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'Activism and University are not joined at hip': Ashoka University founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani slams academia for Hijacking institutionsFollowing Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad's arrest, Ashoka University trustee Sanjeev Bikhchandani addressed activism and free speech, reveal...
Ashoka University establishes Isaac Centre for Public PolicyAshoka University has launched the Isaac Centre for Public Policy with a grant from the Ajit Isaac Foundation. The Centre will focus on pub...
Bank fraud: ED arrests 2 promoters, CA of pharma company, searches Ashoka UniversityThe action is being undertaken under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and the ED case stems from a 2021 CBI ...
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...
Donors and academic freedom: Given stormy seas in today’s India, funding must be diversified beyond a few business sourcesThe bigger problem is the fate of universities who till now viewed Ashoka as a model to emulate. This model is highly dependent on donors f...
A tale of two heroes: An Ashoka University donor on the challenges of doing good in today’s worldAshoka has been damaged, diminished in the global academic world – it won’t be easy to attract world-class faculty in the future.
Free speech in India suffered 'grievous blow', says Raghuram Rajan on Ashoka University developmentsIn a Linkedin post, former RBI governor Rajan said that free speech has suffered a "grievous blow" in India this week as professor Mehta, o...
Ashoka University Chancellor says founders never interfered, Board stands for intellectual independenceDays after Mehta, who had resigned as vice-chancellor of the university two years back, chose to step down as professor, saying the founder...
Ashoka University acknowledges lapses in institutional processes over resignations of Mehta, SubramanianThe university became the centre of a controversy earlier this week, when Pratap Bhanu Mehta chose to step down as professor, saying that t...
Academicians write open letter to Ashoka University over Pratap Bhanu Mehta's resignationhe university in Haryana's Sonipat became the centre of controversy earlier this week, when Mehta, who had resigned as its vice chancellor ...
What's in a name? Sanjeev Bikhchandani was apprehensive of 'Ashoka' UniversityHe was apprehensive of naming the University 'Ashoka' because he felt it was clichéd.
Ashoka University, IIMA to design an entrepreneurship curriculumIIMA’s Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship and the Ashoka University’s Centre for Entrepreneurship will design and teach ...
Ashoka University raises Rs 50 crore more from HNIsAshoka University, a private liberal arts university, has raised another Rs 50 crore from six new contributors, all high net worth individu...
Genpact and Ashoka University launch Centre for Women's LeadershipThe centre will carry out research, and establish thought leadership to help create contemporary laws and policies that promote equality an...
Ashoka University: A collective effort of 46 philanthropistsYet, for all their good intentions, gritty purpose and a pool of Rs 70 crore, they were still about Rs 80 crore short to roll out their vis...
Ashoka University: India's answer to the Ivy League, promises ‘world-class’ liberal arts educationBacked by entrepreneurs, armed with diverse faculty and alliances with best global peers, Ashoka University promises world-class liberal ed...
Dilip Shanghvi, Nirmal Jain, others line up to back Ashoka UniversityAbout Rs 125 crore has already been raised and in the next four years, the group plans to boost this to a total Rs 500 crore.
Ashoka University signs MoU with Michigan UniversityMU President Mary Sue Coleman said: "We are pleased to partner with Ashoka University and assist them in their endeavour to create tomorrow...
University of Michigan inks MoU with Ashoka UniversityThe MoU seeks to promote cooperation in curricular and faculty development to create an Indian varsity with focus on liberal education, on ...
Ashoka University academic council includes Kaushik Basu, Ramachandra GuhaAshoka University, an upcoming educational institution, announced its academic council comprising of eminent personalities like Kaushik Bas...