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Ashoka University Announces 500 New Scholarships
Nila Nagaraja (UG '29) reports on Ashoka University's 500 new scholarships.
Nila Nagaraja
Nov 4, 2025


Campus AQI Approaches ‘Very Poor’ 300 level, Days After Admin Refuses Online Classes
Following the administration’s decision to reject online classes , an email sent by the Campus Life Ministry (CLM) on October 23rd mentioned that, based on past trends, the administration anticipates that “the air quality will naturally improve in the coming days.” However, ten days later, on Saturday, 1st November, 2025, Ashoka’s Air Quality Index (AQI) surged to 291 at 11:00 am. This is the highest recorded level in the University this year, since January 15th, 2025, which
Ananya Mahnot
Nov 1, 2025


Administration Refuses Hybrid Classes Amidst Post-Diwali AQI Surge in Sonipat
Despite a spike in AQI in Delhi-NCR, Dean of Academic Affairs Bikram Phookun and Vice-Chancellor Somak Raychaudhury have decided against online or hybrid classes, as confirmed in an email to faculty members on Tuesday, October 21st, 2025. In the coming week, however, certain faculty members decided to conduct online classes. About a month prior to Diwali, Campus Life Ministry (CLM) consolidated a smog-week proposal following a student survey with over 800 responses. They pro
Ananya Mahnot
Oct 28, 2025


Found in Translation: A Student’s Reflections from Bhashavaad 2.0
On the 29th and 30th of August, the second edition of Bhashavaad: National Translation Conference took place, organised by the Ashoka Centre for Translation in partnership with the New India Foundation, in an effort to bring scholars, writers, translators and publishers together.
Anoushka Kumar
Oct 4, 2025


Space Debris or Asteroid: Potential Origins of Delhi-NCR’s Celestial Phenomenon
At around 1:22 A.M, on Saturday, 20th September 2025, several students reported seeing a glowing object streak above campus, which was observed moving for about 5-7 seconds, tracing an arc in the sky. Similar glowing objects were seen in various regions of Delhi NCR at the same time. The Ashoka football team present in Pilani also saw it moving eastward towards Delhi. Students and faculty speculate that the body may have been a meteorite or a piece of spacecraft debris from
Nila Nagaraja
Oct 1, 2025


"My Work Will Not Satisfy What This Institution Has Been Selling": An Artist's War on Elite India
At Ashoka University, Siddhesh Gautam delivers a talk that challenges seventy-five years of cultural apartheid in Indian design education.
Maya Ribeiro
Sep 29, 2025


Unseen but Seen: The Invisibility of Belonging
Who is an Ashoka student? I asked myself this when I wrote my admissions essay. On a campus where more than 94% of undergraduates come...
Neha Gajbhiye
Sep 26, 2025


Committee पे Committee: The Ashokan Handbook
This summer in Ashoka was more eventful than any– with unilateral policy decisions, unjust suspensions, and mold (lot and lot of it), I...
Avika Mantri
Sep 21, 2025


The Ultimate Project: Inside the Season of the 2024-25 Ashoka Hammerheads
Aneek Chatterjee and Yashwanth Bommareddy (UG'27) write about the University's Ultimate Frisbee team—The Hammerheads, and their 2024-25 Season.
Aneek Chatterjee and Yashwanth Reddy
Sep 17, 2025


Protest Disbanded; Worker-Student Unity Continues
Fatema Tambawalla (UG '27) covers the recent update on the worker's sit-in at Ashoka University. The protest stands disbanded as AUSG members push for unionization and a GRC.
Fatema Tambawalla
Sep 14, 2025
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