "initiators" Hi to all of you 😊
Research Scientist (Narayana Health) and Professor (RGUHS, Karnataka)- Clinical Research, Translational Research, Cell Culture Professional, Assay Developer
6moIt's always 3. No matter how good you are. But you must not disrespect your guide. Research is never a single person work...there is no "I"in research..... It's always "we"..... Answer 2 &3 fits well .... PhD is a learning process ..... In which both the scholar and guide learns ...... Atitude matters. ..... A good learner can never go arrogant...... That's my opinion.