Ashoka Reflections- Feb 2023
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The education at Ashoka has a strong emphasis on foundational knowledge, academic research on pedagogy,
and hands-on experience with real-world challenges. The aim of the university is to help students think critically
about issues from multiple perspectives, communicate effectively and become leaders with a commitment to
public service.
Ashoka follows a unique model in which experts in a given discipline ask pertinent unanswered fundamental
questions and seek answers for the same with the help of colleagues from across the university with diverse
expertise and access to technology. Ashoka is an ideal place to train students in such a way that technology is
not seen as an end but a means to provide the right answers to academic questions and develop sustainable
solutions to societal problems.
Ashoka faculty constitute top quality researchers and educators with expertise ranging from natural and social
sciences to humanities and performing arts. The Centre for Interdisciplinary Archaeological Research was
conceptualized by Prof Nayanjot Lahiri and Prof Upinder Singh who specialize in archaeology and ancient history.
They were both awarded the prestigious Infosys Prize in recognition of their contribution to these areas. It was
conceptualized in association with Prof Alok Bhattacharya and Prof LS Shashidhara who are in the process of
establishing laboratories and protocols and in providing information derived by using science and technology-
based methods. Professors Bhattacharya and Shashidhara are well-known in their fields of research. Their
research accomplishments and contribution to education and science policy in India are recognized by the award
of SS Bhatnagar Prize by the Government of India (the highest science award in India) and Fellowship by Indian
Science Academies.
Dr Kalyan Shekhar Chakraborty has joined the Centre as a teaching faculty and there are also post-doctoral
fellows working there.
As a pioneering initiative that is aimed at transforming India’s higher
education landscape, Ashoka University houses several Centres of
Excellence that are doing incredible work in their niche domains
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