In Focus Archives - Ashoka University

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#AshokaBookTower – ‘A Ballad of Remittent Fever’ – translated by Prof Arunava Sinha, the book is a stunning exploration of the world of medicine and of prevailing rationality against blind belief

Written in Bengali as Awbiram Jawrer Roopkawtha, the book encapsulates tales of…

#AshokaBookTower – ‘The Scent of God’ – Written by Prof Saikat Majumdar, the book is a journey of friendship and love wrapped in a sensuous tapestry against the backdrop of a spiritual institution and published by Simon and Schuster India

The book which was originally published in January 2019 has received rave…

#AshokaBookTower – ‘Imagined Geographies in the Indo-Tibetan Borderlands!’ – Inked by Prof Swargajyoti Gohain, Department of Sociology And Anthropology, Ashoka University and published by Amsterdam University Press

The book is an ethnography of culture and politics in Monyul, a…

Mental health in times of COVID-19

Understanding the effect of the pandemic on people’s mental health and well-being.

Making safer emergency hospitals during COVID-19: An interview with Professor LS Shashidhara

In this interview, Prof. Shashidhara talks about how the idea of making…

Media Action Against Rape (MAAR)

A comprehensive research study on Indian media’s reportage of rape and sexual…

Dravidianism, Nationalism and Federalism

Critical Assessment of 100 Years of Dravidian Movement.

Elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh: A Real Time Political Data Analysis

The Trivedi Centre has spent the past few months consolidating its existing…

How three villages in Haryana got access to books

Concerned about the rural population’s lack of access to reading and learning,…

The Trivedi Centre for Political Data: Making sense of India’s politics through numbers

The focus of the Centre is India’s political life and the sociological…

Understanding the Indian elections

The time that Dr S Y Quraishi spent with students at Ashoka…

Deconstructing gender stereotypes and fostering equality

A look at how the Centre for Studies in Gender and Sexuality…

Rashi Mehta joins Ashoka’s Board of Trustees

Friday July 3, 2026

Entrepreneur and founder of Iron Lady Foundation, she joins the Board to…

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How Immigrant Mobility Helps Local Labour Markets Adjust to Automation

Wednesday June 17, 2026

Professor Ronit Mukherji, Assistant Professor of Economics at Ashoka University, in his…

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Rishikesha T. Krishnan appointed as the next Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University, effective…

Monday June 15, 2026

Professor Krishnan will succeed Professor Somak Raychaudhury, whose tenure has been marked…

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Ashoka University’s ACPET and Chintan Research Foundation Convene High-Level Dialogue on Coal-to-Chemicals…

Friday June 12, 2026

As India advances towards its climate and development goals, Ashoka University’s ACPET…

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