Topic: Ashoka University

Student-built app, conceived by Aishwarya Sunaad during her time at Ashoka University, was launched this month in Nanjangud, Karnataka. It gives citizens direct access to civic officials.

‘It's been five years that we have been asking for a hike. What we received was Rs 200-300,’ said Jitender Singh Kataria, one of the housekeeping workers.

The court asked why Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s posts on Op Sindoor were termed 'misdirecting'. It quashed one FIR with a closure report & barred cognisance of another with a chargesheet.

A 2-judge SC bench pulled up the SIT after being informed that, in addition to seizing Ali Khan Mahmudabad's devices, it had questioned the professor over his foreign trips.

SC directs SIT to restrict itself only to the 2 FIRs filed on Mahmudabad's posts on Op Sindoor. No need to seize his laptop & phone, says the top court.

The special drive by the university in Sonepat is exclusively for students who either hold admission offers from US-based educational institutions or are currently enrolled in one.

Surely, Ashoka University shouldn’t meddle with the legal processes. But making sure that Prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad gets legal support doesn’t mean the institution supports his views.

Funding challenges are understandable. It takes effort to raise funds for a university. But one must ask: how much money is really traded off when a few academics stand by principle?

Ashoka University was imagined as a space to challenge, question, and think freely. If that folds the moment it’s tested, then the real crisis isn’t just of academic freedom—but of conviction.

An alumnus of Ashoka University wrote to Sanjeev Bikhchandani, criticising the institution for its lack of moral courage in not supporting Prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad. Here's the founder's response to the alumnus, shared in an internal mailing list.