Philosophy – Contact

Department Head

Department Manager

Akash Koul is the Department Manager for Philosophy, Sanskrit, and History.

A Kashmiri pandit born and brought up in Jammu, he has done his schooling from the J&K board and earned a B.A. from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam University Indore.

Akash currently resides in Delhi and before joining Ashoka in 2022, he was employed with Nulearn. There coordinated with IIM Raipur for the Executive MBA program. Akash firmly believes that hard work and learning are the key to success in life and he helps the Philosophy department with various administrative tasks, such as taking care of the degree rules, collating publication data, gathering student and faculty news, supporting the organization of the visiting speaker series and workshops or conferences, and he will also help with updating the Philosophy website.

PSYPHI Coordinator

The Philosophy PSYPHI coordinator interfaces with the other PSYPHI coordinator and is the department’s dedicated contact with respect to all issues and questions concerning the PSYPHI Major.

PPE Coordinator

The Philosophy PPE coordinator interfaces with the other PPE coordinators and is the department’s dedicated contact with respect to all issues and questions concerning the PPE Major.

PHICS Coordinator

The Philosophy PHICS coordinator interfaces with the other PHICS coordinator and is the department’s dedicated contact with respect to all issues and questions concerning the PHICS Major.

Website Issues

For website issues, contact the faculty member in charge of the website (listed below).

TF and TA Applications

Those with a four-year undergraduate degree in philosophy (including our graduates) or, preferably, a master’s and who are interested in acting as a Teaching Fellow for a course in philosophy may apply by sending, to philosophy.tf.app@ashoka.edu.in,

1. a current CV,
2. a philosophical writing sample,
3. a reference letter from a professor who can speak to the applicant’s promise and/or experience as a teacher of philosophy, and
4. sample teaching evaluations (if available).

The deadline for application materials for courses offered in the Monsoon semester is July 1. That for courses offered in the Spring semester is November 1. We expect to be able to notify applicants about the outcome of their applications by August 5 for Monsoon and December 31 for Spring.

Teaching fellowships depend on enrollment and are not always available. Applicants will be contacted about any openings for which they are being considered.

Philosophy students in their third or fourth year (rising third years at the earliest, e.g. for the summer semester) can apply to help a faculty member as a Teaching Assistant (TA) for Philosophy courses. Typically, TAs earn 2 credits (4 credits only if there is a particularly high workload as, e.g., in Logic) that count towards their Philosophy degree requirements. Maximally 4 credits can be earned that way towards the UG degree. Interested students may apply by sending, to philosophy.ta.app@ashoka.edu.in,

• an indication regarding what course they would like to be a TA for
• an overview of the PHI courses they have taken
• a statement of why they think that serving as a TA would benefit them and/or why they think that they are well-poised to be of assistance in this particular course
• if tentatively approved as TA, the student must have the registrar forward a NOC to philosophy.ta.app@ashoka.edu.in stating that the student is eligible to server as a TA

TA assignments follow the timeline above for TF assignments. Applications received after the deadline will be considered on a case-by-case basis.