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Ashoka University is a fully residential university with a focus on the liberal arts in Haryana, India. The University is a collective philanthropic effort of several leaders from Indian industry, including Pramath Raj Sinha, Founding Dean, Indian School of Business, Ashish Dhawan, CEO, Central Square Foundation, and Vineet Gupta, MD, Jamboree Education; internet entrepreneurs such as Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Executive Vice-Chairman and MD, Info Edge (India), and Deep Kalra, Founder and CEO, Makemytrip; and other names such as Dilip Shangvi, Founder and MD, Sun Pharmaceutical, Amit Chandra, MD, Bain Capital, and Jerry Rao of Mphasis and Value and Budget Housing Corporation fame.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Ashoka University )〕 Two scholars are at at the helm of the University’s academic leadership. Historian and author Rudrangshu Mukherjee, who was most recently Editor, The Editorial Pages, of The Telegraph, is the Vice-Chancellor. Andre Beteille, renowned sociologist and Padma Bhushan awardee, is the Chancellor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Hindu )〕 The academic council, which guides academic matters, consists of Ramachandra Guha, Kaushik Basu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Supriya Chaudhuri, Sunil Khilnani and A.K. Shiva Kumar, among others. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Times of India )〕 Ashoka is notified as a private university under the Haryana Private Universities Act of 2006, with full power to award its own degrees, diplomas and doctorates. It commenced its undergraduate program with its first batch of 133 students in August 2014.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Economic Times )〕 In addition, the university runs a one-year post-graduate program called the Young India Fellowship. The university is located on a 25-acre campus that is part of the Rajiv Gandhi Education City in Sonepat district, Haryana. Ashoka University was formally inaugurated by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi on January 31, 2015. ==Leadership and Administration== Ashoka University is funded entirely by donations, with no hierarchies present in the founding group in terms of decision making. The group presently includes over 65 entrepreneurs and industry leaders.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Ashoka University website )〕 In addition to the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Deans, Ashoka is guided by an academic council of academics and scholars from around the world. The Council sets the academic standard of the University, advising on matters of curriculum, faculty hiring and research.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Ashoka University website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ashoka University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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