How to Successfully Manage a PhD

This book covers a list of experience-based actions that were invented and used by the author which led to a successful completion of his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Engineering Research. The book starts by introducing the structure of the contents and how they relate to each other. This is then followed by a sharing techniques and methods that have been developed during the PhD journey. The most important difficulty faced by any individual during such a complex research task is to complete his/her PhD on time with maximum possible efficiency. Efficiency and time are parallel tracks which never meet each other in this journey. The experiences in such a journey has been laid down in this book along with a well-structured way of defining tasks and sub-tasks, which breaks the entire PhD into manageable steps. The sole purpose of this book is to provide some help and guidance to a reader who is doing or is still considering doing a PhD. The author hopes that the contents of this book would help smoothen the depressions and hurdles faced during the process of completing a PhD and give a baseline to follow, whereby, anyone can complete his/her PhD on time with maximum possible efficiency.