{"id":4760,"date":"2016-03-06T08:02:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T02:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=4760"},"modified":"2016-03-06T08:02:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T02:32:29","slug":"is-28-too-old-for-a-phd-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2016\/03\/06\/is-28-too-old-for-a-phd-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Is 28 too old for a Phd Student&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"bd30l-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bd30l-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bd30l-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Some basic maths. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"aefsj-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"aefsj-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"aefsj-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">most Indians finish their 10th at the age of 16-17 ; their 12th at 18\/19 (depending on which part of the year they were born)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"jvhm-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"jvhm-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"jvhm-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">They finish graduation at 21\/22. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"ei3go-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ei3go-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ei3go-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">they finish their masters at 23\/24<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ei3go-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ei3go-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">If they then enroll for a PhD &#8211; it can take between 3 and 7 years. That would make them 26\/31 when they get their degree. I don&#8217;t know anyone who has finished their Phd in 3 years. I know people across the world, who after a decade or so, are yet to finish their Phds.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\">And, post a Phd there is a post doctoral research &#8211; which makes you even older.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\">Also, if you come from rural, rurban India, add a year or two &#8211; sometimes lack of teachers, schools, floods etal increases the finishing your education by a year or two.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Also, if you take a gap year to work between your degree and your Masters, you may be older when you enroll for a PhD. And, sometimes, people do a second Masters&#8217; before enrolling for a Phd.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">So, while i may understand one&#8217;s\u00a0opposition to Kanhaiya&#8217;s views, i don&#8217;t understand the issue with \u00a0age. 28\u00a0and a Phd student is not a bad number. Had he been 35, i would have raised eyebrows (slightly). I know 35 year Phd students (who didn&#8217;t take a gap year, who haven&#8217;t got a second masters &#8211; who enrolled for their Phd straight after their masters, and are yet to finish)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\">Academia has traditionally been funded by Government &#8211; be it a Monarchy or a Republic. And, that means tax payers&#8217; money. So have been art, music and science. So have been wars, and monuments to a regime&#8217;s greatness. So have been roads and schools, and hospitals. \u00a0None of us is consulted on what it is spent on.\u00a0I am not sure we can selectively decide which of the Government&#8217;s schemes we fund.<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eeaq6-0-0\">So, i am just as cool with Kanhaiya&#8217;s Phd, as i am with some person doing their Phd in the links between ancient astrology and astrology. It is a given that i am going to pay for their curiosity\/research\/ future. 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