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Two Ashoka Univ founders among 3 held by ED for alleged money laundering

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested two promoters of Chandigarh-based pharma company Parabolic Drugs and a company CA in a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged bank fraud, official sources said. Parabolic promoters Vineet Gupta and Pranav Gupta and Chartered Accountant S K Bansal were taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. The Guptas are the co-founders of Sonepat-based Ashoka University but had stepped down from their posts in 2022 at the educational institution after the CBI registered a case against them and the company in 2021. The three are expected to be produced before a special PMLA court in Chandigarh where the ED will seek their custody. The money laundering case stems from a CBI FIR in which the promoters and the pharma company were booked for allegedly defrauding a consortium led by Central Bank of India of Rs 1626.74 crore.

A 'search' for Ashoka

Olivelle has written a thought-provoking book. He has scrupulously avoided the hagiographic sources about Ashoka because he feels they contain too many uncertainties

'Micro-firms' could be holding back women from finding employment: Study

Research finds that increasing company size directly increases female participation in the workforce and amending labour laws and policies can help improve gender inclusivity

Drug delivery by drones? Informal economy of substance abuse on campuses

Students across campuses in and around Delhi speak of fellow students who consume substances such as marijuana; the more forthright ones admit to doing it themselves

Ashoka row: Another resignation, professors threatens exodus over Das

Days after Sabyasachi Das, an assistant professor at Ashoka University, resigned following a controversy over his research paper, Pulapre Balakrishnan, another professor in the economics department, has put in his papers. Das' colleagues have written to the Governing Body threatening a faculty exodus if he is not offered reinstatement. The English and Creative Writing departments have also extended their support to the demand. The university had earlier distanced itself from the paper, "Democratic Backsliding in the World's Largest Democracy", in which Das argued that the BJP won a disproportionate share of closely contested parliamentary seats in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, especially in states where it was the ruling party at the time. The research was published on the Social Science Research Network on July 25 There was no reaction available from the university on the faculty members' demand and Balakrishnan's resignation. Swaraj India founder and political activist Yogendra Yadav lau

Mphasis extends grant to Ashoka University with Rs 18 crore in funds

Makerspace will be a collaborative workspace for making, learning, exploring, and sharing using high-tech to no-tech tools, which will enable the ideation of tech-enabled solution-centric startups

Haryana govt alleges 'financial embezzlement' by Ashoka University

In the notice, Haryana's higher education dept alleged that 'there is fudging of figures, making it a blatant case of maladministration and misinformation, causing financial embezzlement'

Ashoka University launches long-term study on zoonotic disease outbreaks

Is setting up field stations to study cohabitation and pathogen sharing of animals and humans

Ashoka University develops Daily Food Price Index to track food inflation

Ashoka University has developed a first-of-its kind Daily Food Price Index (DFPI) to track inflation in retail and wholesale food markets on a real time basis, officials said on Thursday. The existing Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Wholesale Price Index (WPI) are released on a monthly and yearly basis. "The recent surge in food prices due to factors like the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing conflict in Ukraine reflect the rapidity with which situations that affect the economy can develop. In this context, having access to more real-time data can facilitate timely market interventions and decisions related to price regulation," said Ashwini Deshpande, Director, Centre for Economic Data & Analysis (CEDA) at Ashoka University. "A delay in publication of data, and subsequent delay in policymaking, often carries a cost. Thus, the DFPI developed by CEDA would be a great public resource for policymakers, researchers and journalists," she added. Deshpande explained that CEDA's Daily Food ...

India's intellectuals lay down strategy for the decade ahead

A group of the country's most reputed strategists, historians have identified most important threats, opportunities before India in a report titled 'India's Path to Power: Strategy in a World Adrift'

Manufacturing employment nearly half of what it was five years ago

Manufacturing accounts for nearly 17% of India's GDP, but the sector has seen employment decline sharply in last 5 years - from employing 51 million Indians in 2016-17 to reach 27.3 million in 2020-21

Ashoka students call off strike, vow to fight injustice across India

The students of Ashoka University have ended the strike started after the resignation of Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Ashoka University to appoint Ombudsperson to encourage free expression

Founders of Ashoka University, which has been at the centre of an academic freedom debate following two high profile resignations, on Monday said they respect the autonomy of the institution

Plaksha University aims to challenge IITs, reimagines engineering education

The upcoming Plaksha University reimagines engineering education and prepares students for a digitally powered future

Best of BS Opinion: Cannabis is no longer 'dangerous', gold loan, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Et tu Ashoka?

A pioneer in liberal education takes a hard knock

Will work to rectify lapses in institutional process: Ashoka University

Ashoka University expressed 'deep regret' at events surrounding resignations of Pratap Bhanu Mehta and noted economist Arvind Subramanian

'Committed to academic freedom': Ashoka Uni's Chairman of Board of Trustees

'The last few days have taught us it is really important for us to build an open line of communication and also listen to you,' says Ashish Dhawan in his letter to Ashoka students, alumni

Ashoka Univ acknowledges lapses in institutional process, expresses regret

Ashoka University acknowledged "lapses in institutional processes" and expressed "deep regret" at events surrounding resignations of Pratap Bhanu Mehta and noted economist Arvind Subramanian

Ashoka University row: Students announce two-day class boycott in protest

Students of Ashoka University have announced a two-day boycott of classes in protest against resignations of faculty members Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramanian