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CBI charges Gupta brothers, who founded Ashoka University, in Rs 1,626 crore bank fraud; all you need to know
Fp Staff •They have been accused of cheating the Central Bank of India along with 11 other banks to the tune of Rs 1,626.74 crore
'You are from SRK's country': Egyptian travel agent makes booking for Indian professor without payment
Trendingdesk •Ashwini Deshpande, an Economics professor from Ashoka University recently took to social media to recount her experience while booking a trip, when things worked out in her favour due to Shah Rukh Khan’s reputation
'Ashoka University will remain committed to academic freedom': Full text of Chancellor Rudrangshu Mukherjee's statement
Fp Staff •The Ashoka University was at the centre of a controversy this week, with the resignations of political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta and economist Arvind Subramanian from its faculty
Ashoka University acknowledges 'lapses in institutional processes' over Pratap Bhanu Mehta's resignation
•Mehta resigned as professor earlier this week, saying that the founders made it 'abundantly clear' that his association with the institution was a 'political liability'
Pratap Bhanu Mehta a thorn to establishment, says Raghuram Rajan on professor's exit from Ashoka University
•In a Linkedin post, former RBI governor Rajan said that free speech has suffered a "grievous blow" in India this week as professor Mehta, one of India's finest political scientists, resigned from the varsity
Economist Arvind Subramanian resigns as Ashoka University professor days after Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s exit
•The former CEA’s exit triggered protests, with the faculty claiming in a letter to the VC that Mehta’s resignation was because he was a critic of the government
After Pratap Bhanu Mehta, former CEA Arvind Subramanian resigns from Ashoka University
•Other faculty members wrote to the vice chancellor and board members saying that the resignations 'raise urgent questions about the university's commitment to academic freedom'
TM Krishna's The Edict Project is a stunning endeavour that doesn't fully transcend its technical challenges
Lakshmisreeram •In the stunning Edict Project, TM Krishna has sung the lines that Ashoka engraved in rock and pillar millennia ago.
Watch: TM Krishna's new project sets Ashoka's edicts to Carnatic music ragas
Fp Staff •The edicts are sung in the original Magadhi Prakrit by TM Krishna, in ragas drawn from the Carnatic music tradition.
Pratap Bhanu Mehta quits as Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University to return to academics
•Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University has resigned from his post citing return to full-time academic life as the reason behind his resignation.