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On Wednesday, 4th November, 2026, The Centre for the Creative and the Critical (CCC) announced the shortlist for the inaugural Ved Mehta Prize in Creative Nonfiction. The award is meant to recognise outstanding works in the field published in English during the past year. The Prize hopes to expand and highlight the diversity and quality of Creative Nonfiction internationally and bring attention to the excellence of prose, ambition, and experimental traits found in many diffe

From 2nd to 4th November, 2026, the Ministry of Community Well Being (MCWB) organised a Health Camp. This edition of the Campus Care Week was organised in collaboration with Blue Circle Medi Services. Open to faculty, staff and students, the camp provided free consultations with experienced doctors and highly subsidised testing in collaboration with Dr. Lal Pathlabs. MCWB sourced doctors based on an interest form circulated earlier to the student body. In conversation with

During the summer preceding Monsoon 2026, the Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) revamped the Foundation Course (FC) policy. This was communicated to students via email on June 30th, 2026, and mandated that undergraduate students complete all nine FCs within the first two years for upcoming batches, citing academic “flexibility” as its rationale. As the semester draws to a close, students are now seeing how the policy plays out in practice. Some students shared that they have h

On 19th October, 2026, the Committee Against Disciplinary Infractions (CADI) organised a townhall, addressing questions surrounding the university’s policies for infractions, the disciplinary procedures, the transparency of its sanctions, and the extent of student representation in the Committee. It was headed by the Chair of the Committee, Arunava Sinha, alongside the two Undergraduate representatives, Devasheesh Saxena (UG ‘28) and Chinmayi Manoj (UG ‘27). The discussion br

On Saturday, 10th October, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) called for a protest demanding the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner, Mr. Gyanesh Kumar, over alleged irregularities in the electoral roll. In Delhi, thousands took to the streets and were met with excessive police force. Journalists, protesters and bystanders alike were pushed into police vehicles and taken to detention centres. With the deployment of an estimated 23,000 Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) of

In an email to the student body sent on Friday, 9th October, 2026, Ashoka University’s Transport Department announced temporary changes in the timings of the shuttle services between Azadpur Metro Station and Ashoka University. The email specified that the shuttles would operate only until 09:00 p.m. on 9th and 10th October, following a notice issued by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Another email shortly after advised students that traffic congestion on NH-44 at th

On 22nd September 2026, students received an email invitation to attend the launch of the Iron Pillar Initiative in Global Learning (IGL). This is a new joint initiative, for which the inaugural ceremony took place on 28th September at Dr. Reddy’s Auditorium. To further on-campus experiences at Ashoka, IGL is introducing an intensive elective course, Global Investments, Geopolitics, and Leadership, as well as the Science Storytelling Lab. Core objectives include reinforcing A

On 21st September, 2026, the Ministry of Community Well-Being (MCWB) sent a university-wide email announcing an upcoming HPV vaccination drive, offering students and faculty access to three vaccines at a 10% discount on their respective MRPs. The drive dates will be confirmed after sufficient responses are received. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a highly common sexually transmitted infection that has been linked to several forms of cancer. The vaccine is a preventive measure

Welcome to the first edition of Data’s the Point, a new series by The Edict which records, analyses and publishes a variety of data points on Ashoka University. Through this series, we plan to release relevant data points around admissions, scholarships, placements, sustainability, inclusivity and more. Our analysis depends on the various reports, rankings and information published by the university. For our first edition, we look at the National Institutional Ranking Framew

On Wednesday, 30th September, 2026, hundreds of Ashokans assembled outside the library cafe at 8:45 p.m. for a candlelight ‘Reclaim the Night’ march organised by four independent collectives: The United Students Front (USF), the Savitri Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle (SAPSC), Rosa’s Reading Circle and the United Queer Forum (UQF). This march came in the wake of the recent Kalkaji temple rape incident, expressing solidarity with the protests currently taking place across Delhi