Students Navigate Foundation Course Academic Policies, Prompting a Replanning of Trajectories at Ashoka
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 had to rework...
