Convocation 2026
About Our Convocation
22 May 2026 | Friday | 03:00 PM IST
The Convocation Ceremony at Ashoka University is a momentous occasion that signifies a time of reflection, celebration, and transition. It honours the graduating cohort, marking the culmination of their academic, residential, and socio-cultural journeys, while celebrating years of learning at Ashoka and the beginning of their paths beyond the University.
Distinguished Convocation Speakers Through the Years
Keynote Speaker
Shubhanshu Shukla
Group Captain, Indian Air Force
& Gaganyatri (Astronaut), Indian Space
Research Organisation
Keynote Speaker
Shubhanshu Shukla
Group Captain, Indian Air Force
& Gaganyatri (Astronaut), Indian Space
Research Organisation
#FacultyWishes
My heartfelt congratulations to all the students who are graduating in this Convocation ceremony. As you leave Ashoka, new doors will open for you to continue your life’s journey. All my good wishes to you for the future. Whatever you do, be true to yourself. Vaya con Dios.
Rudrangshu Mukherjee
Chancellor, Professor of History, Ashoka University#FacultyWishes
In class, we taught you case studies and stories to inspire you, but the best ones are yet to be written. Rumi said it best: ‘Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.’ Centuries old, but the finest piece of entrepreneurship advice I can offer as you cross over to the other side. Go unfold yours.
Priyank Narayan
Associate Professor of Practice, Entrepreneurship and Management, Founding Director, InfoEdge Centre for Entrepreneurship, Ashoka University#FacultyWishes
Never forget that you are on your own journey, not on a journey defined by others. Paying attention to the choices of our elders and peers is natural, but defining the road ahead depends in the end on taking stock of your values, your talents, your ambitions, and yes, your limitations. It’s a big and challenging world out there, and I am sure that Ashoka University has equipped you to find your place in it. All the very best in the years to come.
Kanti Bajpai
Visiting Professor of International Relations, Ashoka University#FacultyWishes
As you step beyond these classrooms, you carry with you more than a degree—you carry years of questioning, learning, unlearning, and growth. I hope you leave not just with answers but with the confidence to keep asking better questions.
Wishing you clarity, resilience, and meaningful paths ahead.
Poonam Yadav
Visiting Professor Psychology,#FacultyWishes
We are so proud of you—not just for what you’ve accomplished, but for the courage it took to grow and become who you are today. As you step into the world beyond Ashoka, remember that you’re finally liberated: free to pursue questions nobody asked you to answer, free to make your own mistakes, and free to build a life that doesn’t have to fit neatly into someone else’s rubric. The world is yours! Go forth and astonish yourselves, and know that we’ll be cheering you on every step of the way.
Aalok Thakkar
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Ashoka University#FacultyWishes
Congratulations as you step out of the gated world of university life into the open sphere of real-life opportunities and challenges.
You have done well – very well. I sincerely hope that you continue to do better, achieve greater heights, and make us all truly proud.
Make our country proud as an Ashokan. All the very best for your journey ahead.
Partha Pratim Das
Professor of Computer Science, Ashoka University
About Us
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