BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Ashoka University - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Ashoka University
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ashoka University
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Asia/Kolkata
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0530
TZOFFSETTO:+0530
TZNAME:IST
DTSTART:20250101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260313T000000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260329T235500
DTSTAMP:20260311T235420Z
CREATED:20260311T235420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T235420Z
UID:90278-1773360000-1774828500@www.ashoka.edu.in
SUMMARY:ACC x De Beers Inter-University Case Competition
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/acc-x-de-beers-interuniversity-case-competition/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260318T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260318T110000
DTSTAMP:20260313T025255Z
CREATED:20260313T025255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T025255Z
UID:90308-1773828000-1773831600@www.ashoka.edu.in
SUMMARY:Forecasting regional monsoon onset for millions of farmers using AI-statistical methods
DESCRIPTION:Online colloquium announcement\nForecasting regional monsoon onset for millions of farmers using AI-statistical methods\nWilliam R Boos \nProfessor\, University of California\, Berkeley \n \nAbstract: The continental-scale reorganization of atmospheric circulation that accompanies the onset of India’s summer monsoon has been studied for over a century\, and the progressive spatial expansion of rainfall that occurs during this transition has great consequence for more than a billion people. Smallholder farmers in India make consequential decisions about planting based on their expectations of when this transition will occur\, and they benefit from multiple weeks of advance notice of the onset date. However\, no weeks-ahead forecast of the timing of this rainfall transition in regions across India has been available to farmers or shown to be skillful. Here\, we describe the development and deployment of a new forecasting system for regional\, agriculturally relevant monsoon onset that blends artificial intelligence (AI) weather prediction models with a new statistical model for the probability of first-occurrence events in a season. A novel feature of this statistical-AI system is its ability to account for the likelihood of dry periods beyond the lead-time horizon of the AI model output. We describe the methods used to deploy this AI-based system in real time\, and discuss the successful dissemination of probabilistic onset date forecasts by SMS to 38 million farmers in the summer of 2025. \nAbout the speaker: William Boos is a professor at the University of California\, Berkeley in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science\, where he specializes in atmospheric dynamics. His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms that govern extreme weather phenomena\, planetary wind patterns\, and monsoons\, which are continental-scale atmospheric circulations that deliver water to billions of people in Earth’s tropics. He is also a Faculty Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Before moving to Berkeley\, he was on the faculty at Yale and a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard. He received his Ph.D. from MIT and his undergraduate degrees from the State University of New York at Binghamton.\n\nDate: Wednesday March 18\, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM Email: scdlds@ashoka.edu.in Website: https://scdlds.ashoka.edu.in/
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/forecasting-regional-monsoon-onset-for-millions-of-farmers-using-aistatistical-methods/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260318T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260318T110000
DTSTAMP:20260318T043412Z
CREATED:20260313T082104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T043412Z
UID:90300-1773828000-1773831600@www.ashoka.edu.in
SUMMARY:Forecasting regional monsoon onset for millions of farmers using AI-statistical methods - William R Boos
DESCRIPTION:Online colloquium announcement\nForecasting regional monsoon onset for millions of farmers using AI-statistical methods\nWilliam R Boos \nProfessor\, University of California\, Berkeley \n \n\nAbstract: The continental-scale reorganization of atmospheric circulation that accompanies the onset of India’s summer monsoon has been studied for over a century\, and the progressive spatial expansion of rainfall that occurs during this transition has great consequence for more than a billion people. Smallholder farmers in India make consequential decisions about planting based on their expectations of when this transition will occur\, and they benefit from multiple weeks of advance notice of the onset date. However\, no weeks-ahead forecast of the timing of this rainfall transition in regions across India has been available to farmers or shown to be skillful. Here\, we describe the development and deployment of a new forecasting system for regional\, agriculturally relevant monsoon onset that blends artificial intelligence (AI) weather prediction models with a new statistical model for the probability of first-occurrence events in a season. A novel feature of this statistical-AI system is its ability to account for the likelihood of dry periods beyond the lead-time horizon of the AI model output. We describe the methods used to deploy this AI-based system in real time\, and discuss the successful dissemination of probabilistic onset date forecasts by SMS to 38 million farmers in the summer of 2025. \nAbout the speaker: William Boos is a professor at the University of California\, Berkeley in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science\, where he specializes in atmospheric dynamics. His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms that govern extreme weather phenomena\, planetary wind patterns\, and monsoons\, which are continental-scale atmospheric circulations that deliver water to billions of people in Earth’s tropics. He is also a Faculty Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Before moving to Berkeley\, he was on the faculty at Yale and a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard. He received his Ph.D. from MIT and his undergraduate degrees from the State University of New York at Binghamton. \n\nDate: Wednesday March 18\, 2026\nTime: 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM\nEmail: scdlds@ashoka.edu.in\nZoom link: https://zoom.us/j/98362059855?pwd=jgQu502nbbysUUJ79PacnParCsKwQe.1  \nWebsite: https://scdlds.ashoka.edu.in/
