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n.karthick
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Hi,
I am a postgraduate student doing Master of Science(by research) in a reputed Institute in India.
I registered for my course on January 2008 and I have not yet completed my course.
The requirement for completion of this course is to get a research paper published in reputed journal.
I joined this course with the aim that I can learn more and do "useful" research work.
Soon after I joined, my senior colleague of my group advised me to publish a paper by doing minor work and then do whatever I want in research.
I rejected his advice and now I am now in a terrible situation. I could not survive also and I didn't produce any significant research output (publication). The reason is I took a problem which is beyond my level and I am struggling with it. I have made a significant improvement in my level of thinking of my subject, learned a lot, understood the basics, yet i could not publish a paper.
In the same group, a person who joined 1.5 years later than me has done a minor work (he extended the work of our senior colleague) and could publish 2 papers within a very short span of time. Please note that my research problem is formulated by me and for finding that itself I took more than 1 year.
My research guide is praising him (the person who got 2 papers) like anything and he is totally unhappy with me because I don't have a paper.
I got heavy stress because of this bad treatment and I could not continue my work. Nowadays I feel, why I ignored the advice of my senior. If I had done a minor modification work or an extension of my senior work and get a paper, i would have completed my course long back.
After putting much effort and time, what I got is bad name and inferiority complex.
My doubt is that whether survival should be given topmost priority? what should I do? Is it wrong to try a tough problem and fail? how could I manage my research and convince myself?
I am a postgraduate student doing Master of Science(by research) in a reputed Institute in India.
I registered for my course on January 2008 and I have not yet completed my course.
The requirement for completion of this course is to get a research paper published in reputed journal.
I joined this course with the aim that I can learn more and do "useful" research work.
Soon after I joined, my senior colleague of my group advised me to publish a paper by doing minor work and then do whatever I want in research.
I rejected his advice and now I am now in a terrible situation. I could not survive also and I didn't produce any significant research output (publication). The reason is I took a problem which is beyond my level and I am struggling with it. I have made a significant improvement in my level of thinking of my subject, learned a lot, understood the basics, yet i could not publish a paper.
In the same group, a person who joined 1.5 years later than me has done a minor work (he extended the work of our senior colleague) and could publish 2 papers within a very short span of time. Please note that my research problem is formulated by me and for finding that itself I took more than 1 year.
My research guide is praising him (the person who got 2 papers) like anything and he is totally unhappy with me because I don't have a paper.
I got heavy stress because of this bad treatment and I could not continue my work. Nowadays I feel, why I ignored the advice of my senior. If I had done a minor modification work or an extension of my senior work and get a paper, i would have completed my course long back.
After putting much effort and time, what I got is bad name and inferiority complex.
My doubt is that whether survival should be given topmost priority? what should I do? Is it wrong to try a tough problem and fail? how could I manage my research and convince myself?