{"id":525,"date":"2015-10-24T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T11:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chanakya-research.com\/blog\/?p=525"},"modified":"2020-04-30T08:13:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T08:13:09","slug":"your-preparation-for-your-phd-viva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chanakya-research.com\/blog\/your-preparation-for-your-phd-viva\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Preparation for Your PhD VIVA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oral examinations are more threatening than the written ones and we don\u2019t have an exception here when we talk of the PhD VIVA. I don\u2019t see too many reasons to be really petrified of the PhD VIVA. It is of course natural to feel some anxiety and I think that is symptom which in a good context, indicates that you care about your performance. However, the anxiety has to be eustress and not distress. The best way that you done feel negatively anxious about your PhD VIVA is to very clearly know its purpose and to be also well prepared for the same. The main objective of a VIVA is to give you an opportunity to defend your research, your thesis. It really isn\u2019t a standalone examination and surely only your VIVA cannot decide whether you would pass or fail in your PhD.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Remember if your thesis has good standards and has innovative and worthy research, it may be already decided to pass your thesis, even before the VIVA. So your preparation for this oral examination starts from the first day when you start your research as submitting a well written thesis is the first thing to be done. Have confidence in the arguments that you have presented as that would go a long way in preparing you well for the VIVA. Keep in mind these few things for best results in your VIVA:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n