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HDFC Library - Ashoka University is home to various facilities aimed at assisting its academic community in achieving the best possible results through thoughtfully curated services.
The library is a place that values education in all forms. Our library supports hybrid learning by equally emphasising on both print and digital material, thanks to its cutting-edge infrastructure. It is a private location for research, study, and partnership. The library now has 88,850 print volumes, many of which are unique collections that are waiting to be discovered. A variety of e-books, e-journals, e-archives, and other helpful digital resources are available remotely through the library and are accessible from anywhere on any device.
Library Guidelines
- Library registration is a one-time process. Visit the library with your ID card.
- To know the number of documents one can borrow, please click here.
- Books can be renewed/re-issued for two more terms, provided others do not reserve them. During renewals, books are to be shown/presented in the library.
- Users will get an email from circulationdesk@ashoka.edu.in for every issue or return of the book from the library.
- Please let us know, in case the email is not received on your registered email id.
- Faculty recommended course books are kept on a separate shelf, in the “On Reserve” section behind the circulation counter.
- Fines for late returns are charged at Rs.10 per day per book.
- In case of loss or damage to the book, the students first need to report to the library and arrange for its replacement and pay the overdue charges (If applicable).
- Reference / Not-for-Loan books are not to be issued but to be consulted at the library premises. Most of the references and donated books are kept in the AC 04/2nd-floor library.
- Bags/Eatables/Beverages (except Water) are not allowed inside the library.
Infrastructure
- A well-appointed space (30,000 sq.ft.) spread across two floors in the AC 04 building.
- 520+ seats (including 50 seats in Shanghvi library) and a holding capacity of 1.2 lac documents.
- Self-check-in / check-out kiosks for smoother transactions.
- Sections for reference books, rare/classic collections, personal collections & more.
- Books authored by Ashoka faculty members.
- Provision for digital curation, research support & multimedia reference.
- Research carrel & conference/ discussion rooms.
- User-oriented activities, book exhibitions, database training etc.
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Ashoka University
Shelf-Pick: Kanika Singh, Director, Centre for Writing & Communication, Ashoka University
Shelf-Pick: Devapriya Roy, Senior Writing Fellow, Ashoka University
Shelf-Pick: Awadhesh Tripathi, Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University
Shelf-Pick: Javaid Rahi, Editor In Chief, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages
Shelf-Pick: Senjuti Chakraborti, Senior Writing Tutor, Ashoka University
Shelf-Pick: Pramath Sinha, Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Ashoka University
Shelf-Pick: Archishman Sarker, Senior Writing Tutor, Ashoka University
Shelf-Pick: Sonakshi Srivastava, Writing Tutor, CWC, Ashoka University
Shelf-Pick: Vinky Mittal, Writing Tutor, Ashoka University
Shelf-Pick: Prerna Singh Bindra, Wildlife Conservationist and Author
Shelf-Pick: Dr. Mufti Mudasir Farooqi, Associate Professor, Dept. of English, University of Kashmir
Scientifically Speaking Season 6, Episode 2: The Monte Carlo Method
Scientifically Speaking Season 6, Episode 1: Neuroscience of Sleep
Sweet Shop by Amit Chaudhuri
Scientifically Speaking Season 5, Episode 1: Reimagining health in the digital age
Scientifically Speaking Season 5, Episode 2: Visible and Invisible in the Universe – Ashoka University
Scientifically Speaking, Episode 3: Privacy and Identity in the Age of Surveillance and Social Media – Ashoka University
Scientifically Speaking Season 5, Episode 4: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Ashoka University
The Korányi Spherical Maximal Function on Heisenberg Groups | Rajula Srivastava
New Combinatorial Approach for Edge Universality of Wigner Matrices| Debapratim Banerjee
Existence of Balanced Generalized De Bruijn Sequences| Bhumika Mittal
Telescoping Continued Fractions for the Error Term in Stirling's Formula | Gaurav Bhatnagar
Differential Calculus for Noncommutative Rings| Jyotishman Bhowmick
Limitations to Equidistribution in Arithmetic Progressions | Akshaa Vatwani
AGM and Jellyfish Swarms of Elliptic Curves over Finite Fields| Neelam Saikia
A Classical Random Reinforcement Model Viewed Differently
Strong Unique Continuation for Heat Operator with Hardy Type Potential
A Glimpse of Spectral Graph Theory| R.B. Bapat
A Glimpse of Spectral Graph Theory
Power and Limitations of Opinion Polls
Generating Functions Associated to Species of Structures
The 6th Symposium in the ‘Literary Activism’ series: Decolonisation (Day 1, 20th March, 2021)
The 6th Symposium in the ‘Literary Activism’ series: Decolonisation (Day 2, 21st March, 2021)
Decolonising Science?
