Overview

• Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh announced that Manusmriti will not be taught in any course at Delhi University.
• The Sanskrit department’s four-credit Dharmashastra Studies course has been deleted from the Undergraduate Curriculum Framework.
• The course had listed Manusmriti alongside texts such as the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas and Arthashastra under the National Education Policy.
• Students and faculty criticised the text for its caste and gender-based prescriptions when it appeared on the syllabus this month.
• The university’s decision follows objections to a similar proposal in July 2024 and has renewed demands for stricter oversight of curriculum development.