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SUMMARY:Monsoon 23 History events poster
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URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/monsoon-23-history-events-poster/
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SUMMARY:Monsoon 23 IR Colloquium
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URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/monsoon-23-ir-colloquium/
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SUMMARY:Monsoon 23 IR Colloquium
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URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/monsoon-23-ir-colloquium/
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SUMMARY:Monsoon 23 IR Event Poster
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SUMMARY:Dyslexia Awareness Month
DESCRIPTION:Dyslexia Awareness Month \n  \nOctober is celebrated as “Dyslexia Awareness Month''. To mark this month\, every year\, the Office of Learning Support (OLS) organized events to raise awareness and spark conversations about dyslexia\, learning\, and neurodiversity within the Ashoka campus. This year\, OLS joined forces with various student clubs and societies to amplify their endeavors\, engaging students\, staff\, and faculty through creative and enjoyable activities. Throughout the month\, OLS carefully planned a series of events designed to involve the entire Ashoka community in various ways\, with the goal of sharing essential facts about dyslexia and nurturing a culture of acceptance for neurodiversity. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/dyslexia-awareness-month/
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SUMMARY:Economics Department Seminar
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Economics invites you to their weekly seminar on Wednesday\, October 18th\, 2023. \nTime: 1:40 PM to 2:50 PM \nVenue: AC04-301 \nSpeaker: Akhil Ilango \nTitle: “Social Norms\, Product Demand\, and Firm Size” \nAbstract: This paper examines the impact of caste norms on product demand\, firm size\, and real income\, in rural India. First\, we document novel evidence on changes in local rainfall intensity as an asymmetric demand-shifter to members of different castes. Specifically\, when consumers from historically disadvantaged low-ranked communities in the hierarchy of caste system (LC) experience a positive shift in income due to good rainfall\, relative to others\, they increase their spending across various non-agricultural product categories\, whose supply is not directly affected by rainfall. Second\, we use novel data on the caste of firm owners and the caste composition of employees within a firm to document that the increase in LC households’ demand leads to higher growth for the local firms owned by members of the same caste category\, relative to others. During this expansion\, LC firms also increase their proportion of LC employees. Third\, motivated by these empirical findings\, we develop a theoretical framework of social norms where firms sell products across castes\, and consumers’ taste for products depends on product quality and the caste of the producer. In response to heterogeneous consumer preferences\, firms invest to influence consumers’ taste by hiring workers from the target consumers’ caste. Finally\, we plan to quantify the role of “caste-specificity in demand” in lowering firm size\, raising the proportion of small firms\, and lowering real income\, in the rural Indian economy. \nWe look forward to having you with us.
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/economics-department-seminar-2/
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SUMMARY:Ashoka Inspire Lecture Series | Ashoka's Journey: From Devotee of Buddhism to Apostle of Ecumenism
DESCRIPTION:Professor Patrick Olivelle will deliver the third Inspire lecture. Professor Olivelle is a distinguished scholar of Sanskrit texts\, Indian religion\, asceticism and law.  He served as Chair of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin (1994-2007)\, where he is currently Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit and Indian Religions. He was elected Vice President of the American Oriental Society in 2004 and President in 2005\, and has received many prestigious awards and fellowships. His path-breaking work\, marked by extraordinary range and rigour\, has had a major impact on the understanding of ancient India’s intellectual traditions and history. Professor Olivelle has written extensively on themes such as dharma\, the ashrama system and asceticism\, and has published authoritative translations of the Upanishads\, Manava Dharmashastra\, Arthashastra\, Buddhacharita and Panchatantra. His most recent book is Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King. \nProfessor Olivelle will speak on ‘Ashoka’s Journey: From Devotee of Buddhism to Apostle of Ecumenism.’ \nThe Maurya emperor Ashoka embarked on a program of religious ecumenism\, where members of different religions would meet with each other to establish both harmony and dialogue\, to learn from each other. Ashoka’s message goes beyond simple religious harmony. It calls for active inter-religious cooperation that would enhance the spiritual life of all religions. The lecture will delve into this aspect of Ashoka’s messages to the various religious organizations of his time\, especially the Buddhist\, Brahmanical\, Jain\, and Ajivika\, a message of harmony within diversity that has relevance to modern times. \nThe lecture will be chaired by Professor Rudrangshu Mukherjee\, Chancellor of Ashoka University. \nDate: 18th October\, 2023 \nTime: 3 pm \nVenue: Ashoka University
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/ashoka-inspire-lecture-series-ashokas-journey-from-devotee-of-buddhism-to-apostle-of-ecumenism/
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