By: Express News ServiceUpdated: September 17, 2025 12:22 PM IST 2 min readMore than 300 alumni have signed a petition demanding accountability from the administration.Students and alumni of Delhi University’s Lady Shri Ram (LSR) College for Women have sharply criticised a lecture by retired diplomat Deepak Vohra during a session held last week, with the Students’ Union condemning his remarks as “misogynistic, derogatory, Islamophobic, queerphobic and offensive.”The union, in a statement issued on Monday, also demanded a public apology from Vohra.The session organised on September 11, titled Unstoppable India 2047, was billed as a discussion on India’s future in policy, diplomacy and national growth. Instead, according to students present, it quickly spiralled into a series of comments that many found exclusionary and demeaning.In its statement, the Students’ Union said that what should have been “an enriching and serious discussion was reduced to a rhetoric that demeaned, excluded, and disrespected members of our community.”Accounts of the speech, videos on social media and the varsity’s student newspaper DU Beat describe a presentation punctuated with jokes about having “four wives,” flirtatious references to the college principal, and comments urging female students to see their roles as primarily those of mothers and wives in the nation’s future.Slides in his talk reportedly framed the consecration of the Ram Temple as one of India’s defining “freedoms,” a formulation that students and alumnae said carried communal overtones.More than 300 alumni have signed a petition demanding accountability from the administration.Story continues below this adThe college’s BA Programme Department, which held the seminar, also issued an official clarification, distancing itself from Vohra’s views, saying they were “personal viewpoints exclusively and do not, in any manner whatsoever, reflect the position of this department.”“We shall implement enhanced vetting mechanisms with stakeholder feedback,” the department said, adding that it regretted the remarks and apologised “for the hurt it has caused.”The statement by the Students’ Union added, “We emphasise that no community within any spectrum should feel discriminated against or marginalised on campus.”Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd