Overview
- Video that circulated online shows a professor calling an audience member onto the stage during a Rajat Sood stand-up set at Technofora and grabbing the student’s collar; the event took place during the university’s Sept. 18–20 gathering.
- The student is heard shouting the Golmaal 3 line “Jaldi bol, kal subah Panvel nikalna hai,” and the professor is heard warning he could “go up to any extent” if faculty were insulted.
- Nirma University has formed a three-member panel of senior faculty to investigate and the vice‑chancellor said the committee’s report is expected within three to four days.
- Both the professor, identified as Dr. Himanshu K. Patel, and the student have reportedly apologised to each other but student groups NSUI and ABVP have held protests and continue to demand an impartial inquiry and possible sanctions.
- The episode has ignited wide social‑media debate about limits on heckling, appropriate faculty behaviour at student-run events, and how short viral clips can shape institutional responses and future campus rules.