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SUMMARY:CWC Winter School 2026
DESCRIPTION:The 2026 edition of the Centre for Writing and Communication Winter School offers a diverse range of workshops and sessions on research writing and communication within the liberal arts academy.  \n1. The Winter School on Research Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences which will be held on campus\, and is open to research students at Ashoka University (UG Fourth year\, Masters and PhD). Link to the application form: https://forms.gle/nQz4UFD1YsdsdPfq6 \n2. Online introductory workshops on niche areas of research writing (The Diary in Research: Stylistic Notes on Academic Writing\, Feminist Research: Meaning-making in Personal Interviews\, and Living Voices and Silent Files: Ethnography and the Archives). Open to all.  \n3. “Translation in the Classroom” offered in collaboration with Ashoka Centre for Translation is open to Ashoka University Faculty\, Staff and Students. Link to the application form: https://forms.gle/j1UJ5sQw8vPukGmf9 \nThe full catalogue of workshops can be viewed here. Please write to cwc@ashoka.edu.in incase of any queries. 
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/cwc-winter-school-2026/
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SUMMARY:Revisiting the Nāyikā: Transformations Across Form\, Body\, and Time
DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Studies in Gender and Sexuality and the Visual Arts Department invites you to a symposium on 'Revisiting the Nāyikā: Transformations Across Body\, Form and Time'. The symposium will be held on November 26\, 2025 from 1.30 PM to 3 PM at AC-03\, LR-003. \n  \nThe term nāyikā comes from the Sanskrit root nÄ« (“to lead”)\, denoting the leading lady or heroine. Bharata's Nāṭyaśāstra\, codifies her according to types and emotional states\, laying the foundation for later tropological traditions that shaped poetics\, visual art\, and performance across centuries. This collaborative symposium hopes to revisit trope of the nāyikā/heroine across Indian aesthetics while also playing on the many meanings and transgressive potentials of the word.  \nWe also ask how gestures\, tropes\, and aesthetic practices around the nāyikā have been embedded and adapted as cultural signifiers of gender\, sexuality and desire. What transformations occur when these forms travel across visual art\, cinema\, performance\, and literary studies? \n  \nPANELISTS: \nProf. Urmimala Sarkar is former Dean of School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University\, New Delhi\, where she was Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies. A renowned dancer and choreographer\, she is also a social anthropologist specializing in dance studies. Prof. Sarkar will present her paper titled "Becoming a Body". \n  \nDr. Brahma Prakash is Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at the School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University\, New Delhi. A cultural theorist\, essayist\, his work focuses on the intertices of art\, culture and politics. His presentation will be titled "Nayikas of the Commons: Body Erotic and the heroine outside of the Nayika-Bhed". \n  \nProf. Parul Dave Mukherji is currently Dean\, School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University\, New Delhi\, where she is Professor of Visual Studies. Her expertise spans classical Sanskrit Aesthetics\, Global and Contemporary Art Histories\, and Comparative Aesthetic Theory. Prof. Mukherji will present a paper titled "Why have there been no great Rasika in Indian aesthetics?" \n  \nDr. Niharika Dinkar\, Associate Professor of Art History at the Department of Art\, Design and Visual Studies at Boise State University\, Idaho\, USA\, will be the discussant for this panel. Her work explores the intersections between art\, technology and the environment in nineteenth century South Asia.  \nWe will serve refreshments for the audience at the event. Please note that this is an in-person session only. We look forward to your participation! 
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/revisiting-the-nyik-transformations-across-form-body-and-time/
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SUMMARY:Economics Department | Weekly Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dear All\, \nThe Department of Economics invites you to their weekly seminar on Wednesday\, November 26\, 2025. \nTime: 1:40 PM to 2:50 PM \nVenue: AC-04-301 \nSpeaker: Shashwat Alok \nTitle:  Breaking Barriers to Financial Access: Cross-Platform Digital Payments and Credit Markets \nAbstract:   Using India’s launch of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI)\, a nationwide cross-platform payment system. Using rarely available data on the universe of consumer loans\, we show that digital payments increased financial deepening\, allowing new borrowers to access formal credit. Banks mainly expanded lending to prime borrowers\, while fintechs served all borrower segments—but only fintechs extended credit to new-to-credit customers. Credit growth was strongest in regions with affordable internet and recent bank account penetration. We find no evidence that this expansion increased default rates.
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/economics-department-weekly-seminars/
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