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An Ivy League quality of education,

right here in India

Introduction

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Who We Are

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Academic Council (with some of the world’s renowned scholars)

Andre Beteille (Chair)

Professor Emeritus, Delhi School of Economics; Ph.D. University of Delhi

Rudrangshu Mukherjee Historian; Author; Opinions Editor, The Telegraph, Kolkata; D.Phil. Oxford University

Kaushik Basu Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, World Bank; Professor, Cornell University; Ph.D. LSE

Sunil Khilnani Professor & Director, India Institute, King’s College London; Ph.D. University of Cambridge

Christophe Jaffrelot Research Director, CNRS, Sciences Po; Global Scholar, Princeton University; Ph.D. Sciences Po

Devesh Kapur Director, CASI, University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D. Princeton University

K. Sivaramakrishnan Director, Undergraduate Studies & Professor, Yale University; Ph.D. Yale University

Kenwyn Smith Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D. Yale University

Ramachandra Guha Author & Historian; Ph.D. IIM Calcutta

Sharad Malik Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University; Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Pratap Bhanu Mehta President & Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research; Ph.D. Princeton University

A.K. Shiva Kumar Member, NAC (India); Advisor, UNICEF; Visiting Faculty, Harvard, ISB; Ph.D. Harvard University

Supriya Chaudhuri Professor Emeritus, Jadavpur University D.Phil, Oxford University

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Sanjeev Bikhchandani St. Stephen’s, IIM Ahmedabad Founder, Naukri.com

Ashish Dhawan Yale , Harvard Senior MD, ChrysCapital Founder, CSF

Jerry Rao Loyola, IIM Ahmedabad, UChicago Founder, Mphasis, VBHC

Atul Nishar Mumbai University Founder Aptech & Hexaware

Siddharth Yog DU, Harvard Co-Founder, Xander Group

Rakesh Jaggi IIT Delhi President, Schlumberger

Vineet Gupta IIT Delhi, MD, Jamboree Education

Pramath Sinha IIT Kanpur, UPenn Founding Dean, ISB

Arjun Bhagat IIT Delhi, UCLA Chairman & CEO, Calibrated Group

Puneet Dalmia IIT Delhi, IIM Bangalore MD, Dalmia Cements

Founders

Ashish Gupta IIT Delhi, CMU COO, Evalueserve

Pranav Gupta University of Kansas Chairman, MD, Parabolic Drugs

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Mentors

N.R. Narayana Murthy Founder, Infosys

Deepak Parekh Chairman, HDFC Bank Ltd.

Rajendra Pawar Chairman, NIIT

Deep Kalra Founder & CEO, makemytrip.com

Uday Shankar CEO, Star India

Analjt Singh Chairman, MAX India

Adil Zainulbhai MD, McKinsey & Co. India

..over 60 more

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The Need For Ashoka

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Indian higher education is ailing

• Falling standards of Governance & Management in public and private

institutions

– Have poor standards of academic & administrative management and lack

accountability

– Run as low-risk enterprises managed by the promoters

– Rampant misuse of power to grant degrees and diplomas

– Accrediting agencies have challenges related to resources and administration

• Lopsided focus on ‘professional’ courses

– Focus on generating profits by catering to the market demand for professional

courses

– Curriculum focuses on ‘training for a job’ and ignores ‘education for life’

• Demotivating environment for faculty

– Have limited autonomy in teaching and insufficient resources for research

– Promotions of faculty based on tenure and not on performance

– Indian PhD students are not inclined to come back and teach in India

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The Need For Ashoka

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Indian students today

• Have limited opportunity to explore their area of interest and passion

• Are forced to choose their college education based on their board exam results

• Join the herd in pursuit of popular brands, hoping for ‘good’ careers

• Get sub-standard learning experience even at the ‘best’ colleges

• Are not considered professionally/academically at par with students abroad

• Unable to focus on discovering oneself or pursuing their dreams

As a result, students spend huge sums on going abroad for the desired college education

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The Need For Ashoka

These are observations made by Ashoka Task Force referring to research reports and conversations with media, academicians, industry, graduates and students

- PRANAB MUKHERJEE, PRESIDENT OF INDIA

“Ladies and Gentlemen, we lack universities that can provide

quality education that meet global benchmarks. It is a matter of

concern that there is not a single Indian university in the top 200

universities in the world as per an international survey of

universities. This position is not at all acceptable. This calls for

serious introspection. With educational standards that fall short of

international benchmarks, India would be grievously handicapped

in this competitive world,”

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Partnering with

the Ivy Leagues and the world’s best institutions

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Collaborations

Oxford University

Yale University

King’s College, London

University of Pennsylvania

Carleton College

Sciences Po,

Paris

University of Michigan

In the final stages of conversation with

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With our partners

Research pursuits

Development of curriculum and program

structure

Visiting

Faculty

Student

exchange

Scope of collaboration

Ashoka’s

Young India Fellowship (YIF)