Decolonising World Literature | Francesca Orsini
Decolonisation as Literary Activism | Amit Chaudhuri
Breaking Paradigms: Storying Climate Change | Dr. Vandana Singh
Economics of Climate Change | E. Somanathan, Suzi Kerr, and Prachi Singh
Positive Tipping Points to Avoid Climate Tipping Points | Professor Tim Lenton
Ecological and Social Impacts of Large Dams: The Case of Sardar Sarovar Project | Nandini Oza
Biodiversity, People and Possible Pathogens | Professor Uma Ramakrishnan
A young crusader's journey towards championing environmental activism | Ashoka Success Story
Health Under Pollution | How to use | Hindi
Health Under Pollution | Introduction | Hindi
Health Under Pollution | How to Use
Health Under Pollution | App Introduction
Understanding Links Between Diet, Human Health and Ocean Health | Dr. Divya Karnad
Bugs and Pandemics: Darwinian Dilemmas in Emerging Infectious Diseases | Imroze Khan
Operationalising OneHealth Science in India to Combat Emerging Zoonoses | Abi Tamim Vanak
Cinema and its Others: Decolonizing the Human | Debashree Mukherjee
The Art and Politics of Science | Nobel Laureate Harold E. Varmus | Ashoka University
The Allure of the Episodic: Koodiyattam Dance, Cinema, the Novel, and Theatre
Always Present and Totally Forgettable: Mapping Minor Characters through Literary Demography
Ph.D. Programme at Ashoka University
Integrated MSc-PhD programme in Computer Science at Ashoka University
Graduate Programme in English at Ashoka University
OPEN HOUSE | Undergraduate Programme & Admissions
Career opportunities in 2030 for today's students of Science and Technology: A Panel discussion
Redesigning the Workplace: A New Normal for Women and Young Leaders
The changing life of the teacher - Competencies and Careers
An empirical argument that perception is non-conceptual | Ned Block
The Significance of Claudia Goldin | Ashoka University Nobel Prize Lecture Series
Science, Innovation & Society | Sir Jeremy Farrar
A glimpse of spectral graph theory | R.B. Bapat
Tilings of Spaces | Sourav Ghosh
A story of universality in random interface growth | Riddhipratim Basu
Invariants | B.V. Rajarama Bhat
On a three-dimensional nonlinear model of Pacific equatorial ocean dynamics | Biswajit Basu
Wavelets - Are these small waves? | Krishna Maddaly
Matching Theory: K4-based and C6-based Planar Graphs | Nishad Kothari
AI in India: Enabling a Robust AI-driven Technology Ecosystem in India | Various Experts
Forum on India's Agrarian Question: Markets, Globalization and Ecology
Forum on India's Agrarian Question: Class, Caste and Agrarian Change
Initiative on Rare Diseases | Strengthening the Rare Disease Registry in India
Democratic Peace and Its Importance in International Relations Scholarship
The Cheetah Project: A conversation with Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan
Tea Encounters | Romita Ray | Healing Earth 2.0
Plants and History in the Linnean Society’s Collections | Isabelle Charmantier | Healing Earth 2.0
The Past, Present and Future of the Psych Clinic: Global Perspective | Day 1 & 2
Ashoka’s Research Quest | Gender-based Violence, Complex Trauma and Mental Health
Discussion on Genetically Modified Democracy - new book by Aniket Aga
The Verdict on Vaccines | Track Changes | Dr Ruma Satwik in Conversation with the Ashoka Students
Scientifically Speaking | Lecture 9 - The Power of Language Processing
The Edict Project | TM Krishna | Ashoka University
Selling Planet Earth: Re-purposing Science Communications for Sustainable Human Wellbeing
Performing Arts at Ashoka University | Justin McCarthy
Interdisciplinary Sciences at Ashoka University | Prof. L S Shashidhara
Visiting Professor Neha Dixit wins One Young World Journalist of the Year Award 2020
Digital Learning during COVID-19 | Raja Rosenhagen
Digital Learning during COVID-19 | Swargajyoti Gohain
Digital Learning during COVID-19 | Debayan Gupta
Digital Learning during COVID-19 | Bittu Kaveri Rajaraman
Digital Learning during COVID-19 | Ashwini Deshpande
Online teaching, Bridge programme, and ESL ft. Jyotirmoy Talukdar
Dr. Mick Storr speaks at Ashoka University's First Science Seminar
Ashoka University's First Science Seminar - The God Particle
Sex/Ed Conference
Sex/Ed - A Politics of Impurity
Bringing cultures together through the Sex/Ed conference
Why a conference on sex and education?