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/scdlds-coll12/
CATEGORIES:Online Event
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/coll12.png
ORGANIZER;CN="SCDLDS":MAILTO:ashoka-cdlds@ashoka.edu.in
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260318T133000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260318T143000
DTSTAMP:20260314T233528Z
CREATED:20260313T060232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T233528Z
UID:90314-1773840600-1773844200@www.ashoka.edu.in
SUMMARY:AI & the future of work
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium announcement\nAI & the future of work\nDr Prashant Warier \nFounder and CEO\, Qure.ai \n \n  \nAbstract: Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape work at a speed few institutions are prepared for. Tasks that once required years of training can now be performed\, assisted\, or accelerated by machines that learn and improve continuously. As this capability spreads\, the foundations of how organizations operate and how individuals create value are starting to shift. The question is no longer whether AI will change work\, but how deeply it will transform the roles we play\, the skills we develop\, and the systems we build around human potential. \n \nAbout the speaker: Prashant Warier is the Founder and CEO of Qure.ai\, a global health technology company leveraging artificial intelligence to make healthcare more accessible and equitable. A technologist and entrepreneur\, he has built Qure.ai into one of the world’s most recognized AI innovators\, with solutions that support frontline health workers in detecting lung cancer\, stroke\, tuberculosis\, and other critical conditions quickly and accurately. Under his leadership\, Qure.ai’s technology is deployed in more than 105 countries and has benefited over 34 million people. Its impact spans advanced health systems in the United States and the United Kingdom\, remote primary care settings across Africa\, Latin America\, and Southeast Asia\, and even the Everest ER at Mount Everest Base Camp — the world’s highest-altitude primary care facility. Prashant is a TEDx speaker and a recognized thought leader at the intersection of artificial intelligence\, healthcare innovation\, and global health equity. In 2025\, he was named among Forbes India’s Top 30 AI Minds and received The Economic Times Startup Award for Top Innovator. That same year\, Qure.ai was featured on the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list and was recognized by The Times and Statista as one of the Most Innovative Healthcare Companies in the World. He previously received the Forbes India Leadership Award in 2021 for pioneering AI-powered rapid diagnostics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prashant holds more than 35 patents and earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Operations Research from the Georgia Institute of Technology\, USA\, along with a bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.  \n \nAbout Qure.ai Qure.ai is a global health tech company that innovates AI-enabled healthcare solutions to drive early clinical diagnosis and boost seamless patient care coordination. Qure's solutions power the efficient identification and management of Tuberculosis (TB)\, Lung Cancer and Neurocritical findings to support clinicians and propel developments in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. The company empowers healthcare workers or health systems by helping to identify conditions fast\, prioritize treatment planning and ultimately improve quality of patient life. Qure.ai has deployments in over 100 countries\, with regional offices in New York\, London\, and Mumbai. It is a TIME100 Most Influential Company 2025.\n\nDate: Wednesday\, Mar 18\, 2026Time: 01:30 PM – 03:00 PMEmail: scdlds@ashoka.edu.in Website: https://scdlds.ashoka.edu.in/
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/ai-the-future-of-work/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260318T133000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260318T144500
DTSTAMP:20260316T012615Z
CREATED:20260310T070238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T012615Z
UID:90242-1773840600-1773845100@www.ashoka.edu.in
SUMMARY:Physics Colloquium |Monopoles\, Generalised Symmetries\, and Dualities
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: It is natural to consider extending Maxwell's electrodynamics to include point-like sources of magnetic fields\, i.e. magnetic monopoles. I will begin by discussing some classic results on monopoles and their interactions. I will then discuss electric-magnetic duality\, the role of generalised symmetries\, and efforts to develop theories of charges and monopoles interacting with light\, all building up to a discussion of recent work on a novel\, manifestly Lorentz-invariant\, and straightforwardly quantisable action for duality-symmetric gauge theories. I will conclude with a brief review of the various attractive features of our proposal and the consistency checks it passes\, as well as indicate directions for ongoing and future work. \nAbout the Speaker: Madhusudhan Raman is a theoretical physicist with a broad set of interests in quantum field theory and string theory\, and the mathematical structures that arise naturally when studying them. After completing his PhD in Chennai at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences\, he pursued postdoctoral fellowships in Mumbai (at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) and São Paulo (at the Instituto de Física Teórica) before joining the University of Delhi\, where he has taught for the past three years. He is teaching two courses at Ashoka in Spring 2026: “Quantitative Reasoning and Mathematical Thinking” and “Mathematical Physics I: Mathematical & Computational Toolkit.” \nWe look forward to your active participation. \n 
