![\"\"](\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/modi-add.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
New Delhi: Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU), a university in Gujarat’s Vadodara, has introduced new Sociology courses that include a module on \u2018Modi Tattva\u2019, RSS fieldwork, and Hinduism, raising concerns over the saffronization of education under the Modi regime.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, the revised BA and MA Sociology curriculum will feature three new four-credit courses: \u2018Sociology of Bharat\u2019, \u2018Hindu Sociology\u2019, and \u2018Sociology of Patriotism\u2019.<\/p>\n
The changes take effect from June this year. Dr Virendra Singh, MSU Sociology Department head and part of Niti Aayog\u2019s policy monitoring team, told the media that \u2018Modi Tattva\u2019 in the Sociology of Patriotism course will study Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s leadership through German sociologist Max Weber\u2019s concept of \u201ccharismatic authority\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cPM Modi has become an unavoidable figure in national and global political discourse. Instead of discussing his leadership after 50 years, we are aiming to have the generation study it now,\u201d Singh said.<\/p>\n
The course also frames the RSS \u201cnot as an ideology alone, but as a case study in grassroots organisation, social outreach and models of inclusion.\u201d Singh said the idea came after students encountered RSS activities in Gujarat villages during fieldwork. He claimed RSS \u201cruns on the principle that one can have matbhed (difference of opinion) but should not have manbhed (distance of the minds).\u201d<\/p>\n
Other modules will cover Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Dr Ambedkar, Chhatrapati Shivaji, and Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. The \u2018Sociology of Bharat\u2019 course falls under the Bharatiya Knowledge System framework and will study traditional Indian medicine, technology, and social systems.<\/p>\n
Observers see the move as part of the Modi regime\u2019s push to blend Hindutva and nationalism into higher education. They say such courses aim to glorify BJP-RSS ideology while sidelining India\u2019s diverse social realities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU), a university in Gujarat’s Vadodara, has introduced new Sociology courses that include a module on \u2018Modi Tattva\u2019, RSS fieldwork, and Hinduism, raising concerns over the saffronization of education under the Modi regime. According to Kashmir Media Service, the revised BA and MA Sociology curriculum will feature three new four-credit …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":199508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/modi-add.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199509,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199507\/revisions\/199509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}