PORTAL EXCLUSIVE: Students with disabilities need college-readiness programmes

PORTAL EXCLUSIVE: Students with disabilities need college-readiness programmes

April 8th, 2024

Bridging the divide between inclusive policies and practical challenges faced by specially-abled students in transitioning from elementary to secondary and higher education is essential, writes Reena Gupta, director, Office of Learning Support at Ashoka University  

Clean Energy Transition Financing – Is it for Energy or Social Transition?

March 4th, 2024

120 km away from the bright lights of Delhi lies the village of Daranagar in Uttar Pradesh where Grid Based Electricity has not yet reached. However, a private partner-led, and grant-based solar microgrid has been operational since December 2022. The microgrid supplies electricity to each household with four bulbs (4W each).

2 Bengaluru students to represent India at international science fair

February 8th, 2024

With guidance from their teacher, Alankar, and Partha Pratim Das, a professor at Ashoka University, Dhruv and Akhilesh conducted their research at the Mphasis Laboratory at Ashoka.

Ashoka University Partners with Carl Zeiss India to Establish State-of-the-Art ‘Core Imaging Facility’

November 23rd, 2023

Ashoka University has entered into a partnership with Carl Zeiss India (Bangalore) Pvt. Ltd. (ZEISS Group) to establish a state-of-the-art ‘Core Imaging Facility’. Under this partnership, the company will provide the university with latest cutting-edge microscopy technology, including High Resolution, Super Resolution, High Content microscopes.

“Just Tip Of Iceberg”: Professor On Delhi Pollution

November 6th, 2023

When asked about solutions to the air emergency that Delhi is witnessing, Ashoka University professor Anurag Agrawal says this is just the tip of an iceberg and the only solution is to not generate pollution.

View: GoI must set up an empowered authority reporting to PMO to oversee India’s energy transition

November 6th, 2023

With COP28 starting in Dubai in a few weeks, there is much discussion on the critical issue of energy transition. Interventions to reduce carbon emissions are expensive, especially deeper ones like adopting low-carbon technology in manufacturing or switching to cleaner fuels/feedstocks like, say, green hydrogen (GH2). At the same time, they have a massive role to play in achieving net-zero emission goals, writes Leena Srivastava.

Rev up Anganwadi workers to fight NDDs

October 30th, 2023

In India, the burden of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) and their associated disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) is a growing concern. Disability-adjusted life year (DALY) is a metric that integrates both years of life lost due to premature mortality (YLLs) and years of life lost due to living in states of reduced health or years of healthy life lost due to disability (YLDs). The burden of these disorders extends beyond the individuals themselves, impacting families, communities, and society at large. In this context, Strengthening Anganwadis could act as a game changer in reducing the burden.  

World not on track to achieve most SDGs by 2030

October 18th, 2023

Ashoka University join forces with Monash University; aims to strengthen academic ties

October 10th, 2023

Ashoka University has partnered with Monash University, Australia, through this partnership both institutions aim to enhance academic connections. Their partnership focuses on collaborative research in fields such as health humanities and data sciences. It aims to facilitate the exchange of academic resources, scholars and students, as well as joint seminars and workshops, according to an official release.

Destination Moon

October 7th, 2023

Indians rejoiced at the perfect launch of Chandrayaan-3 in mid-July and the equally perfect touch-down of the Vikram lander near the south pole of the Moon in late August, after a 40-day journey that harnessed a slingshot mechanism using Earth's gravity.

Ashoka University wins Innovation Award for AMR Data Challenge

October 6th, 2023

The award was presented for their contribution, titled “Novel Approach to Antibiogram Analysis: Looking at the Composite Resistance Phenotype”

Religion is biggest driver of philanthropy in India, finds study

September 26th, 2023

Religious organizations cornered nearly 75% of all charitable donations given by Indian households between October 2021 and September 2022, showed the latest “How India Gives" report by the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP) at Ashoka University. Donations for ‘persons engaged in beggary’ were the second biggest category in terms of monetary value (13%).

India’s Solar Mission: Aditya L1 To Study Changes In The Sun

September 1st, 2023

India's first solar mission, Aditya L1, is scheduled will be launched tomorrow. NDTV's Pallav Bagla spoke to Somak Raychaudhury - Vice-Chancellor, Ashoka University - about Aditya L1. Here is the exclusive conversation.

Chandrayaan-3 punches home India’s lead in budget space flights

August 25th, 2023

By contrast, Russia's Luna-25 mission, which crashed before its own attempted landing on the moon's south pole, had been on a more direct course to the moon. Russia has not disclosed what it spent on the failed mission.

"To take a direct route takes more power, more fuel, and is far more expensive," said Somak Raychaudhury, an astrophysicist and vice chancellor of Ashoka University.

Chandrayaan-3 Landing: Significance of soft landing on moon & the risks involved

August 24th, 2023

With the Chandrayaan 3 Vikram landing just hours away, what is the significance of India's soft landing on the moon? What are the hopes of the scientists and the risks involved? Watch ThePrint's Mohana Basu & Sandhya Ramesh, in conversation with Reetanjali Moharana, Associate Professor at IIT Jodhpur and Somak Raychaudhury.