All Posts

In Memory of Andre Beteille I did not know Andre Beteille in the ordinary way one knows a teacher. I never took walks with him, shared coffee on a porch, or spoke to him across a desk, as many who are writing memoirs now have. I came to Ashoka University after his years here had passed. By then, he existed for me only as an inheritance of a name I had encountered in texts, and then found on a board in the administrative block at Ashoka. But I think that distance is fitting fo

Nethra Ramakrishnan (UG'29) reviews the expense tracker, HoR and UG Council records from the Monsoon Semester of Ashoka University Student Government. The writer filed an RTI on the SG platform on 1st February. "As per the AUSG RTI policy, expedited submissions will receive a response within 3 working days, and responses to anonymous submissions will be uploaded to the AUSG Public Information Drive within 4 working days. The RTI request has not received a response at the tim

“I wanted the possibility of co-creating a conversation between the film and the audience,” says Paromita Vohra, filmmaker, writer and founder of Agents of Ishq, a multimedia project on love, sex and sexual politics in India.

On Friday, 6th February,2026, Dean of Student Affairs (DSA) Dr. Dheeraj Sanghi sent out an email to the student body addressing changes to the Night Entry Protocol, effective immediately.

Ahana Walanju (UG '26) announces her resignation from the AUSG

The Edict joins the Ashoka University community in mourning the passing of Professor Andre Beteille, the institution’s first Chancellor. Widely regarded as one of the most influential sociologists of his time, Professor Beteille’s academic stature was such that it is often said he would have been the first recipient of a Nobel Prize for Sociology, had one existed. Over the course of his career, he held visiting professorships at leading institutions worldwide, including the U