Ph.D. and Research

Treading a Difficult Path

Abstract

The Doctoral programme leads to the highest academic degree in one’s life. Originally, this programme was postulated and conceived to provide a platform for young and bright minds to search for and unravel the hidden path of knowledge with demystifying the century-old irrational beliefs and misconceptions. Over the decades or so, this notion led to a dazzling array of discoveries, insightful research and conceptual understanding, unveiling nature’s work, and making life easier for human beings around the world. However, the core purpose of research and science education seems to be deviating from its trajectory which needs to be comprehensively introspected and rectified by all the stakeholders concerned before it is too late.