Overview
- A short viral video from Technofora, the student-run event held Sept. 18–20, appears to show Professor H.K. Patel calling an audience member on stage, seizing his collar and warning him after the student shouted a Golmaal 3 movie line.
- The clip circulated widely online and prompted split reaction, with some viewers saying the remark was a light-hearted heckle and others calling the professor’s physical response excessive and humiliating.
- Nirma University says it has contacted the student’s parents, received apologies from both parties and formed a three-member panel of senior faculty to investigate and deliver findings within days.
- Student bodies including the NSUI and ABVP have demanded an impartial inquiry, preservation of evidence and protection for the student against any academic reprisal, and both groups have staged protests on campus.
- The committee’s report will determine possible disciplinary steps under university rules and is likely to shape wider campus debate about acceptable faculty conduct, limits on physical confrontation and how universities handle student speech.