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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


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


Negotiations with Bluspring see Positive Results, Nobel Prize Nominee Shabnam Hashmi Arrives for Teach-in
Tanush Guha (UG '26) and Nysa Sanghvi (UG '27) report on the ninth day of the housekeeping workers' protest.
Tanush Guha and Nysa Sanghvi
Sep 6, 2025


Negotiation with Protestors Fails: All 3 Demands Rejected, Bluspring Withholds Workers’ Wages
Negotiations between Bluspring Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kamal Pal Hoda and a delegation of ten housekeeping staff mediated by...
Antara Kulkarni and Ishaan Varior
Sep 3, 2025


Ashoka to Mediate Negotiations between Protesting Housekeeping Workers & BluSpring: Registrar to Represent University Administration
On the morning of 2nd September 2025, Vice-Chancellor Somak Raychaudhury assured that Ashoka University would have a discussion between...
Tanisha Pandey
Sep 2, 2025


“The Seasons Have Come and Gone”: Housekeeping Workers on the fifth day of the Protest
In the late afternoon, heavy rains caused the makeshift test housing workers and students present to collapse, causing workers to set up two smaller tents. Many were forced to return home.
Ananya Kakkar and Antara Kulkarni
Sep 2, 2025


“Kadam Kadam Par Ladenge”: Housekeeping workers’ strike continues through heavy rains
On the morning of Sunday, 31st August 2025, the housekeeping staff entered their fourth day of protest. Despite a heavy downpour and a...
Tanisha Pandey and Katelyn Patta
Sep 1, 2025


"Sharam Karo": Housekeeping Workers’ Protest Enters Third Day, No Communication From Administration and Contractors
The housekeeping staff workers’ protest completed its 3rd day on the 30th of August, 2025, with over seventy workers present at the site,...
Ananya Pendharkar & Nysa Sanghvi
Aug 31, 2025


Cut From the Same Cloth: CLAD and HerCampus
A reel by a club at Ashoka may just be a few seconds of stimulation in the course of a doom scroll, but the aphorism ‘a picture speaks a thousand words’ holds for a reason—a video, then? Arguably, even more. The seemingly insignificant reel becomes important to us all, for this bite of information plays a vital role in how our institution is perceived. The number of times a friend from another university has sent me a reel from HerCampus or CLAD is, well, countless.
Giya Sood
Aug 19, 2025
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