This year, Ashoka University introduced the Ashoka Mathematics Challenge (AMC), a new admissions pathway for applicants intending to pursue majors in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics, and similar STEM degrees, creating the university’s first discipline-specific admissions route that requires applicants to identify with a specific academic discipline before entering the university. The assessment will be available in a round of special admissions on 23rd August, 2026,

On 14th July, 2026, Ashoka University, financially supported by Dr. Amit Varma, established the Dr. Ajit Varma Centre for Planetary Health, a new transdisciplinary centre under the Trivedi School of BioSciences. The centre aims to study environmental change and human health through collaborations with three different disciplines: computer science, for health modelling through AI, Economics, for climate change evaluation, and Psychology, for studying community adaptation. Esta

Someday, in the decades to come, there will be two groups of people in India. There will be the people who remember the student protests of the summer of 2026, and there will be the people who can say ‘I was there’. We, the reporters of The Edict, were there. Jantar Mantar has emerged as the epicenter of the nationwide student protests calling for the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan since the 6th of June 2026. It was also the site for the lathi charge an

On June 3rd, 2026, students were informed that the Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) had revamped the Foundation Course (FC) Policy to mandate the completion of all nine FCs within the first two years for upcoming batches. Following departmental notifications, OAA informed the student body through a mail sent on June 30th, 2026, nearly a month later. The OAA cites the reason behind this change as ensuring “FCs serve their foundational purpose early in the undergraduate journey