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About YIF

8,00,000 INR of full scholarship

3,500 applicants every year

24 diverse set of

courses

100 Fellows

Fellows are engineers, lawyers,

doctors, film makers, artists

64% women

1 year postgraduate programme

Ashoka’s

Undergraduate (UG) Programme

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School of Humanities

School of Natural and

Applied Sciences

School of Social Sciences

School of Economics

Programmes & Majors are created with an integrated approach between different departments and schools

Schools and Centers at Ashoka

Center for Writing & Communication

Center for Entrepreneurship & Leadership

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Standard Programme Structure

Foundation Courses –

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32 over 8 semesters

Elective Papers – 4

Major Courses –

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Ashoka Quest– 4

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Pure Majors & Minors

Interdisciplinary Majors

Economics

English

Political Science

Psychology

Sociology

Computer Science

Philosophy

Economics & Finance

English and Journalism

Politics, Philosophy & Economics

History & International Relations

Politics & Society

Computer Science & Entrepreneurial Leadership

History

Other Minors

Environmental Science

Visual &Performing Arts

Entrepreneurial Leadership

Mathematics

International Relations

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Foundational Requirements

Great Books

Foundations of Economics

Trends in World History

Shakespeare & the World

Social and Cultural Formation

Philosophy, Politics & Psychology

Mathematics & Logic

Principles of Science Critical Thinking in the

Disciplines

Social Analysis

Indian Civilisation

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“Ashoka Quest”

Social Sector Internship

Senior Integrative

Exercise

Continuous Evaluation

Curriculum: More unique features

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Faculty at Ashoka

Ashoka University

The success of Ashoka’s postgraduate programme

has attracted many academics in India & abroad

Jonathan Gil Harris Professor Ph.D. University of Sussex

Madhavi Menon Professor Ph.D. Tufts University

Kranti Saran Asst. Professor Ph.D. Harvard University

Radhika Khosla Asst. Professor Ph.D. University of Chicago

Some of our fulltime faculty

Gilles Verniers Asst. Professor Ph.D. Sciences Po

Malvika Maheshwari Asst. Professor Ph.D. Sciences Po

Ratul Lahkar Asst. Professor Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

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What Students Can Be

An Ashoka Graduate

Has a liberal mindset

Is a critical thinker

Has breadth of

perspectives & depth of knowledge

Is an effective communicator

Is self aware

Has high ethical

standards

Leads by personal example

Has the courage to pursue dreams

Campus & Student Life

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Fully residential campus in India

About RGEC:

• Spreads across 2200 acres

• Vibrant hub with more than 10 educational institutions including IIT Delhi (satellite campus). It features shopping, sports, entertainment & residential complexes

Residential, state of the art campus designed by Perkins Eastman

Located in the Rajiv Gandhi Education City (RGEC) on outskirts of Delhi in Kundli on the Delhi-Chandigarh NH-1

Maximum travel time from Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon is 50 min

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State-of-the-art campus

State of the Art Campus

Tech-enabled campus

(Video Conferences,

Wifi)

Online learning

management systems

Environment friendly

Next generation

RFID enabled library

Great sports complex

Central air conditioning

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Student Life

Open stadium

Indoor sports complex

Student Clubs and Societies

Student bodies

Sporting Events

Cultural Events

Guest lectures, seminars etc

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Some companies which hired from our programmes

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Admissions

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Beyond cut-offs

Extra-curricular Achievement

Personal Context

Academic Excellence

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Holistic Admission Process

Academic Excellence

& Intellectual Vitality

• Class XI/X/XI

• Class XII results/half year exam

• SAT/ACT/PSA scores

Non-academic

& Personal Context

• Extra-curricular achievements

• Recommendations

• Personal context

Overall Profile

• In-person interview

• SAT score is preferred

• Our internal benchmarks will be at par with the standards adopted by

the Ivy Leagues and other leading universities of the world

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Nov, 2013: Start of admissions

(Early Action)

July, 2014:

Admissions close

Aug, 2014: Start

of classes

Admissions Timeline

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An early application stands a better chance for

• Admission to Ashoka

• Full scholarship

• Summer programme at Yale

Admissions process has started

Fees & Financial Aid

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World’s best education costs around 1.5 Crore INR

Top Universities in the world

Annual tuition fee in lakhs INR

Cornell 26.4

Harvard 24.0

Brown 25.7

Columbia 28.8

Oxford 17.5

Stanford 26.6

Amherst 28.8

Williams 28.9

Yale 22.0

* Living costs of around 8-10 lakhs INR per year

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Now, at a fraction of the cost

Component Annual fee (INR)

Tuition 3,90,000

Hostel 95,000

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Scholarships & Loans

17 Crore INR of scholarships for 50% of the batch

13.5 Crore INR of scholarships

already provided

Loans at favorable interest

rates

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Pre-Application process has started.

Students can start registering their interest online.

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