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Alum-Funded Grant for Women in STEM Research Awards Two Undergraduate Students
In May, the Ashoka University Women in STEM (AUWS) awarded funding of INR 30,000 each to students Anahita Bharathan (UG’26) and Hitee Bhardwaj (UG’27).
Antara Kulkarni
Jun 24


Layasree Vemmata Gopi (UG’28) Wins Monaco Ocean Protection Challenge 2025 for Startup Idea- ‘Cool Equity’
On May 14th, Layasree Vemmata Gopi (UG’28) won the Monaco Ocean Protection Challenge 2025
Tanisha Pandey
Jun 20


Sanjeev Bikhchandani gets a C in ICT
Bikhchandani’s views must be taken seriously, not because they are a sign of things to come at Ashoka, but because he is an important stakeholder in Indian higher education, whose thoughts must be examined and questioned for what they are, and not what they signify.
Guest Writer
Jun 9


Ashoka Founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani’s response to a concerned alumnus: On Activist Universities & Academic Scholarship
Ashoka Founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani’s response to a concerned alumnus: On Activist Universities & Academic Scholarship
Sanjeev Bikhchandani
Jun 9


Teachers Unions Organise a Joint Press Conference “against unlawful arrest of Dr. Ali Khan Mahmudabad and witch-hunt of public intellectuals”
On May 20th, Tuesday, academics across public universities of Delhi (Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Ambedkar University, and others) banded together at the Press Club of India in New Delhi for a press conference in support of Professor Khan.
The Edict
May 21


“A New Form of Censorship and Harassment:” Prof. Ali Khan Summoned by The Haryana Women’s Commission for Facebook Post
On Thursday, 8th May 2025, Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, Head of Department and Associate Professor of Political Science and History at...
The Edict
May 16


10 Years of Literary Activism: Beyond The Peer-Reviewed Essay
The symposium is part of a yearly series presented by the Centre for the Creative and the Critical in partnership with the Institute of Advanced Studies at University College London (UCL) and the India International Centre, New Delhi.
Anoushka Kumar
Apr 18


The Disequilibrium of Academic Research: Ashoka University and Its Not-So-Liberal-Arts Economics Department
Four years of majoring in Economics at Ashoka has made the process of meeting someone for the first time a well-oiled machine — a meek “I’m an Econ major (sorry),” met with an immediate grimace, followed by a very quick “I’m not like those Econ majors, though"
Mohan Rajagopal
Apr 14


PHICS B.A. Classification Upends Students Academic Trajectories
The interdisciplinary Philosophy and Computer Science major, widely believed to be a BSc degree, has recently been revealed to count as a BA


VPO Announces Everyday Baggage Scanning and Metal Detector Screening for Students at Gate No. 2
Effective January 17th, 2025, Ashoka University will require all students to undergo metal-detector screening and baggage-scanning for every
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