A Science Advisory Council has been set up to advise the Vice-Chancellor on enhancing research, teaching and training in the Natural Sciences, Computer Science and Mathematics. The objective is to build Ashoka University into a hub of high-quality scientific research and help stimulate research across India, addressing important problems that face the world today.
The Council will
Chair
Former Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India
Members
Senior Professor & Director ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru
Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago
Professor, Departments of Astronomy & Physics, Chair, Department of Astronomy Yale University
External PI, Black Hole Initiative, Harvard University
Vice-Chancellor, Ashoka University
Ph.D. in Astrophysics, University of Cambridge