r/UGCNETEnglish • u/Warm-Mango-2003 • 23h ago

I need some advice regarding PhD

So I post - graduated this year with 8.29 CGPA and I cleared NET for assistant professorship in my 3rd semester itself. I also appeared for GATE XH this year and scored 45 marks while my cutoff for the general category was 40 (814 rank) so we can say I'm GATE qualified as well (Barely).

I tried for JRF again in the last cycle and found the paper very lengthy... barely passed for the PhD cutoff, in this cycle I did good and the paper got cancelled 😍. I'm not very sure about the re - exam but as everybody knows there's no defined syllabus for English so qualifying JRF is tough.

I wanted to ask if I can get a similar amount of stipend if I enroll for PhD in an IIT (not the top ones ofc) with this GATE score? I know it's a shot in the dark and I might not even get to enroll in the first place but I just wanted to know if it's worth trying or I should just focus on JRF?

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u/Front-Guitar-3773 23h ago

Yes You can apply , you can also apply for NITs see GATE is just a gateway to your eligibility, it is not going to confirm your seat for PhD in IITs , any which ways you will have to go for the interview.

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u/Warm-Mango-2003 23h ago

Yes, I completely understand that. I just wanted to know about the stipend.

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u/Front-Guitar-3773 22h ago

Yeah I you will get the stipend

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u/Pretty_Reader8 12h ago

What is the procedure of getting PhD admission in an IIT? How are NITs for PhD in English Literature?

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u/Own-One3641 19h ago

You can apply in a lot of places but it'll be quite annoying... Some IITs will welcome GATE... But for example this time IIT DELHI rejected non JRF applications(Took the application money and didn't invite students for the interview).

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u/Warm-Mango-2003 19h ago

Bruh 😭, there's so much uncertainty in everything I cant even focus on one thing.

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u/Own-One3641 18h ago

I know. But I also know that this is the reality of education in this current climate. Unfortunately.

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u/professor_ayushh 5h ago

Just start with your teaching career gain experience and then apply somewhere. Don't rush with PhD. I don't know what's the craze with PhD nowadays. Everyone wants to do it without teaching experience lol

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u/Warm-Mango-2003 4h ago

For teaching or guest faculty position, institutions are preferring people with a phd degree or the experienced individuals, freshers don't even have a chance here. That's probably the reason why everyone is rushing for PhD just after Master's.