Exposure in Ashoka University

The major programme of the university is its Young India Fellowship that is designed to suit the present-day industry needs.The university has partnered with many international institutions such as University of California, Berkeley, Centre for South Asia, Stanford University, Duke University and University of Michigan to cover various academic aspects. Further, Ashoka University has done partnership with The Chief Minister Good Governance Associates (CMGGA) to train young minds of the nation to work with the State Machinery. For online application, I filled the form available on the official website followed by application fee costed around 1000. I was asked to submit 12th marksheet in which I scored 75%, graduation marksheet scoring 70%.

Curriculum consists of class room lectures, workshops, guest sessions and real life projects under the Experiential Learning Module.The course is delivered over 8 terms, where each term lasts for 6 weeks and each course is taught for a span of 10 classes of 2 hours each. Faculty members of my college is one of the worlds topmost and highly reputed. It could be the mode of teaching and classroom engagement, course structure or methods of assessments. The focus is ultimately on the learning outcomes of the students for their higher-order skills, which set the requirements of the 21st-century job market or academia.

The institute also strives to bring the real world to the classroom through experiential learning for the students, industry leaders, practitioners and subject experts to take engaging sessions on a regular basis to prepare the students as future managers and leaders. In addition to this, summer internships are an integral part of management education. The institute organises summer internships, guest lectures, practical consultancy projects and year-round management development programmes.

It trains its students following a global and application-based approach. It has secured placement offers from leading companies such as Star TV, Genpact, RBL Bank and McKinsey & Company. Companies across BFSI, Consulting, IT and Social sectors visit the campus for offering placement offers to the students. Various roles such as management trainee, research associate, marketing, HR, operations, finance, analyst, consultant, project and product managers, etc. More than 200 recruiters visit the campus for placements every year. Placements are managed by the Career Development Office of Ashoka University.

My course was of 1 years for which I paid total fees around 7,50,000. It strives to provide quality education that is affordable and accessible to students. The university offers financial aid to deserving students. It has partnered with several financial organisations and banks to help students get education loans. I didn't get the scholarship but I got the financial aid help that helped me pay my fees.

Campus life is just an Ivy league college life experience in terms of fests, crowd, connectivity with new people from diverse cultures, extracurriculars, scholarship opportunities for people coming from underprivileged backgrounds. The one-year PG diploma programme named Young India Fellowship is a transformative programme, and it is one of the highest-rated education programs in India. It has various clubs and societies for Film, Art, Music, Photography, etc. The three centres at the university are Centre for Well-Being, Centre for Writing and Communication and Office of Learning Support.

It has a fully residential campus that houses around 2,500 students. The university has Wi-Fi enabled classrooms, computerised library and hostel facilities. The campus also has transport and sports facilities.