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Sunday, September 21, 2025
TopicAshoka University

Topic: Ashoka University

UGC denies ’eminence’ tag to Ashoka, KREA, Jadavpur and Azim Premji universities

UGC said private institutes on the list have been denied Institute of Eminence status because they did not figure in national or international rankings.

Pratap Bhanu Mehta resigns as vice-chancellor of Ashoka University

Mehta, who said he was left with little time for writing & other academic interests as V-C, was recently called an unrelenting critic of Modi govt in an IB note.

Ashoka University removes economist Mihir Shah as visiting faculty, students up in arms

Mihir Shah taught a popular course on Political Economy of India’s Development. Ashoka University students & alumni have started a reinstatement petition.

No decision on eminence tag to universities whose patrons IB identified as ‘anti-Modi’

UGC to ask govt to clarify if all 19 institutions recommended by expert panel, including 9 flagged by the IB, can be granted the Institute of Eminence tag.

Ashoka University did what famed Delhi University could not – stand by its teachers

Ashoka University showed extraordinary courage to do something as ordinary as supporting the autonomy of teachers.

Ashoka University slammed for teaching ‘anti-Hindu, anti-Brahmin’ book

Right-wing activists & trolls have targeted Ashoka University & a professor there for teaching the graphic novel ‘Gardener in the Wasteland’.

Education panel chief defends Jio eminence tag, says no other had better plan

Reliance proposals include Rs 9,500-crore investment, global faculty, an institute with 10 schools and over 50 disciplines among others.

Ashoka University accused of toning down sexual abuse complaint against prof to ‘misconduct’

Complaint was filed by a teaching assistant from another university. Now students and alumni of Ashoka have started an online drive seeking justice. 

Sit for SAT: India’s private universities open new doors

Criteria so far used by American universities; Ashoka University and Azim Premji University among eight to adopt method so far. 

Why do short-haired women get charged more than men for haircuts

Pay parity’ is so last century as a feminist slogan. What we should ask for is ‘price parity’. It’s as if the entire retail universe is rigged against us.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.