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OM
                 .
  A GOOD PhD Student!
               L                                          C
                     Opportunities and Traps
                                            E E
                                   S H
              H A An alternate perspective by

            D
           Suddhasheel Ghosh
           D
     S   U
Delivered on the occassion of the Department Day, Department of Civil Engg.
Am I the good student?M
                                            C O
                                      L .
                                E E
                        S H
         HA
      DD
S   U
    In case you are giving me scornful looks ...
Am I the good student?M
                                   C O
                             L .
                       E E
                 S H
 That who knows his weaknesses is
            A
the wise guy, he who thinks he is the
           H
         D
 smart aleck everytime is otherwise!
        D
  S   U
Broad contents
                                              OM
●   Ideal expectations
                                      L .   C
                                E E
                            H
●   Adventures or otherwise


                  A       S
                 H
●   The supervisor


           D   D
       U
●   Precautions

     S
Prof. S. K. Jain: On achieving goals
                                                                             OM
                                                                    L .    C
                                                           E
 “It is easier to draw a straight line
 from A to B, if your eyes are
 always on the target”
                                                H        E
                                              S
                                                                             B




                   HA
                DD
              U
          A                               In an Engineering PhD, this line

        S
                                          denotes the methodology of research


Prof. S. K. Jain is currently on deputation as the director of IIT – Gandhinagar.
The problem and its statement
                                                    OM
                                            L .   C
                                  Popularity of the domain and


                                        E
                                  the open problems

Your skill sets: Mathematical

                                  H   E
                                S
ability, Problem solving,
Leadership capability,

resources

               HA
Programming; Available




            DD                     TRADEOFF

      S   U
Deliberate, Collaborate, Elaborate
                                        OM
                                L .   C
                         E
                 CE




                   H   E
          A      S                        SCIENCES



         H
     ME                            HSS



       D
          EE            CSE
                BSBE


      D
                              ... and others


S   U
          ...in the stage of advanced research
My dreams on the day of joining ...
                                                   OM
●   Maximum 3.5 yrs
                                         L  .    C
●



                                  E   E
    4-5 journal / conference papers per year

                              H
●   A very brief thesis
●



                        A   S
    Join some big organisation

                    H
●   …  and of course other mundane matters of life



           D    D
     S  U
Situation today ??
                                                  OM
●   Conference papers -
                                          L .   C
    ●



                                 E  E ...
        Yes, National and International


                             H
●   The other parameters remain unsatisfied


                      A    S
               D  H
       U   D
     S                                Why?
Focus (or the lack of it)
                                    OM
                            L .   C
                      E E
                S H
         HA
      DD
S   U
OM
                  CL .
The lure of mundane
                 E
     life andH E
              other
          A S
   (mis)adventures
        H
    D D
S U
OM
                                   L .   C
                             E E
                      S H
         HA
      DD
S   U
    Either before or after, never in between!
Beware of
                                                      OM
                                                .   C
    CHOMUs
       H E E                                  L
                     S
              तबA हमे‌ थामना,
                    जब चोमू का हो सामना,

             H करे, हम मदद करे,
                 तू ही
        D Intelligence की हो कामना
      Dना ही
          वो बजरापा


S   U
Mandatory prayer for every student entering into a PhD programme
The Chomu (चोमू) Effect ...
                                                              OM
●   Urban Dictionary: Chomu (n.)
                                                      L .   C
    ●   One who cannot make his own decisions;

                                            E E
        More often than not, is making fun of others;

                                     H
    ●




                                   S
    ●   ... and has stupid whims of his own.


               A
●   The Principal Goal(s) of a Chomu

              H
    ●   Waste your time

            D
        Get his work done by you while he takes the credit for it
    ●


●




         U D
    Principal Symptom


     S
    ●   Enormous urge to seek instant gratification
    ●   Enormous urge to show off his whims
●   Vivid examples
OM
                                             Suddhasheel! MATLAB mein
                                             optimization ho jata hai kya?


 Yeah! Maybe you can check these
commands. Wait, let me show you...

                                                        L .    C
                                               E E
                                        S H
                HA
              D
                                 Wow! I
                               can get my


             D
                                 thesis



           U
                                done by



       S
                                  him!!

Working with Java                           Working with MATLAB
    and C++                                 + MATLAB doc open
OM
                                        L .   C
                                 E E
                          S H
               H
Fast food may be A
good to eat,D it
         D
             but

  S  U
     is junk!

