Month: September 2021

Why I Won’t Review or Write for Elsevier and Other Commercial Scientific Journals – The Wire Science
https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/why-i-wont-review-or-write-for-elsevier-and-other-commercial-scientific-journals/

Sums up my sentiments on the current state of academic publishing. Food for thought.

Last week I was fortunate to be involved in two great sharing sessions. The first was an invitation by SKE to give a talk sharing my experience of doing PhD at Imperial College London. My main points are:-

• Balanced KPI: subjective & comprehensive, not reductive
• Fundamental research: research for exploration’s sake
• Industrial exposure: academia not the only route post-PhD
• Life > PhD: be involved in community & personal development

The second was an invitation by my alma mater, the Communications & Signal Processing Research Group at Imperial College, to be a speaker at their CSP Alumni Day. I shared my career journey post-PhD including my stint as a Director at MOHE. Overall it was great to meet familiar faces and old friends. Proud to see my colleagues doing well in their respective careers.

Interested? Contact me!