Dear Student,

Pursuing Ph.D in Computers or Public Administration is a matter of personal choice, interests and aptitudes. Both have equal scope and opportunities, it only depends on where you will be able to deliver your best.

Public administration is a system through which the government carries out its business of ruling and controlling effectively. Public administrator perform a wide range of functions, including managing city budgets, developing policy and legislation, implementing policies, analyzing data to determine and solve public needs, ensuring security, etc. With a degree in Public Administration, you will be prepared for a variety of careers in public and private organizations, educational institutes and government organizations. During the minimum of 3-4 years spent completing a PhD in Public Administration, you will be working in areas like co-authorship of academic papers, giving lectures and contributing to the administration, or teaching of undergraduate courses. You will also be engage in extensive research which results in a dissertation.

P.hD is all about doing research. The problems that are addressed by a PhD scholar can range from very difficult open problems to evolutionary technology issues .In Computer Science; the problem area can range from highly theoretical/mathematical to modeling and experimentation or building new technologies. Clearly, one of the main job opportunities after PhD is a faculty position in some University, College, or an Institute. In faculty positions it should be mentioned that for Computer Science, as there is a shortage of qualified faculty in most good institutions, there are always openings in places like IITs/NITs/RECs/Central Universities, etc. Besides teaching, research centres, most of the big Indian IT companies have started high end technology development and consulting, and R&D centres or cells, in which they need PhDs. Almost all the IT majors - TCS, Infosys, Wipro, etc. employ a large number of PhDs as they are always looking for more people to enhance their R&D activities. Immediately after PhD, there are opportunities for post-doctoral work in US and Europe. While working as a researcher/faculty, there are opportunities for visiting faculty appointments or visiting researchers in US, Europe, Singapore, etc., where a faculty member from India can spend a year or two in overseas universities or research labs.

All the best !!

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