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Exploring Passions. Discovering Purpose. This symbol manifests the idea that Ashoka University offers an education which creates coherence and integrity in one’s intellectual experience, one that is dynamic, yet holistic and cogent. Our multidisciplinary offering is depicted by myriad intersecting facets, that through form and counter-form create a multi-dimensional experience. Education for the mind and the heart Ashoka University is a pioneer in its focus on providing a liberal education at par with the best in the world. Our aim is to help students become well-rounded individuals who can think critically about issues from multiple perspectives, communicate effectively and become leaders with a commitment to public service. An Ashoka education carries a strong emphasis on foundational knowledge, thorough academic research based on rigorous pedagogy, and hands-on experience with real-world challenges. It prepares students to be ethical leaders in a diverse and complex world . Liberal Education Liberal education is rapidly gaining recognition in India and the time has come to restore the balance in higher education by bringing a liberal education to the forefront. T he future of a liberal education d epends on how best we create and explore new forms of education that can enhance social justice, public service, and environmental sustainability, while also developing students to lead a new era of growth and change. Undergraduate education Ashoka University offers a multidisciplinary undergraduate programme, in the interest of exposing students to many different perspectives in and out of the classroom. Our liberal education philosophy gives students the freedom to design their own undergrauate programme to explore and discover their life's passion. The Young India Fellowship e Young India India and around the Fellowship (YIF) is a world. one year multidisciplinary Students from all postgraduate diploma disciplines and areas of programme in Liberal study are welcome to Studies. e YIF the YIF; engineers, exposes students to a designers, commerce diverse set of subjects graduates or literature and perspectives, enthusiasts are all delivered by some of mentored into the nest teachers and reaching their full practitioners from potential. The MA programme MA in Liberal MA in Economics Studies e programme has e MA in Liberal been developed to Studies is a one-year provide students the programme taken by opportunity to be students who have trained in modern graduated with a Economics by highly diploma in Liberal qualied economists. Studies from the e academic Young India approach is about Fellowship, and have bringing together been accepted by an cutting-edge Ashoka faculty economic theory and mentor to work on a rigorous data analysis specic research to address questions project as a graduate at the frontiers of PhD Programmes assistant. research. Ashoka now offers PhD programmes in Biology, Economics, English and Computer Science. e programme will cater to all disciplines in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Physical Sciences. “ What do I love the most about Ashoka? Without doubt, the students. The students here are just extraordinary.” - Jonathan Gil Harris Professor of English Leadership Team Leadership Team Ashoka was created through a n act of collective public philanthropy by the most diverse group of entrepreneurs and professionals in India. With a sound understanding of challenges and needs of the higher education sector , Ashoka was envisioned as an innovative model of higher education; one that inspires the thinkers, leaders, entrepreneurs and institution builders of tomorrow . The Chancellor Rudrangshu Mukherjee Chancellor Ashoka University Historian; Editor, The Telegraph D. Phil. Oxford University Rudrangshu Mukherjee is a Professor of History at Ashoka University. He is a renowned historian and author, and was most recently Editor of the Editorial Pages at e Telegraph, Kolkata. Prof. Mukherjee has taught history at the University of Calcutta and held visiting appointments at Princeton University, the University of Manchester and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Prof. Mukherjee studied at Calcutta Boys' School, Presidency College, Kolkata; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; and St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. He was awarded a D.Phil in Modern History by the University of Oxford in 1981. The Vice Chancellor Malabika Sarkar Vice Chancellor Professor of English, Dean of Faculty and Research, Ashoka University Malabika Sarkar is a former Vice-Chancellor of Presidency University, Kolkata, and a Professor of English Literature. She was earlier Professor of English at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Head of the Department of English, a member of the Jadavpur University Council and member of various academic bodies of the University. Prof. Sarkar was also a member of the University Grants Commission Panel of Experts in English and Foreign Languages and a panel member of NAAC. An alumna of Cambridge University, she was later Visiting Fellow and now elected Life Member of Clare Hall College, Cambridge. She is an invited Fellow of the English Association (FEA), UK. Academic Leadership e leadership team comprises of e Founders and Academic leaders started accomplished leaders, thinkers and this university with a vision of establishing an academicians from all walks of life. From academic institution that provides Founders to the Academic Advisory intellectually curious students with a well- Committee, these institution-builders are rounded liberal education comparable to any changing the face of higher education in educational institution globally. India. Rajesh Garodia Pro-Vice Chancellor Rajesh Garodia brings with him over 28 years of broad-based leadership experience across three leading organizations - Unilever, American Express and EXL. He has served as SVP & Business Head at EXL leading their Travel, Transportation & Logistics business. Prior to that he was VP & GM at American Express. Rajesh is a commerce graduate from St Xaviers College, Kolkata, and a rank holder Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant. Deepak Mehta Dean, Academic Affairs Deepak Mehta is Professor of Sociology at Ashoka University. He is a Ph.D from Delhi University. He has taught at the Delhi School of Economics, Department of Sociology at Delhi University and at Shiv Nadar University. He is the author of Work, Ritual, Biography: A Muslim Community in North India (OUP, 1997) and co-author of Living With Violence: An Anthropology of Events and Everyday Life (Routledge, 2007). Anirban Chakraborty Director, Research and Development Before moving to Ashoka, Anirban was the Assistant Registrar of Presidency University (formerly Presidency College), Kolkata. Anirban has published 14 research papers in various international peer reviewed journals based on his research interests in the areas of Nanoscience during his PhD. He is also interested in research in higher education administration and policy making. Vanita Shastri Dean of Global Education and Strategic Programmes Vanita Shastri has a Ph.D. from Cornell University and has taught at Boston University, University of Massachusetts and Wellesley College. She has also been a Policy Consultant at Harvard University. Inspiring Faculty Some of t he best academics and scholars from elds and the ability to inspire students with India and across the world have joined Ashoka original ideas. University over the years. ey s trive to cr eate an extraordinary learning Our faculty members are r enowned fo r the environment both inside and outside the impact they have made in their respective classroom. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya C.V. Raman University Professor of Physics Pulapre Balakrishnan Ashoka University Professor of Economics Post-Doctoral Research, MIT, Ph.D. University of Cambridge Ph.D. Northwestern University Gopalakrishna Gandhi Sudheendra Hangal Professor of History and Politics Professor of Computer Science St. Stephen's College Ph.D. Stanford University Nayanjot Lahiri Jonathan Gil Harris Professor of History Professor of English Ph.D. Delhi University Ph.D. University of Sussex Vaiju Naravane Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Fellow of the World Press Institute, Justin McCarthy Saint Paul, Minnesota Director, Performing Arts Subject combinations in Major-Minor format Students placed in internships across India* Ongoing research projects conducted by students and faculty * Data for the Academic Year 2016-17 Undergraduate Academics Leadership Team Ashoka offers a multidisciplinary undergraduate programme in the interest of exposing students to many different perspectives in and out of the classroom. Students get plenty of time to pursue extra- curricular and co-curricular interests, discover new passions, and perhaps, change the trajectory of their lives. An overview of the course structure To graduate with a Bachelor's degree, students have to secure requisite credits for courses that are broadly divided into three categories – Ÿ Foundation Courses Ÿ Major Courses (including Interdisciplinary Majors) Ÿ Co-Curricular Courses Each course carries credit points, and in A number of Minors are also offered at order to earn their degree at the end of three Ashoka. To qualify for a Minor, students years, students need to have accumulated must take certain number of courses in a 100 credit points. Students can also take subject outside their eld of specialisation of additional courses during the three years the Major. In order to ease students into the and those working towards an programme,

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