Save yourself, stop instantly gratifying your colleagues!
Intellectual gains or botheration …?
                                                    OM
                                            L .   C
                                    E E
                           S H
          A
                                         Control!


         H
                                         Don't spoon feed!



      DD                                 Chuck spoon feeding
                                         seekers out of the

    U
                                         group!

S    Save your energy for research, rather than spoon feeding others
Learning, not to spoonfeed, the hard way
                                                        OM
●   Helping
                                                L .   C
    ●



                                        E E
        Merci Monseiur/Mlle, c'etait très gentille!


                                  H
    ●   Acknowledgements in their theses.
●




              A
    your degree?                S
    But, does going out of the way for others give you

●   Cost?
           D H
          D
    ●   Time

       U
        The 'friend' can get his/her thesis done by you.

     S
    ●
Learning, not to spoonfeed, the hard way
                                                        OM
●   Helping
                                                L .   C
    ●



                                        E E
        Merci Monseiur/Mlle, c'etait très gentille!


                                  H
    ●   Acknowledgements in their theses
●

    your degree?
                     A          S
    But, does going out of the way for others give you

●   Cost?
               D   H
           D
    ●   Time

       U
        The 'friend' can get his/her thesis done by you.

     S I DO NOT KNOW!
    ●


●   Divine Enlightenment? Wastage of time? Say:-
M
                                        Suddhasheel! How to reverse



                                                           O
                                        order a matrix without using
                                             FOR in MATLAB?

       I don't know!


                                                   L .   C
                                            E E
                                      S H
            HA
          D
                          Now he
                         would at




       U D             least Google




   S
Working with Java
    and C++
                                       Working with MATLAB
                                       + MATLAB doc open
OM
                      L .   C
                E E
The laboratoryH
          A S environment

       D H
    U D
S
OM
                                     L .   C
                               E E
                        S HOh! The divine pleasure


           HA             of anonymously browsing
                          the profiles of Beautiful


        DD                  babes and Handsome
                                  Hunks!


  S   U
...and reading non-sensical updates like « Mujhe FTV
           se apna birthday yaad aaya hai! »
Use, overuse, misuse … decide
                                           OM
                                   L .   C
                            E E
                    S H
         HA
      DD
S   U
            Your lab mates and co-researchers require /
            need / deserve an equal share of facilities
OM
                                L .   C
                          E E
                    S H
The lab isn't a bathroom or a toilet! Leave

          A
        these things at the hostel!

         H
      DD
S   U
Silence!!! This is a lab ...
                                                 OM
                                         L .   C
                               E E
                        S H
         HA
      DD
S   U
Mobile Phone rings            Effect after mobile phone rings

              … and not a discotheque!
My supervisor
  is an IDIOT!
                                                    OM
                           Gives NO
                                            L .   C He knows


                                        E
                                                   NOTHING!
                        attention to me!



                               H      E
   My supervisor gave

                A
   me TA and my CPI          S              Paper lying with



              H
                                           Supervisor for > 5
    went less than 8
                                                months



  The D
            D
           Supervisor and YOU
       U
    S you could cherish for life … or weep upon
A relation
After all he is a human being ...
                                                    O    M
                                    Supervisor's C
●   Your priorities                ●


                                           L   . priorities
    ●   Your thesis

                                     E
                                       ●

                                        E  Your research


                                   H
    ●   Calling up your family         ●   Your co-researcher(s)

                                 S
        once in a while …                  research(es)

              A
    ●   Your girlfriend /              ●   His project(s)

             H
        boyfriend / spouse             ●   His career + papers


          DD                           ●   Institute committees
                                           His family esp. children

        U
                                       ●




    S       Being more considerate earns you the respect!
Other places vs. IITs
                                                   Oof M
                                             .C
Other Places in India


                                 life and L
   ●   Students run errands      Full independence
                                    ●
                                    ●




                                 24 hrE
                                          studies

                                    E – 8 hrs / week
       ●   Bringing milk,
           groceries, taking the        access to internet
                                H duty
                                    ●
                                    ●




       Supervisor runs errandsS
           child to the school
                                 TA ●




                          A mentor to keep the
                                    ●
   ●

                                 Supervisor acts as
                      H student from digressing
                                    ●
                                    ●
       ●   Writing the student's

                  D
           thesis

              D
           Getting it through the
       ●
                                 from his track
          U
           doctoral exam panel

        S
In the lands abroad … and here
                                              O inM
●   Meeting frequency:
                                anytime L
                                          .C
                                We can almost walk
                                ●


    ●    1-2 times a month
                                     E
                                  E problems
                                        Not irritated!

