Overview
- During the three-day Technofora from September 18 to 20, a viral video shows Dr. Himanshu K. Patel calling an audience member onto the stage at a Rajat Sood stand-up show and grabbing the student’s collar.
- The footage records Patel warning that he could “go up to any extent” and saying anyone who insults faculty would be “gone forever,” and university records identify him as head of the Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering department.
- The National Students’ Union of India has demanded an apology, asked for a formal inquiry, and warned it will hold protests if Nirma University does not respond publicly.
- Nirma University has not issued a public statement despite media requests, and the professor reportedly described the episode as an internal university matter when contacted by student leaders.
- The episode has driven wide social-media debate over the limits of faculty authority and could lead to disciplinary action, campus protests, or formal probes that would affect the university’s reputation.