by Aggam Walia, UG’22 In the past three years, the Ashoka University Election Commission (AUEC) has been fairly active in commenting on and interfering in campus politics. Be it proposing the electoral referendum in 2019 or unilaterally dissolving the seats of the President and the Leader of Opposition in June 2021, such moves by a… Keep Reading
by Ragini Bakshi and Sana Bashir (UG ’24) In the first InFocus event of the election season, parties and independent candidates were expected to present structural reforms they wanted to bring in the House of Representatives (HoR). The aim was to accentuate candidates’ policy ideas and was moderated by a member of the AUEC, Arya… Keep Reading
by Rutuparna Deshpande, UG’23 and Agnidh Ghosh, UG’23 For the fourth instalment of our series: HoR Insights, our writers delve into the details of the Constitution that governs the Student Government at Ashoka University. They elucidate upon the way the Constitution uses extravagant terms but does little to help streamline and smoothen the workings of… Keep Reading
By Riddhi Verma and Aggam Walia An Edict investigation into the recent by-elections that took place on the 8th and 9th of October 2021 revealed that three of the six candidates (namely: Nipun Jain, Jai Desai and Shreya Jain) that entered the House did not have the electoral numbers to do so, and the remaining… Keep Reading
Questions the Syndicate must answer to get my vote by Vishnu Prakash In the one semester I have been covering the Student Government, the one common opinion that everyone seems to have is that change is desperately needed in Ashokan student politics. The political system of Ashoka is still recovering from the events of the… Keep Reading
by Hiya Chowdhury, UG’23 In the third part of the Edict’s series: HoR Insights, our writers delve into a deep analysis of the House of Representatives of Ashoka University’s Student Government. They study student politics through the relationship between the HoR and the Cabinet, and discuss the current relevance of and issues surrounding the HoR.… Keep Reading
by Rutuparna Deshpande, UG’23 In the third part of the Edict’s series: HoR Insights, our writers delve into a deep analysis of the House of Representatives of Ashoka University’s Student Government. They study student politics through the relationship between the HoR and the Cabinet, and discuss the current relevance of and issues surrounding the HoR.… Keep Reading
By Mohan Rajagopal, UG’24 Trigger Warnings: Oppression, Violence, Nudity Over the past few months, the student body of Ashoka University has been heavily engaged in the issues surrounding the coerced transfers of the housekeeping staff on campus. Numerous protests, demonstrations, sit-ins, and fundraisers were organised to support the non-teaching staff. Out of respect for the… Keep Reading
by Divya Ravindranath Amidst campus reopening emails, the Ashokan student body found itself gripped by yet another important mail – the announcement regarding Proctor appointment. Dated 6th of December, 2021, the email stated the university’s decision to appoint certain faculty members as Proctors and went on to list their stipulated roles and responsibilities. Broadly designated… Keep Reading
Part 1: Origins, Reform, and Early Functioning by Raunaq Bawa, UG’24 Following the prologue on the Modified Swiss-PR System and whether it is best suited for Ashokan politics, our series HoR Insights focuses on the earliest days of Ashoka University’s Student Government and House of Representatives. This article is a two-part deconstruction of the formation… Keep Reading