Lecturer with PhD, four master’s degrees hawks vegetables to survive despite academic qualifications

Sandeep Singh was a faculty member at a Punjabi University for more than ten years but decided to resign due to financial constraints He revealed that the university offered an inadequately low salary, which was also consistently delayed After resigning, he resorted to running a vegetable chart, enabling him to survive amid a scarcity of jobs.

In a testament to the harsh realities some individuals face, a man with a PhD and four master’s degrees has found himself hawking vegetables as a means of survival. Sandeep Singh hawks vegetables on a bicycle.

The stark contrast between his academic achievements and current livelihood highlights the challenges many highly educated individuals encounter amid a scarcity of jobs.

Sandeep Singh was a faculty member at a Punjabi University for more than ten years but decided to resign due to financial constraints.

“I taught at Punjabi University – five years on a junior research fellowship and seven years as a guest faculty.

In June last year, I quit teaching as it became difficult for me and my family to survive on that salary.

I won’t beg before anyone. I will keep doing my work,” Singh told India Today.

Singh noted that the university offered an inadequately low salary, which was also consistently delayed. After resigning, he resorted to running a vegetable chart enabling him to survive