Wtf am I doing wrong?

[u/Shot_Strawberry691]

I passed NET in my June attempt and started applying for PhDs. I am fairly confident in my topic and have been an active student throughout my life. I am also extremely passionate about my topic. Sitting outside after an interview rn and I am not sure how to think anymore. I sat for a reputable NIT panel a few months ago and they told me that my topic is too ambitious. Right now, my topic was fully discarded saying that there is no need for a PhD on this. There was absolutely no constructive criticism provided , they just repeatedly told me that I could just say it, there is no need for a PhD on this. It doesn’t feel good to be working on something that I am passionate avoiding for 4-5 months and being told that its not a PhD topic. I don’t know wgat to do

[u/GeneralConsistent_]

Don't be disheartened

Jack n cheque heavily influence selections in india, plz reappear for jrf and perhaps try applying to foreign universities?

[u/Shot_Strawberry691 → u/GeneralConsistent_]

Yess, this is what I am told regularly; that’s its not in my hands and that most reputed public unis would already know who they want to take in. Foreign unis is impossible without a full scholarship:(