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The Ved Mehta International Prize in Creative Nonfiction

The award, in the amount of £10,000 GBP, will be given annually…

Ashoka University announces the winners of the 2026 History Prizes

The Department of History recognises outstanding students across Ancient and Early Medieval,…

Registrations Open for Bhashavaad: The National Translation Conference 2026

Ashoka University’s Professor Arunava Sinha Honoured with the Anandabazar Bochhorer Best 2026 Award

Ashoka University’s Professor Seema Alavi elected International Fellow of the British Academy 2026

'I am deeply honoured and humbled to have been elected a Fellow…

Ashoka University Launches Bhashavaad: India’s First Open-Access Database of Translations

Opening with 14,000+ entries, 6,500+ authors, and 7,000+ translators, Bhashavaad aims to…

The Ashoka Centre for Translation partners with Penguin Random House India to unveil ‘Chronicles’

‘Chronicles’ is a collaborative non-fiction translation series by the Ashoka Centre for…

Sisters Shaping Futures: Exploring the Impact of Mary Ward’s Vision on Girls’ Education in India

Alexandra Verini, Assistant Professor in the Department of English, explores the impact…

A Unique Epoch in Hyderabad’s Urban Evolution

Aman’s research encompasses understanding how the Nizam of Hyderabad strategically utilised the…

Why Did the Emperor Become a Pilgrim?

This research article by Dr Pratyay Nath interprets Akbar’s frantic pilgrimages to…

Saikat Majumdar appointed a Fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Study, South Africa

Prof. Majumdar has been awarded the fellowship to support his research project…

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a Co-Curricular

The ideal co-curricular course is one in which every student, regardless of…

‘We are still in the closet in our thinking about desire’

Madhavi Menon opens up on her just-published book “The Law of Desire”…

From Lucknow, with love: Decoding the city through letters

A theatrical reading organised by Ashoka’s Performing Arts department