Ashoka University: Leading Liberal Arts and Sciences University

Centre for Writing and Communication

Centre for Writing and Communication (CWC) works closely with the academic community in Ashoka to develop critical thinking, writing and communication skills. CWC is the largest centre in Ashoka and works with all the diverse sections that make the Ashoka community: the entire student body (from the undergraduate students to research scholars), faculty, staff and other specialised centres in the university.

This is made possible by the diversity of the CWC team which is a vibrant group of scholars, professionals, writers and researchers whose combined expertise actively contributes to the interdisciplinary engagement at Ashoka.

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Curricular Activities

CWC’s interactions with the students are both in-class, through lectures, creative workshops, and one-on-one sessions. Through the year, the CWC provides writing and pedagogical support to courses across disciplines at Ashoka.

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Curricular Activities

Creative Programmes

Besides course-specific activities, the CWC organizes a broad range of creative and research activities that address a variety of skills under the umbrella of writing and communication. These events innovatively draw upon and analyse a diverse range of activities and media which are part of our daily lives: news, email, music, internet, media, board games, photographs, food, and jokes, to name a few. These are open to the public and follow a participatory format.

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Creative Programmes

Research

Center for Writing and Communications organizes an annual conference (bringing together educators, scholars, students, and activists working in the field of education), Research Forum (a platform for the academic staff of the university to share their research), and Summer School (offering writing courses on research, academic and creative writing).

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Research

Media

CWC has maintained its media presence over the years on multiple social media platforms and through several initiatives, keeping student-specific needs in mind. Our social media handles have seen a consistent increase in engagement from our followers. Some of our most popular activities have been: book and film Recommendations on Instagram, our podcast series #BackToTheTutor, the YouTube series Shelf Pick where people from both academic and non-academic backgrounds take you through their all time favorite reads, and ‘Decoding College Applications’, in which graduate students advise prospective applicants and answer the most daunting questions about framing college applications. You can follow our work through our exclusive quarterly newsletter, as well as through Ashoka’s monthly bulletin called ‘Ashoka Reflections’.