JNU (in Delhi)

[bigbird246]

Hi Guys,

Didn't know where else to post this- I'm a U.S. American fourth year undergraduate student focusing on early modern South Asian History. In the long run I'd like to do a PhD in History, but I'm in the process of applying to M.A.s (mostly in regional studies) now, because I'd like to improve my language skills and make sure the PhD route is really the way I want to go. Anyways, does anyone have thoughts on Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi for an M.A. in History? A number of the professors I'd like to be work with in US studied there. Also, I've lived in India for a number of years before, so I'm pretty comfortable there. Thoughts? Good idea or not?

Thanks!

[Seeking]

JNU is the best place where you can study South Asian History and its Centre for Historical Studies is very prestigious and also very rigorous - you can't find a better place to study any aspect of South Asian History than there.

Some other American, Canadian and European students have also taken this route before - to get an MA from the Centre for Historical Studies at JNU and then follow it up with a PhD in South Asian History in their home country. If you do well at JNU, your performance there will be well respected at a South Asian Studies Department in your country when you apply for a PhD later.

If you have lived in India before, you should be able to cope with the environment and "not quite the 1st World-like" infrastructure of Delhi. And you'll save a lot of money in the process!

Good luck!

Edited December 11, 2012 by Seeking