                               H
    Professional
                                    ●
●

    relationship
                             S  Personal
                                ●


    ●




               HA
         Need for taking
         appointments


            DD
    S     U
        There's happiness in appreciating good things
        There's happiness appreciating good
        in life. Welcome to the power of +ve thinking
        in life.            the power of +ve thinking
OM
                  L .   C
            E E
            H
  StatutorySWarnings
       H A
    DD
S U
Bootlicking: The BOOBY trap
                                                         OM
●


                                                 L .
    ”YES SIR/MAM!”, to whatever the supervisor says!   C
    ●   Never mind wrong or right

                                         E E
                                   H
●   The TRAP
    ●




               A
        you and your approach)   S
        Supervisor may start thinking he/she is always right (about



              H
        Egos may clash when you oppose
    ●


●   Handling

           DD
         U
    ●   Tactfully handle / avoid bootlicking (answering how, would


    S
        end up in me writing a state-of-art research paper)
    ●   Reject/circumvent any such advances/lures/invitations
M
              Its a PhD program and not a
                      honeymoon
                                                                  C O
●   The ”Honeymoon” attitude (of the student)
                                                            L .
        Casual approach to the PhD program

                                                   E E
    ●


             I was a good student earlier, so I would do well in the PhD program.


                                           H
         –




                                         S
         –   Don't worry, even if I do not work, I would end up doing well!
             ”Are ho jaayega yaar!”


               A
         –

        Sight seeing (read – aimless web browsing)

              H
    ●


        Love making (read – pointless personal conversations)

            D
    ●


        ”Arey! This is so simple yaar” : Hand waving

           D
    ●



    Aftermath of the ”Honeymoon”

         U
●




     S
    ●   Kaam ki fikar kar, kaam ka zikar kar, zikar ka fikar kar, fikar ka
        zikar kar, par kaam mat kar!
Relations with people
                                                   O M
●


                                          L   .C
    The Head of the Department: Handle with care
●



                                    E   E
    Potential misusers of facilities of Labs and the
    institute: Avoid
    Chomus: Strongly avoid H
●

                            S musings
                        Ahandle with care
    CPI >= 9.0 Beware of their
                    H
●




                D
●   Supervisor: Definitely
●



        U    D
    Girlfriend/Boyfriend or spouse and family: You do

     S
    not need my opinion
Attention ...
                                                          OM
●   Cordiality
                                                  L .   C
●   No spoonfeeding

                                        E E
                                  H
●   Discuss – ideas may arrive from anywhere

                                S
●   Its your baby, not your supervisor's or anybody else's
        Work!
               A
    ●


●




            D H
    We are all just prisoners here, of our own USB device (with
    due apologies to the Eagles' Hotel California)
    ●




         U D
        Backups!


     S
●   Peer fights to supervisor and peer politics
    ●   No! No!
Where we started ...
                                                    OM
                                            L .   C
                                       E
                                            B


                                     E
    Eyes on the goal!



                             S H
A
                 HA
           D   D
     S  U
     Principles,
      Dignity,
     Integrity          Focus! Like the horse in the race!
                        Focus! Like the horse in the race!
M
      Our goal isn't this ...

                                  C O
                            L .
                      E E
                S H
         HA
      DD
S   U
But these ...

                                                               OM
                                                      L .    C
                                             E E
Second Narmada Bridge,

                                   S H
                            Mumbai urban viaduct         Bandra-Worli Sea Link,



              A
       Gujarat                                                 Mumbai




           D H
        U D
    S
         Konkan Railways           Clover Leaves near ITO,
                                            Delhi


                 And of course the Delhi Metro …!
OM
                        L  .                  C
                      E
     © Suddhasheel Ghosh, 2010
                    E
                 H
            Researcher, Geoinformatics

               S
          Department of Civil Engineering

             A
       Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
                     Kanpur UP


        D H
     e-contact: suddhasheel [AT] gmail dot com



    U D               Website:
            http://www.suddhasheel.com

S       http://indiapolitique.wordpress.com

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45324291 a-good-ph d-student

