· Dr. Ashok J Bharucha. Dr. Ashok J. Bharucha was born in India, but raised in the USA for most of his childhood. He graduated with a B.A. in chemistry and German, Cum Laude, with departmental honors in German from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He also completed his M.A. in English from the Bread Loaf School of English ....