Our delegate from Oman speaks at International Educators Conference
Our delegate from Colombo speaks at International Educators Conference
Our delegate from Dubai speaks at International Educators Conference
Delegate from Sri Lanka speaks at International Educators Conference
H.E. Deputy Chief of Mission, Indonesian Embassy speaks at IEC 2017
H.E. Ambassador of Mali speaks at International Educators Conference
H.E. Ambassador of Bhutan speaking at International Educators Conference
Imagining the Indian university of the 21st century: A Contest of Ideas
Interdisciplinaria'16- 'The Body'
Interdisciplinaria'16- Free will
Interdisciplinaria'16- 'The Tower of Babel'
Interdisciplinaria'16- Aaina
Interdisciplinaria'16 - 'A contemplative rock'
Conference on Making Haryana a Higher Education Powerhouse
Research At Ashoka: Prof. Johannes Burgers
Research At Ashoka: Prof. Nilanjan Sircar
Research At Ashoka: Dr. Kranti Saran
Research At Ashoka: Prof. Rita Kothari
Research At Ashoka: Prof. Kathryn Hardy
Research At Ashoka: Dr. Bittu
Research At Ashoka: Prof. Rajendra Bhatia
Research At Ashoka: Prof. Anisha Sharma
Research At Ashoka: Prof. Nayanjot Lahiri
Lecture by Partha Chatterjee on 'A Relativist View of India.'
Lecture by Sudipta Kaviraj on 'Oratory and the art of persuasion.'
Dr. Mary John on Emergence of Women's Studies in India
Prof. Madhavi Menon - Workshops & Ground Activism
Prof. Madhavi Menon - On the Mandate of the CSGS
Prof. Vinay Sitapati on how PV Narasimha Rao transformed India
Prof. Srinath Raghavan on the emergence of Bangladesh
Prof. Jonathan Gil Harris on Shakespeare and Bollywood
ISHQ Symposium: Panel Discussion on Section 377
Dr. Mary John on the attack on university spaces
From Clay Tablets to Clay Prize: Journey of the Local-Global Principle in Number Theory
Selmer Groups of Elliptic Curves and Iwasawa Algebras
Stark-Heegner Cycles and Arithmetic
The Birth of Set Theory| Guhan Venkat S. M. Srivastava
Multinomial Data with Randomly Varying Probabilities| Rishideep Roy
On Generalizations of the Third Order Mock Theta Functions 𝜔(𝑞)ω(q) and 𝜈(𝑞)ν(q)
Construction of 4 × 4 Pandiagonal Magic Squares with Turagagati Invariants
A Story of Universality in Random Interface Growth
Tilings of Spaces
Dilation and von Neumann's Inequality for Matrices
Matching Theory: 𝐾4K4-based and 𝐶6C6-based Planar Graphs
Wavelets - Are These Small Waves?
On a Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Model of Pacific
