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Nethra Ramakrishnan reports on the timelines of the Ashoka University Student Elections. As the Registrar announces call for nominations of Chief Election Officer, it marks the initial step towards elections this year.

Nearly a year after the arrest  of Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad over his Facebook post  on Operation Sindoor, the case has now effectively been brought to a close. On Monday, 16th of March 2026, the Haryana government informed the Supreme Court that it would not grant sanction to prosecute the professor, a decision that halts further criminal proceedings. The State’s decision, described in court as a “ one-time magnanimity, ” was noted by a bench led by Chi

On Thursday, 5th March, the Chancellor's Office notified the Ashoka community about Professor Somak Raychaudhary’s decision to step down as Vice Chancellor. In their email, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees Pramath Raj Sinha and Chancellor Rudrangshu Mukherjee wrote that following Professor Raychaudhary’s decision, The Governing Body of Ashoka University has formally constituted a Search Committee to look for a successor. The email wrote that while Raychuadhary chose not t

Katelyn Patta (UG'26) analyses how Leher, once a dominant force in Ashokan student politics, evaporated so quickly and quietly. "Leher revived a dormant political system, introduced many students to governance, and set the stage for stronger ideological formations to emerge. At the same time, its inability to define its long-term role contributed to its eventual dissolution," she writes.

In the early hours of Thursday, 23rd January 2026, Dr. Dheeraj Sanghi, Dean of Student Affairs (DSA) sent out an email to the student body addressing the unprecedented number of Main Gate Infractions the previous night. The email summarized the night's events, highlighting that 1500 students had left campus on Thursday night and that more than 750 had not returned post midnight. Thursday, 22nd January, was the first Thursday night since the implementation of the new main gate

Ishthara Kiran (UG '28) and Nysa Sanghvi (UG '27) report on several students' gate access being blocked, leaving them stranded outside.

Neha S.K. reports on the AUSG and AUEC progress on By-Elections and Reservation of Seats for International Students in the UG Council

On 14th December 2025, a day after the Monsoon 2025 semester ended, the Residence Life Office (ResLife), in an email addressed to the student body, directed that all students vacate the campus for the winter break. This has been a first in the communications by ResLife that such a policy has been implemented.  The email quoted a clause from the new Residence Life Policy , which was communicated on 30th July, 2025, which stated that “Access to Residence Halls during Summer and

Ashoka University is an intergenerational quest of idealism without illusions   Educational institutions are endeavours of profound optimism; they believe human capital is the only renewable national resource, nations must be their own light (आत्म दीपो भव), and systematic study offers children the most powerful path to overcome or leverage their opening balance. Ashoka University aims higher than optimism: Idealism without Illusions. History suggests that adding success to id

Nethra Ramakrishnan reports on the functioning and challenges in the operational performance of the Equal Opportunity Cell and outlines the roadmap ahead.