  • 1. OM . A GOOD PhD Student! L C Opportunities and Traps E E S H H A An alternate perspective by D Suddhasheel Ghosh D S U Delivered on the occassion of the Department Day, Department of Civil Engg.
  • 2. Am I the good student?M C O L . E E S H HA DD S U In case you are giving me scornful looks ...
  • 3. Am I the good student?M C O L . E E S H That who knows his weaknesses is A the wise guy, he who thinks he is the H D smart aleck everytime is otherwise! D S U
  • 4. Broad contents OM ● Ideal expectations L . C E E H ● Adventures or otherwise A S H ● The supervisor D D U ● Precautions S
  • 5. Prof. S. K. Jain: On achieving goals OM L . C E “It is easier to draw a straight line from A to B, if your eyes are always on the target” H E S B HA DD U A In an Engineering PhD, this line S denotes the methodology of research Prof. S. K. Jain is currently on deputation as the director of IIT – Gandhinagar.
  • 6. The problem and its statement OM L . C Popularity of the domain and E the open problems Your skill sets: Mathematical H E S ability, Problem solving, Leadership capability, resources HA Programming; Available DD TRADEOFF S U
  • 7. Deliberate, Collaborate, Elaborate OM L . C E CE H E A S SCIENCES H ME HSS D EE CSE BSBE D ... and others S U ...in the stage of advanced research
  • 8. My dreams on the day of joining ... OM ● Maximum 3.5 yrs L . C ● E E 4-5 journal / conference papers per year H ● A very brief thesis ● A S Join some big organisation H ● … and of course other mundane matters of life D D S U
  • 9. Situation today ?? OM ● Conference papers - L . C ● E E ... Yes, National and International H ● The other parameters remain unsatisfied A S D H U D S Why?
  • 10. Focus (or the lack of it) OM L . C E E S H HA DD S U
  • 11. OM CL . The lure of mundane E life andH E other A S (mis)adventures H D D S U
  • 12. OM L . C E E S H HA DD S U Either before or after, never in between!
  • 13. Beware of OM . C CHOMUs H E E L S तबA हमे‌ थामना, जब चोमू का हो सामना, H करे, हम मदद करे, तू ही D Intelligence की हो कामना Dना ही वो बजरापा S U Mandatory prayer for every student entering into a PhD programme
  • 14. The Chomu (चोमू) Effect ... OM ● Urban Dictionary: Chomu (n.) L . C ● One who cannot make his own decisions; E E More often than not, is making fun of others; H ● S ● ... and has stupid whims of his own. A ● The Principal Goal(s) of a Chomu H ● Waste your time D Get his work done by you while he takes the credit for it ● ● U D Principal Symptom S ● Enormous urge to seek instant gratification ● Enormous urge to show off his whims ● Vivid examples
  • 15. OM Suddhasheel! MATLAB mein optimization ho jata hai kya? Yeah! Maybe you can check these commands. Wait, let me show you... L . C E E S H HA D Wow! I can get my D thesis U done by S him!! Working with Java Working with MATLAB and C++ + MATLAB doc open
  • 16. OM L . C E E S H H Fast food may be A good to eat,D it D but S U is junk! Save yourself, stop instantly gratifying your colleagues!
  • 17. Intellectual gains or botheration …? OM L . C E E S H A Control! H Don't spoon feed! DD Chuck spoon feeding seekers out of the U group! S Save your energy for research, rather than spoon feeding others
  • 18. Learning, not to spoonfeed, the hard way OM ● Helping L . C ● E E Merci Monseiur/Mlle, c'etait très gentille! H ● Acknowledgements in their theses. ● A your degree? S But, does going out of the way for others give you ● Cost? D H D ● Time U The 'friend' can get his/her thesis done by you. S ●
  • 19. Learning, not to spoonfeed, the hard way OM ● Helping L . C ● E E Merci Monseiur/Mlle, c'etait très gentille! H ● Acknowledgements in their theses ● your degree? A S But, does going out of the way for others give you ● Cost? D H D ● Time U The 'friend' can get his/her thesis done by you. S I DO NOT KNOW! ● ● Divine Enlightenment? Wastage of time? Say:-
  • 20. M Suddhasheel! How to reverse O order a matrix without using FOR in MATLAB? I don't know! L . C E E S H HA D Now he would at U D least Google S Working with Java and C++ Working with MATLAB + MATLAB doc open
  • 21. OM L . C E E The laboratoryH A S environment D H U D S
  • 22. OM L . C E E S HOh! The divine pleasure HA of anonymously browsing the profiles of Beautiful DD babes and Handsome Hunks! S U ...and reading non-sensical updates like « Mujhe FTV se apna birthday yaad aaya hai! »
