Navigating PhD: Things to know before during and after PhD

<p>I had many students ask me about the PhD if it is worth pursuing how to select a university what to look for in a research group career path in academia or industry and surviving the PhD ordeal! Since I had answered hundreds of them already I thought that it is appropriate that I write a book about it. It might seem very obvious to some while others might find it extremely useful but I would pen down in each of the chapters what my thoughts are from my experience in interacting with a lot of students ranging from aspiring undergraduate students both successful and struggling PhD students and most-importantly the highly ambiguous PhinisheD ones! The chapters in this book not just focusses on a set of objective things to look for when you decide on your graduate studies. The book is filled with lot of practical things to consider which I personally felt nobody told me about! Had I known these things before I decided on my graduate studies I would have been more careful!</p>