Issued by academics, teachers and concerned members of the academic community, on an initiative by Democratic Teachers’ Initiative

We, the undersigned, wish to draw your attention to an email communication issued by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, to the Registrars of several Central Universities on 27 September 2026, marked “Urgent” and seeking comments and information concerning courses and prescribed readings.

The email refers to a communication received from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and seeks comments from the concerned universities on an anonymous post on X, along with details of the number of students enrolled in the courses mentioned in that post. The X post listed readings from the curricula of different universities, including major works by B.R. Ambedkar, Jyotirao Phule, E.V. Ramasamy Periyar, Gail Omvedt, Sharmila Rege, Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, Uma Chakravarti and other scholars. Continue reading Letter to UGC on safeguarding established procedures of curriculum-making in Central Universities →