That time of the year where students look for reference letters for applying for PhD abroad. A short thread on academics doing well, having done their PhD's in India (within past 20-odd years). Foreign PhDs are great. Indian too. #AtmaNirbharAcademia

Dr. Manu V Devadevan, winner of Infosys Prize 2019, PhD from Managalore University in 2011, now at IIT Mandi. Incredibly multi-lingual. Inspiring story. https://www.onmanorama.com/news/campus-reporter/2019/11/13/manu-devadevan-keralite-iit-infosys-winner.html

Reetika Khera, Economist, PhD from Delhi School of Economics, now at IIT Delhi (former colleague at IIMA). Expert on social policies. Only 3000+ citations to her work but more importantly, there's also a Wikipedia page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reetika_Khera

Harini Nagendra, Ecologist, PhD from IISc in 1998, now at APU Bengaluru. Only 150+ peer reviewed papers, 11K citations + stellar books such as 'Nature in the City'.

So think twice before applying abroad. IIMA is a great place to do a PhD in so many diverse fields. Do apply :)
https://www.iima.ac.in/web/fpm/apply/admissions