I agree with SR on some counts and disagree on several others. 1. PhD of India and a PhD of US/Canada is different in content, durations and contributions, in general. North American PhDs are rigorous and relevant, whereas same is not the case with India or even UK and Europe. Models are different. 2. Journal publication in India and in North America follows same pattern as SR points out, existing faculty get involved as members of editorial boards and reviewers. However, the quality of peer reviewers tends to play very significant role in the ultimate status of the journals. This reflects why some journals are acceptable for tenure/promotion and rest are ignored. Bad journals exist everywhere with poor quality publication. 3. Top departments acquired this adjective because of faculty in those departments used to publish in top journals mostly those in which they do not have any say. 4. Despite very high quality of researches done at several Schools in North America, their own PhDs are not rewarded by them for appointments etc. They get recruited by others of same level of high quality. In India, mostly, own PhDs are preferred. 5. An observation by SR on %u2018academic staff college%u2019 courses for faculty of JNU is incomplete and faulty. Indian UGC system has made it mandatory for every faculty to undergo such orientation and refresher courses of certain duration prior to promotion. It is across the board and not alone in JNU. 6. UGC/AICTE in India should act in r
