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A PhD is a final degree, and it's a weird place between student and scholar. You aren't expected to produce a Noble Prize research, but you are supposed to use it as a launch pad for future research work. That is why a PhD is 3 to 6 years. It's upto you in the end.
what was the last cutoff/rank for jrf in NET 2024 & 2023??
2. At the current rate it's 37K+HRA per month. But you won't get it every month, it's usually once in 3 months combined. There has been rumours of increasing it to 50K per month.
3. It's a salary that is being provided by the central government. So, NO, you cannot work part-time. There is no double income scheme. You may teach, advocate or research assist but you can't get paid for it. If found out, you will get punished. This ranges from getting kicked out of your PhD program, having to pay a fine, having to return whatever you've earned in JRF or part thereof, having been barred from PhD etc
4. If you want to genuinely be a professor, and get into academia. Make sure you clear the NET, get admission in a decent university, start your PhD and if possible do it fulltime. Majority of people who do a part-time PhD are already professors in some college and need the PhD for promotions.