Shortlisting the potential supervisor for PhD studies is a very crucial step. It is not required for the masters’ studies unless you are doing research under the supervision of a professor. As an international student, it is sometimes very difficult to find a relevant professor. Once can keep the following points in his/her mind before shortlisting the professors for the PhD and Post doc studies:

• You need to find 6-8 potential supervisors in different universities under whom you can start your PhD or Post doc
• To shortlist 6-8 good supervisors, one needs to send hundreds of emails to a different professor
• One needs to check the research funding available to the professor
• One needs to interact with the already enrolled senior research members of the group about any issues they are facing before starting your PhD
• One can do not commit two different professors in the same institution to start his/her studies
• According to the replies from the professor, one can get an idea about his/her selection chances
• If the relevant professor does not have available funding to support your studies, one can omit the application submission in that university