I am 8 months in my PHD and I have no idea what am I suppose to do? my supervisor have no idea about my research area. I am starting to lose motivation and interset in this whole idea about PHD

Any sugesstion will be appreciated?

Thanks
guys

could you be more specific, why don't you supervisor know anything about your subject? usually, the university should assign a supervisor with relevant expertise.

yes you are right,well maybe he doesn't care, i need to push him to guide me to the right trak

it is not right that he doesnot care.. that's the responsibility of a supervisor. do you have some colleagues that you can work together with?

I expect your supervisor does know something about your subject. People don't get to be supervisors without having a wide knowledge of areas that relate to their own particular area. A lot of research work has to be self motivated (I suppose lab work is a bit different if it is a joint project) read the handbook to find out what you should be doing, go to the supervisor with some kind of overall plan, ask for advice about the first area you want to tackle and take it from there. You must not underestimate their knowledge, you should ultimately become an expert in your own particular bit, and then you can explain that to them, but I expect that on the way you will uncover bits of info, or some comment by someone else that you think they won't know about, but will find they know more than you do . Also, if you think they know nothing about the area - perhaps you haven't explained it very well to them?

mihitif, have you provided your supervisor with some written work? This often gets the ball rolling.

Try giving him/her a general outline of your thesis. You must have some idea what you're doing as you would have needed to submit a research proposal to the PhD place.

While your supervisor should be in the same field as yourself, he/she will not necessarily know your subject directly.

What subject is your PhD in?

Sorry..that should read "submit a research proposal to gain a PhD place".

God damn editing facility - where is it?

Does your supervisor have other students and if so, how does he deal with them? Does he guide their research much or rely on them to get on with it on their own, i.e. is this his general style or is it just your project?

I agree with others that you should do your best to put a plan of action together and ask him to go over it with you. If he really knows very little about your area (which does happen - it's the case for me) then perhaps you could get feedback from someone else.

thanks guys for your help, I really appreciate your advice.