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Data Science for Social Impact 2024-25
This was one of the most engaging virtual courses I have ever taken. Though it was virtual, the instructors made it a point to make sure everyone attending were engaging and were on the same page.
About AshokaX
AshokaX is a unique and pioneering online and executive learning initiative by Ashoka University, India’s premier liberal, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary institution to bring its world-renowned faculty and enriching learning experiences accessible to a diversified audience in India and abroad.
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Ashoka’s purely residential campus is spread over 25 acres in Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonepat, Haryana. The WiFi-enabled classrooms are equipped with a state-of-the-art audio-visual system including projectors, smartboards, recording facilities, etc.
Certificate Programmes
At AshokaX, we enable continuous learning and professional development through a supportive and creative environment that helps learners build practical skills, expand industry networks, and gain real-world exposure.
Now in our sixth year, we are proud of the progress we have made. Between 2020 and 2026, we have educated over 600 learners through our various synchronous and asynchronous programmes.
The programme seeks to train a cohort of data professionals with interdisciplinary subject-matter expertise in climate and health data, with a key focus on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA)
Grounded in theory and evidence while focused on application, the 8-week programme takes you from the core ideas of behavioural science to real-world application.
Ashoka-Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellowship is an innovative fellowship program that trains talented and passionate post graduate students and pairs them with companies and public institutions committed to meeting climate goals and helping to strengthen the Indian economy
In this programme, you will surprise yourself as you access memories, connections, and stories that live within you — shaping your identity, influencing your leadership, and transforming how you see the world.
After 75 years as a nation, what hopes, fears and progress can Indians look forward to? This fascinating multidisciplinary programme will look at all these questions and more, giving learners a comprehensive, analytical overview of India since independence.
Pavan is an empirically informed senior advisor in the policy space, and a dedicated teacher, who believes in democratising education, and demystifying complex ideas, and communicating them effectively to management and policy students. Substantively, he pursues two streams of professional work and scholarship – law/policy, and applied behaviour science.
He currently serves as the Director of the Centre for Social and Behaviour Change at Ashoka University, and also works closely with Niti Aayog. He has led the initiative to set up India’s first Nudge Unit, the Behavioral Insights Unit of India, which is an embedded team out of Niti. He has also helped set up a Behavioral Insights Units for the states of Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar. His main work focuses on development related issues in education, health, nutrition, and gender.
Additionally, Pavan takes immense pride in cooking rural Telangana food, and believes that the green chilly is good for the soul, and builds character!
He has a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from the University of Oxford, a Masters (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School, and a highly subsidised and inexpensive Bachelor’s in Mathematics from the finest public institution in the world – Osmania University!
Dr Pawan Mamidi
Director, CSBC, Ashoka University
Rudrangshu Mukherjee is an internationally renowned historian and author and the founding Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University. He was previously Editor, Editorial Pages of The Telegraph, Kolkata and has taught History at the University of Calcutta and held visiting appointments at Princeton University, the University of Manchester and University of California.
His works on the Revolt of 1857, beginning with Awadh in Revolt, 1857-58: A Study of Popular Resistance, and including his recent A Begum & A Rani: Hazrat Mahal and Lakshmibai in 1857 have become the standard references in the field. He has also authored and edited several books including The Penguin Gandhi Reader, New Delhi: The Making of a Capital, Great Speeches of Modern India, Nehru & Bose: Parallel Lives and most recently Tagore & Gandhi : Walking Alone, Walking Together.
Contacts:
Rudrangshu Mukherjee
Chancellor, Ashoka University
Natasha Badhwar is a writer, teacher and film-maker. She is the visiting faculty at the Media Studies and Creative Writing Department at Ashoka University, and the author of ‘Immortal for A Moment’ and ‘My Daughter’s Mum’. She also runs a Substack called ‘Immortal for a Moment’ by Natasha Badhwar. Natasha runs the Ochre Sky Workshops with Raju Tai.
Contacts:
Natasha Badhwar
Visiting Faculty, Ashoka University
Partha Pratim Das obtained his PhD in 1988. He served as a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, from 1988 to 1998. He then shifted from academics to industry, initially as a Director for Alumnus Software and as the CEO of a start-up A Quaint Technology before joining Interra Systems as a Senior Director and Centre Head, Kolkata in 2001. His areas of expertise include computer vision, digital learning, digital geometry, and image processing.
Partha Pratim Das
Founding Director, Centre for Data Science & Analytics, Ashoka University
Pooja Haldea is a Senior Advisor at the Centre for Social and Behavioural Change, Ashoka University. Pooja is an expert in the area of applied behavioural science, especially in public health, nutrition, data privacy and financial inclusion. She advises both social sector as well as private sector organisations on how to use behavioural science for greater impact. She helped set up the Centre and led the Centre’s effort to put in place the first Behavioural Insights Unit (Nudge Unit) within the Indian government. She leads the Centre’s work on financial inclusion and data privacy.
Pooja Haldea
Senior Advisor, CSBC, Ashoka University
Lipika Dey is a Professor of Computer Science. She was earlier a Chief Scientist at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Research, where she was heading research on the theme of Economic and Financial Intelligence. Her research interests are in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing and Data Analytics. She has a keen interest in the fields of healthcare and sustainability analytics. Prior to joining TCS, Lipika was a member of the faculty at the Department of Mathematics, IIT Delhi. Lipika was elected to the Fellowship of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2021. She was also awarded the Distinguished Scientist award by TCS in 2012.
Lipika has a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, where she had also done her graduation and post-graduation in Mathematics and Computer Science. As a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society engaged in the advancement of computing as a science and a profession, Lipika is actively involved in mentorship programs for PhD scholars and activities to promote Women in STEM.
Lipika Dey
Professor of Computer Science, Ashoka University
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