No plan to introduce Manusmriti or Baburnama: DU VC Prof Yogesh Singh

The Chancellor of University of Delhi, Prof Yogesh Singh said that we have no plan to introduce any course or study material like Manusmriti or Baburnama in DU, said a statement issued by the DU.

The Vice Chancellor said that "neither such a subject is worth consideration before the DU administration; we overrule such subjects in future also."

The Vice Chancellor said that "Baburnama is the autobiography of a tyrant anyway. There is no need to teach it and it has no relevance in this time either."


He said that under the New Education Policy (NEP 2020), "we want to bring new courses in accordance with Indian traditions and are also bringing them, which will benefit the country and society."

"We are moving towards Viksit Bharat, in this direction, how the country's economy can be strengthened and how the scope of society can be improved, we are moving towards it. DU is designing its study material keeping in mind how we can achieve the resolve of becoming a developed nation by 2047, and what contribution DU can make in it," DU VC said, as per a statement issued by the DU.

In 2024, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that there was no endorsement of the proposal to include Manusmriti in the syllabus of Delhi University's law course.