 this video I'm going to talk about how to apply for PhD and how to write a research proposal for the same. I know that all the students who are applying for NET exam somewhere in their mind want to do PhD in some point in their life but since this PhD thing is a very new space for them they're really worried. They don't know how to fill a PhD application form, how to go about with it, what are they going to say on the day of the interview, they're not sure about how to write a research proposal, how to pick up a topic for PhD research and there are a lot of questions which keep on bombarding their brain. So I thought of making a video in which in a step by step manner I can tell you each and every thing that you want to know about PhD. So for your convenience I've divided this video into sections. In the first part I'm going to talk about how to apply for PhD in any university or college. So I'm going to tell you all the steps that you need to take and the entire procedure of PhD. In the second part of the video I'm going to talk about research proposal in detail. So I'm going to give you all the guidelines for writing a good research proposal, how to choose your topic and then how to organize your research proposal academically and how to write it in a particular format. So watch this video till the end because if you look forward to do PhD in future I'm sure this video is going to help you out. So if you're really aspiring to become a research scholar there are a few things that you need to know and there are a few steps that you need to take before you get yourself enrolled as a research scholar in a university. Now this process might seem tiresome but I'm telling you that it is way more simpler than you have you must have imagined. So I've broken it down in five steps so that you can know where to start and where to end. The first step is that make a list of all the universities where you wish to apply for PhD. So whatever your subject may be you need to have a word with your professors or maybe with your friends and then finalize a list of colleges or universities where you wish to apply for PhD. Step number two is visit the website of all these universities that you have listed down and then one by one jot down the dates when their PhD forms would be releasing. For example if you are looking forward to do PhD in English and you might want to do it from Delhi University or maybe from Jamia or from JNU then just go to these websites and there's a section or specific section for PhD scholars where you can see all the recent notifications and you can even see when are they going to release the form for the PhD admissions. So just jot down the names of those colleges as well as the dates when their forms would be released and before that they keep on checking their website on a regular basis so that you know if there's any update. There's no other way you can know about the PhD entrance forms unless and until you go to their website and check it yourself. Now the third important step that you take is to fill the application form. Once the application forms are released on the website of the college or university where you wish to apply for PhD you need to fill the application form at the earliest. Don't wait for the last date it's better to fill it in the initial days so that you don't face any server issue or any other issue. Now once you're filling your application form you need to take care of a few things. Number one keep all your documents scanned okay in your computer folder before you set to fill the application form because in almost all the universities and colleges you're going to ask for the scanned copy of your image, scanned copy of your signature and all the scanned copy of different graduation and post graduation mark sheets. So you need to have that in place. Apart from that also understand that there are a few universities in India where you need to submit a research proposal while you're filling the PhD application form okay because you might have this notion in your mind that okay we need to submit a research proposal on the day of the interview. No there are a few universities like the universities where you need to submit your research proposal on the day when you're submitting your PhD application form. So always have that ready with you how to write it, what are the guidelines, what are the things you need to have in mind while writing a research proposal. I'm going to discuss all of that in the next section so just patiently wait for that section to come. The fourth step is the written test or the entrance test. Now once you have filled the application form keep visiting the website of that university on and off so that you get to know when are they conducting the entrance test. There are a few universities where you need to sit for the entrance test and then for the interview whereas if you have your NET certificate in a few universities you will be exempted from the written test because you have already cleared the NET exam and you can directly sit for the interview. So be sure what is the process of the university in which you are applying. If you need to sit for the entrance you have to prepare well for the entrance most of the time the syllabus that you've studied for NET exam would be very similar to the syllabus for the PhD entrance as well or in case if you already have PhD or you have the NET certificate and your university exempts you from the entrance test you just need to wait for the notification of interview to be released on their website and finally we go on to the fifth step that is interview. So on the day of the interview you just need to have all the original documents lined up in your folder in a file which you're going to carry because you need to submit a copy of that before you go and sit for the interview. Apart from that there are a few things you need to remember for the interview. Number one you need to have a thorough command on your subject. So get all your basics right you need to know about your masters about all the things you've studied in your masters because most of the questions are going to come from that. Apart from that they're also going to ask you a lot of questions about your research proposal. So make sure you have not copied and pasted your research proposal from some internet websites because they're going to catch you. You need to understand the fact that research proposal is your baby. So it should be your ideas it should contain your vision your objectives. You can take references from various sites from various friends but at the end you make sure that you have written it. So once you give your interview after a few days you'll find that they're going to announce a list of candidates who they have selected for PhD and the list is going to most probably be released on their website. You can check the list if you are lucky to have your name in that list then you should celebrate because that is when you get to know that you have finally managed to get yourself admitted as a research scholar in that university and after that there are a lot of other things that you need to do. You need to go through a period of coursework then there would be a presentation when you're going to talk about your research proposal and finally your topic would be finalized then you have a face-to-face interaction with your guide. You'll start writing about the research that you're doing you're going to chapterize it you're going to categorize