Enhance your Research Skills through an International Post Doctoral Fellowship

Abstract

There has been an increasing need for improving research potential at Universities and Institutions, to supplement the work done by the leading research Institutions in the country like the IITs. Faculty at engineering educational Institutions need to upgrade their skills both related to teaching and research. It so happens that most of the time, research stops after the acquisition of the Ph.D degree by the faculty and hence nothing much happens either in the Institutions or at the personal level by the faculty. Thus there is a need to rejuvenate and revitalize the research or teaching skills of the faculty, sometime after getting the Ph.D degree. This helps not only in improving the research or teaching skills of the faculty, but also helps in obtaining a new perspective about research, learn or improve upon existing skills, establish contacts and build networks for furthering research both at the personal or professional level. It helps the faculty in Learning the art of writing proposals, write technical papers of the highest quality, understand the nuances of independent research and contribute to the development of new research programs, improve existing programs and write proposals and get more funds to further research in a particular field. This paper provides an overview about the author's recent experience in completing an international post doctoral fellowship in an American University. This paper basically tries to put together the planning and efforts needed to take up such fellowships. The author hopes that the paper may provide some kind of guidance to new and young faculty to take up these opportunities in bettering their personal and professional lives and Leverage the most from these.