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/physics-colloquium-monopoles-generalised-symmetries-and-dualities/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260318T133000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260318T150000
DTSTAMP:20260315T055754Z
CREATED:20260306T061828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260315T055754Z
UID:90010-1773840600-1773846000@www.ashoka.edu.in
SUMMARY:AI & the future of work - Dr Prashant Warier
DESCRIPTION:Colloquium announcement\nAI & the future of work\nDr Prashant Warier \nFounder and CEO\, Qure.ai \n \n  \n\nAbstract: Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape work at a speed few institutions are prepared for. Tasks that once required years of training can now be performed\, assisted\, or accelerated by machines that learn and improve continuously. As this capability spreads\, the foundations of how organizations operate and how individuals create value are starting to shift. The question is no longer whether AI will change work\, but how deeply it will transform the roles we play\, the skills we develop\, and the systems we build around human potential. \n\nPrashant Warier is the Founder and CEO of Qure.ai\, a global health technology company leveraging artificial intelligence to make healthcare more accessible and equitable. A technologist and entrepreneur\, he has built Qure.ai into one of the world’s most recognized AI innovators\, with solutions that support frontline health workers in detecting lung cancer\, stroke\, tuberculosis\, and other critical conditions quickly and accurately. \nUnder his leadership\, Qure.ai’s technology is deployed in more than 105 countries and has benefited over 34 million people. Its impact spans advanced health systems in the United States and the United Kingdom\, remote primary care settings across Africa\, Latin America\, and Southeast Asia\, and even the Everest ER at Mount Everest Base Camp — the world’s highest-altitude primary care facility. \nPrashant is a TEDx speaker and a recognized thought leader at the intersection of artificial intelligence\, healthcare innovation\, and global health equity. In 2025\, he was named among Forbes India’s Top 30 AI Minds and received The Economic Times Startup Award for Top Innovator. That same year\, Qure.ai was featured on the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list and was recognized by The Times and Statista as one of the Most Innovative Healthcare Companies in the World. He previously received the Forbes India Leadership Award in 2021 for pioneering AI-powered rapid diagnostics during the COVID-19 pandemic. \nPrashant holds more than 35 patents and earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Operations Research from the Georgia Institute of Technology\, USA\, along with a bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. \nAbout Qure.ai \nQure.ai is a global health tech company that innovates AI-enabled healthcare solutions to drive early clinical diagnosis and boost seamless patient care coordination. Qure's solutions power the efficient identification and management of Tuberculosis (TB)\, Lung Cancer and Neurocritical findings to support clinicians and propel developments in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. The company empowers healthcare workers or health systems by helping to identify conditions fast\, prioritize treatment planning and ultimately improve quality of patient life. \nQure.ai has deployments in over 100 countries\, with regional offices in New York\, London\, and Mumbai. It is a TIME100 Most Influential Company 2025. \n\n\nDate: Wednesday\, Mar 18\, 2026Time: 01:30 PM – 03:00 PMEmail: scdlds@ashoka.edu.in Website: https://scdlds.ashoka.edu.in/
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/scdlds-coll11/
LOCATION:AC-02-LR-103\, India
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/prashant_warrier.png
ORGANIZER;CN="SCDLDS":MAILTO:ashoka-cdlds@ashoka.edu.in
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260318T134000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260318T145000
DTSTAMP:20260317T005824Z
CREATED:20260317T005824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T005824Z
UID:90589-1773841200-1773845400@www.ashoka.edu.in
SUMMARY:Economics Department Weekly Seminar | Natasha Jha | 18th March 2026 | 1:40 PM
DESCRIPTION:Title: Job Amenities and Misallocation of Talent \nAbstract: We study how scheduling requirements affect workers' willingness to accept jobs and whether these effects vary by gender and ability. Using an incentivized contract choice experiment with US workers in an online labor market\, we vary outside-hours scheduling and advance notice independently. Outside-hours scheduling with advance notice generates no reservation wage premium; the absence of advance notice raises reservation wages by approximately 14 percent. The two dimensions are not additive. Women require substantially more compensation as flexibility conditions worsen\, with the gap largest at low wages and among workers without flexible baseline schedules. Mechanism analysis rules out taste-based preferences and childcare as primary drivers; the gender differential is concentrated among workers with high household work intensity\, consistent with domestic burden operating as a binding time constraint. The no-notice penalty scales with worker ability across all ability measures\, with implications for firm talent composition.
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/economics-department-weekly-seminar-natasha-jha-18th-march-2026-140-pm/
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR