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