  • 23. Use, overuse, misuse … decide OM L . C E E S H HA DD S U Your lab mates and co-researchers require / need / deserve an equal share of facilities
  • 24. OM L . C E E S H The lab isn't a bathroom or a toilet! Leave A these things at the hostel! H DD S U
  • 25. Silence!!! This is a lab ... OM L . C E E S H HA DD S U Mobile Phone rings Effect after mobile phone rings … and not a discotheque!
  • 26. My supervisor is an IDIOT! OM Gives NO L . C He knows E NOTHING! attention to me! H E My supervisor gave A me TA and my CPI S Paper lying with H Supervisor for > 5 went less than 8 months The D D Supervisor and YOU U S you could cherish for life … or weep upon A relation
  • 27. After all he is a human being ... O M Supervisor's C ● Your priorities ● L . priorities ● Your thesis E ● E Your research H ● Calling up your family ● Your co-researcher(s) S once in a while … research(es) A ● Your girlfriend / ● His project(s) H boyfriend / spouse ● His career + papers DD ● Institute committees His family esp. children U ● S Being more considerate earns you the respect!
  • 28. Other places vs. IITs Oof M .C Other Places in India life and L ● Students run errands Full independence ● ● 24 hrE studies E – 8 hrs / week ● Bringing milk, groceries, taking the access to internet H duty ● ● Supervisor runs errandsS child to the school TA ● A mentor to keep the ● ● Supervisor acts as H student from digressing ● ● ● Writing the student's D thesis D Getting it through the ● from his track U doctoral exam panel S
  • 29. In the lands abroad … and here O inM ● Meeting frequency: anytime L .C We can almost walk ● ● 1-2 times a month E E problems Not irritated! H Professional ● ● relationship S Personal ● ● HA Need for taking appointments DD S U There's happiness in appreciating good things There's happiness appreciating good in life. Welcome to the power of +ve thinking in life. the power of +ve thinking
  • 30. OM L . C E E H StatutorySWarnings H A DD S U
  • 31. Bootlicking: The BOOBY trap OM ● L . ”YES SIR/MAM!”, to whatever the supervisor says! C ● Never mind wrong or right E E H ● The TRAP ● A you and your approach) S Supervisor may start thinking he/she is always right (about H Egos may clash when you oppose ● ● Handling DD U ● Tactfully handle / avoid bootlicking (answering how, would S end up in me writing a state-of-art research paper) ● Reject/circumvent any such advances/lures/invitations
  • 32. M Its a PhD program and not a honeymoon C O ● The ”Honeymoon” attitude (of the student) L . Casual approach to the PhD program E E ● I was a good student earlier, so I would do well in the PhD program. H – S – Don't worry, even if I do not work, I would end up doing well! ”Are ho jaayega yaar!” A – Sight seeing (read – aimless web browsing) H ● Love making (read – pointless personal conversations) D ● ”Arey! This is so simple yaar” : Hand waving D ● Aftermath of the ”Honeymoon” U ● S ● Kaam ki fikar kar, kaam ka zikar kar, zikar ka fikar kar, fikar ka zikar kar, par kaam mat kar!
  • 33. Relations with people O M ● L .C The Head of the Department: Handle with care ● E E Potential misusers of facilities of Labs and the institute: Avoid Chomus: Strongly avoid H ● S musings Ahandle with care CPI >= 9.0 Beware of their H ● D ● Supervisor: Definitely ● U D Girlfriend/Boyfriend or spouse and family: You do S not need my opinion
  • 34. Attention ... OM ● Cordiality L . C ● No spoonfeeding E E H ● Discuss – ideas may arrive from anywhere S ● Its your baby, not your supervisor's or anybody else's Work! A ● ● D H We are all just prisoners here, of our own USB device (with due apologies to the Eagles' Hotel California) ● U D Backups! S ● Peer fights to supervisor and peer politics ● No! No!
  • 35. Where we started ... OM L . C E B E Eyes on the goal! S H A HA D D S U Principles, Dignity, Integrity Focus! Like the horse in the race! Focus! Like the horse in the race!
  • 36. M Our goal isn't this ... C O L . E E S H HA DD S U
  • 37. But these ... OM L . C E E Second Narmada Bridge, S H Mumbai urban viaduct Bandra-Worli Sea Link, A Gujarat Mumbai D H U D S Konkan Railways Clover Leaves near ITO, Delhi And of course the Delhi Metro …!
  • 38. OM L . C E © Suddhasheel Ghosh, 2010 E H Researcher, Geoinformatics S Department of Civil Engineering A Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur UP D H e-contact: suddhasheel [AT] gmail dot com U D Website: http://www.suddhasheel.com S http://indiapolitique.wordpress.com