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Ashoka University appoints Professor Rishikesha T. Krishnan as its next vice-chancellorAshoka University has appointed Professor Rishikesha T. Krishnan as its next Vice-Chancellor, effective August 1, 2026. A distinguished sch...
Artemis II's success gives confidence to India for Gaganyaan mission, says astrophysicistBuilding on the momentum of Artemis II's successful lunar expedition, India's Gaganyaan mission is set to chart new territory in human spac...
Shubhanshu Shukla's space mission start of India's human space journey, say industry leadersIndia's space program reached a new milestone with astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla's mission to the ISS, hailed as the start of sustained human...
Axis Bank commits Rs 104 crore to Ashoka University to strengthen interdisciplinary sciences & research excellenceAxis Bank commits Rs 104 crores over four years to support Ashoka University's PhD, Post-Doctoral and Research programmes. The partnership ...
Isro’s XPoSat to lift off today to study X-rays' sourcesThe satellite will seek to understand the sources of x-rays and study blackholes. The satellite is set for launch on board the Polar Satell...
Social media and private partnership: Inside the changes at ISROThe stakes are high: the $400 billion global commercial space market is expected to be worth $1 trillion by 2030, but at the moment India h...
Aditya-L1 solar mission a pioneering leap to study Sun, say expertsIndia's Aditya-L1 mission, the country's first space-based solar study, aims to provide insights into the Sun's activities and their impact...
Isro wants a place in the Sun, sets September 2 date for Aditya-L1Aditya L1 shall be the first space based Indian mission to study the Sun. The spacecraft shall be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrang...
India’s late-stage tech funding stuck due to high valuations: SoftBank’s Sumer JunejaHappy Monday! We ended last week with Zepto’s $200-million funding, a rare large-sized round which made the quick-commerce company 2023’s f...
The moon is now open for businessApart from making it a base for future habitation, the exploration of the lunar surface will also give a fillip to the private sector
Ashoka University row: Another faculty member resigns, professors threaten exodus if Sabyasachi Das not reinstatedThe university had earlier distanced itself from the paper, "Democratic Backsliding in the World's Largest Democracy", in which Sabyasachi ...
Professor Somak Raychaudhury appointed Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka UniversityPramath Raj Sinha, Chairman, Board of Trustees, said “Professor Raychaudhury brings stellar academic stature and strong administrative expe...
View: Why this year's Physics Nobel comes as a pleasant surpriseAlfred Nobel's will clearly indicates that these prizes are meant for those inventions that are of the ‘greatest practical benefit to manki...
Reaching for stars: India is betting big on mega, multi-country science projects"The big shift is that India is moving from the periphery to the core of such mega global science projects", says RA Mashelkar former direc...
Meet the Indian astrophysicists who discovered the Saraswati SuperclusterAmong the major challenges in working in this field in India is the lack of large-scale experimental facilities for scientists.
Gravitational waves: It’s all about extracting wave signal from noise, says scientist Sanjeev Dhurandhar"In 1916, Einstein had thought that detection of these waves was extremely difficult, but technology has improved," said Dhurandhar.