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i. Supervisors and Research committee members are strict, which is good in an ideal environment but adds up years to your PhD
ii. Financial upport is absent or negligible. Unless one has JRF, one is not able to sustain themselves.
iii. No value of the NLU tag or anything. You don't even get interview calls from colleges recruiting.
iv. Takes a long time to set up things. Like external sitting over PhD thesis for an year. Externals are big people so universities also don't say much to them.
v. Colleges like JGLS provide financial as well as logistical support for publishing. Here, you have no financial incentives. Logistical support is there, but very patchy. However, I don't personally think fianncial incentives are good for academia in general.
IIT Kharagpur (but it requires 2 year LLB) ,
DU, BHU, AMU (decent but depends on supervisor)
Among private ones, JGLS is good for now. BML Munjal offers a good stipend as well, but idk how good it is.
Last resort universities- State Universities because they often hire their PhD graduates.
Advantages of a private uni is that you can complete your PhD easily. Ultimately you'll have 30 more points on API compared to the idiots like me pursuing it from NLS
2. I am NET qualified, but can't seem to get the JRF, will I be at a disadvantage ?
3. Is doing a PhD from a private university bad ?
Please help. Thanks.