it and all these things are going to smoothly happen because once you get yourself enrolled in any good university it's the duty of that university and the guide to take you through this process because they also know that it's entirely new for you. You've just managed to clear or post-graduation course okay and now this research field is new to you so they are going to tell you each and everything about it. The only thing you need to focus right now is this five-step journey that you have to take all by yourself. There's nobody to guide you at this moment. Once you pass the interview you get selected after that you have the entire university team that is going to help you in the next couple of years. Now that we have known how to apply in a university for PhD it's important for you to understand how to write a research proposal. I've been receiving a lot of phone calls on a daily basis where students ask me please suggest a topic for research proposal please tell me how to write a research proposal so I thought that it's high time I should make a video so that you know everybody can know how this entire thing takes place. So for you to understand how to write a research proposal I've coined an acronym okay which is called Thai Polymer. Now all the parts of this Thai Polymer is going to tell you what all things you need to incorporate in a research proposal because it's a very systematic thing it follows a format and once you write everything in the format only then the university is going to accept your research proposal. So let's start with the T. So T stands for Titan the first important thing in your research proposal is the Titan of your research so what are you going to research it should be concise and it should be meaningful you should not write an entire paragraph as a title or else you should not leave it very open ended okay so it should be very concise as well as it should be meaningful it should tell what exactly are you researching on the next is introduction which stands with I okay so introduction is going to include all the basic facts about your research and your research area which is the area where you are researching you're also going to add about the area and the importance of that area why you have chosen that area for research how is it going to benefit the human plus you are also going to add a few things about the motivation so what motivated you to take that area okay for example I'm doing a phd research right now and the topic of my research is myth as a vehicle of philosophy in the works of David Patnayok so my area is in mythology and there's a huge motivation behind it because I've been brought up in a very religious family and I've been reading a lot about it in my mythology and Ramayana Mahabharat Mahapuran so that is what excites me and I'm really passionate about knowing more and more about it so that is where the motivation part comes from and that is what I have to include in introduction the third thing is which we have problem statements now what is a problem statement a problem statement is going to tell about the issues that you're going to address in your research what is the problem that you're looking at and you are going to talk about it in a very clear and concise manner the next is your objectives now what is objective objective is the motive why you are doing the research what are the benefits that you're going to derive after this research so basically the university which is going to take you as a research scholar they're going to ask you that why should they allow you to do this research like what is the objective what are you going to do for the benefit of the mankind so basically you need to write five to six objectives and that is the cue so whenever we do anything we ask ourselves why are you doing it okay so that cue is the objective so it is the motive and the benefit that is going to come out of this research so after objective the next important thing you need to mention in your research proposal is the literature review so you need to tell the college or the university professors about what already has been done in your field of research for example if my topic is Indian mythology I need to talk about all the research which has already been done on Indian mythology and how my research is different from them there's no point doing the same thing all over again if someone has actually done the same thing then I cannot research on the same topic because then what am I going to do everything about that topic has already been found by that person so in literature review you're going to talk about all the research work that has already been done in your field and how your research is going to be different from that and how you are not able to find certain answers in their research and that is why you're going to answer those things in your research so that is about the literature review we move on to the next topic which is research methodologies now what is research methodology research methodology basically talks about these tools and the methods that you are used that you're going to use in the course of your research in order to solve the problem that you have in your hand so for example if I'm talking about myth as a vehicle of philosophy in the works of data but now I'm going to use myth criticism I'm going to use psychoanalytical criticism in order to study the works of data but now similarly you can use case study survey in order to gather information about the problem and finally move towards the solution so that is going to be there written in the research methodology last but not the least we move on to the section which is called references we all know that there's a limitation of human brain we cannot know everything whenever we are researching on anything we are going to take help from various sources and it is our duty to tell everybody about the sources from which we have taken help so all the sources are mentioned in the references section and there's a particular style in which you mention all these writers I still remember that during my graduation I was doing a research in the field of psychology and there was this particular format we used to always use while we were giving references to the books and to the writers and that was known as the American Psychological Association so APA style we were using similarly in different fields you have different styles of referencing so you need to either by that style and accordingly you need to cite all the people from which you have taken inspiration from which you have taken some facts and you have shared it in your research proposing so I'm believing that the video turned out to be a bit boring because it had so much information that I wanted to give you but I'm sure that this information is going to help you if you are aiming to do PhD in any good university or college I'm wishing you all the best for your future endeavors stay tuned to arpita karwa.com and don't forget to subscribe to this channel we are very close to hit one lakh subscribers and that would be a big thing for us so do support us and you can also follow us on the social media platform if you are preparing for UGC net English then you can go to my website arpitakarwa.com and check out the online course we are offering you so that's it for this video lecture we are going to meet very soon in the next video lecture till the time we meet next happy learning keep loving literature and stay tuned to arpitakarwa.com