Topic of Ph.D. Suggestion

[Raajasekhar]

Hi Lislinks admin and readers,
My self Rajasekhar and i have qualified for jrf in cbse ugc net-dec15 examination. And i am very much interested to join in PhD. So please suggest me to get admitted in to an University and suggest me the topic which i can take for my research and please provide me some synopsis if you have for my reference.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely

Raajasekhar G

[Munesh Kumar]

Friend,

Congratulations for getting award of JRF

Ph.D. you can search the websites and admission policy of the universities. It is almost equal for all, except availability of sheets. 

The next, the matter of selection of topic, better you explore your interest first, clarify your domain where you can work with less stress and full of joy. 

Thank you. 

[Raajasekhar]

Thank you very much sir for your response towards my post and i assure you that i will follow your suggestions.

[Vimal Kumar V.]

Dear Rajasekar,

As a PhD aspirant you should find yourself the topic for the study.

PhD is not an easy walk, you need to do good home work before topic selection.

Recognize your capacity and find a research supervisor and talk with him about your topic.

Shodhganga and shodhgangothri by INFLIBNET is helpful to get an idea of PhD going on and already awarded.

All the best brother.

[Raajasekhar]

Thank you very much sir for your response towards my post and i assure you that i will follow your suggestions.

[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]

Dear Sri Rajasekhar,

Congratulations for clearing the CBSE-UGC NET. It is indeed a big achievement as you have proven yourself that your knowledge and expertise is at par or above the National Standard. (the idea of such "screening test" , as I mean, is to ascertain a standard for candidates using a single uniform bench-marking system) And you have successfully crossed the fence!!

However, ( & on the very onset, I should beg excuse for the following lines!)

In the second part of your post, you have asked for SUGGESTED TOPICS from your fellow professionals. I am sorry to say that it is not befitting  to your STANDARD. A person, who clears the NET, sets a standard for himself/herself which speaks about his/her knowledge & expertise. So, summarily, s/he seems to be ADEQUATELY KNOWLEDGEABLE and it is always expected that s/he is competent enough to embark on teaching/research. Never-the-less, if somebody suggest topic like (a) Scientometric studies of Research Publications of the Associate Professors of Library & Information Sciences of top 25 Indian Universities for the period 1980 to 2010. I am almost certain you will NEVER COMPLETE your study and it will be nearly impossible even to get a guide!! Though undoubtedly it is quite important to get to know about the activities of teachers of any discipline both in terms of quality & quantity. Or if you get suggestions about topics which are completely different from your basic academic background and you have hardly any access to requisite reference materials.

So, you have to know about your ability; your interest, and (equally important) your accessibility to relevant references (I have seen many brilliant researchers to leave extremely important and relevant topics because they had very little access to reference materials; and I openly admit in this forum my personal inability as a library professional to make those materials available to them!!)

I have seen the posts by Sri Munesh Kumar & Sri Vimal Kumar who very softly suggested the same notion which I did rather coarsely!!

And I did it on purpose. I have come across same appeal from many of the young professionals in this forum. If you go through the editorials of LISLinks Newsletter (#2 to #8) you will see that certain issues you have asked for, are adequately addressed and discussed there. There are some tips about how topics can be selected.

I am sorry if I have hurt your sentiment in any way but I felt it necessary to give a "jolt" to the neo researchers.

Lastly I suggest you to follow the last sentence of Munesh Kumar's post and second and third sentences of Sri Vimal Kumar's post.

I whole heartedly wish you Good Luck in your research effort.

Sincerely,

Siddhartha S. Ray

[Raajasekhar]

Thank you very much sir for your response towards my post and i assure you that i will follow your suggestions. In this regards i want to inform you that i have completed my masters of library and information science through distance education and i have done hardwork to get qualify in ugc net in my first attempt itself and i dont have any idea about the phd work so i have requested for the suggestions through this forum.And i Request your good self that to please give your valuable suggestions in my future posts also

[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]

Dear Sri Rajasekhar,

Many thanks for your post.

I understood your situation.

Why don't you select some topics by yourself. I mean to say, why not explore issues which you feel "SHOULD BE CLARIFIED"? Here comes the relevance of Class room teaching.  Had you interacted with your teachers physically, I am confident you might have a handful of issues. Anyway, if you are in service, try to concentrate on issues which keeps you busy mostly or those which seems difficult. Ask Yourself why they are so? How can you tide over the obstacles? Discuss with your colleagues &/or Co-professionals whether they fee/face same problems? if yes, then  you can be sure that this one is "MAJORITY' s PROBLEM" that means an issue of COMMON PROBLEM. You can explore the roots and possibilities (HOW & WHY) of an issue. Talk to your clients. Check how they affect them. How seriously they affect people. Ask your clients what they feel about tackling the problem successfully. Ask your Co-Professionals as well. You will get perceptions of both the groups.. Write down a note. Add your comments. Do a sample literature search. It will enable you to have ideas about others' experiences. Look for earlier research in this or its allied topics. WRITE DOWN VERBATIM THE TITLES OF THOSE RESEARCH TOPICS. Don't miss a single word!!

If you want to take up this topic, yours should certainly have to be 85% different in topic and content. Now modify your TOPIC to suit your convenience without giving away the quality of the work.

Discuss with Teachers and ... there you are... with your OWN RESEARCH TOPIC!!

With all good wishes,

Siddhartha S. Ray