The three year PhD is a platform to share some of the most powerful and effective lessons I have learnt, from other experts on how to get through your PhD program, successfully.

While there is enough research on what causes students to leave doctoral programs without finishing it, there is little; if any support on how to help students finish what they started. An estimated 50 percent of doctoral students don’t finish their PhD.

This could be due to a variety of reasons, from: a. lack of funding b. Life changes – marriage, family demands, sickness in family or c. Lack of motivation or direction – from self as well as the committee

The name of this website is also suggestive and intentionally provocative. While finishing a PhD in three years (in the US) is very difficult, there are some new programs that have come up, that help students finish in three years or about four years. And I went to one such program at Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs.

And yes, I did finish my PhD in three years.

While the idea of the blog is not to set up false expectations on you finishing your PhD in three years (even though it is quite realistic and possible, depending on a few factors), my objective is to bring together resources and ideas that will help you think through and strategize your own PhD journey, so you can finish it successfully.

I am also working on a book by the same title, that will be released in 2017. Watch out for updates.

Finally, send me any ideas or insights or questions that you may have, as you plan your way through your PhD.

Best wishes for the year ahead.