Ashoka LIVE: 'Authentic Leadership' at IHC, April 20, 2014

You are now registering for Ashoka LIVE: Authentic Leadership, a master class for young leaders, conducted by Dr. Pramath Raj Sinha, Founder and Trustee, Ashoka University.

Gurcharan Das, acclaimed author of India Unbound and The Difficulty of Being Good, and Anoop Prakash, the dynamic head of Harley-Davidson India, will join the conversation, sharing their experiences and thoughts on leadership.

The event will take place at the Silver Oak Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, on the 20th of April, 2014.

Ashoka University Open House in Delhi NCR

Open House

An Ashoka Open House is an opportunity for prospective students and their parents to ask crucial questions about college education, and about choosing a particular institution or discipline. Its unique design will allow students directly to interact with the founders, faculty and admissions team at Ashoka University, as well as with Young India Fellows from the past and present batches. We have already had a successful series of open houses in Delhi, Bombay, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad, and are planning more meetings in every major city in India. We welcome all parents and prospective students: please come and share with us ideas about your ideal Indian university in the 21st century.

 

Upcoming Events
 

	Delhi NCR
Day and Date	Saturday, Jan 11, 2014
Time	3:00 PM to 4:30 PM (followed by high tea)
Venue	Young India Fellowship campus Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, Adchini New Delhi 110 017
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Listening to Shakespeare: A Workshop by Prof. Jonathan Gil Harris

Date	Friday, the 22nd of November, 2013
Time	9:00 am to 12:15 pm (followed by lunch)
Venue	Young India Fellowship campus Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, Adchini, New Delhi 110 017
Eligibility	Class XII Students
To Register	www.ashoka.edu.in/EventRegistration

Many of us suffer, or have suffered from, a fear of reading Shakespeare. His language is the main obstacle we face in understanding his plays and poems. This is not surprising: even though Shakespeare wrote in English, his English is in many ways very different from ours.

But consider the possibility that what Shakespeare says is far less important than how he says it. After all, Shakespeare wrote his plays to be heard, not read.

This workshop will give you a set of tips for how to listen to Shakespeare. By paying attention to the sounds of certain speeches from plays like The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Othello andThe Tempest, you will recognize how Shakespeare communicates crucial information about his characters.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to flaunt a no-fear Shakespeare!
 

About the Instructor

Prof. Jonathan Gil Harris is Professor of English at Ashoka University and was a Professor at George Washington University, USA prior to joining Ashoka. He did his B.A. and M.A. from University of Auckland and Ph.D. from the University of Sussex. He specializes in the literature and culture of early modern England, particularly the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, as well as European travel narratives about the early modern orient and the Americas.

Prof. Harris is also the associate editor of Shakespeare Quarterly.