Re: Topic for dissertation / research

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Hello to all

Dr Thawani's views though quite radical given the minset and policies

of most universities and medical schools in India, are worth

considering. However we may first try to find such

universities/medical colleges in India where merits and performance

are the criteria for choice of PG teachers or any faculty position for

that matter! During the earlier discussion on PG curriculum that we

had, many PG students had expressed the opinion that while deciding

the the topic of dissertation/research their interest and the

potential use of the work in their future careers should also be

considered. I think as PG teachers we must be open to their

suggestions and try to be accommodative as far as possible.

Chetna Desai

Ahmedabad

On 03/01/07, Vijay <drvijaythawani@...> wrote:

> Hi

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> Narendra feels that the topic should be of guide's choice. Well I beg

> to differ on this. Those guides who are not sci updated, are a flop in

> guiding the new generation of researchers. Experience does matter but

> experience alone is not all. With the info explosion and rapid

> progress in sci field, the young rsearchers will do well to shape

> their careers well with newer topics rather than re-searching what has

> been already researched.If the foundation is not laid well then a high

> rise can not be erected later on it!

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> Yes, the topic for the PG should be from the area of specialisation of

> the guide because that way the student will gain the insights in the

> work already done and further the research.

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> I srongly feel that like for PhD scholars, the medical PGs should have

> the power of choosing the guide rather than the PG being alloted

> randomly by the HOD to the faculty of the department. If the reserach

> students weild and exercise the power to select the guide than

> naturally because of the process of seletion, the mediocre,

> substandard, below par, non-acedemic bufoons will be out of

> research.It makes sense to check the mediocracy in the research.

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Chetna Desai