Overview
- A short video posted to Instagram by education consultant Gourob Roy circulated widely on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, showing two students performing to the Bollywood song 'Chikni Chameli' before a faculty member stepped on stage and stopped the act.
- In the clip the professor questions whether the performance was approved, asks where the students' faculty advisor was, and criticizes the dance moves as inappropriate, saying the students should "know the class."
- Coverage stresses the clip is brief and missing what came before and after the interruption, so reporters have not independently verified approvals, motivations or the full context of the exchange.
- Online reaction is sharply divided with some users backing the professor’s call for decorum at a formal induction event and others condemning the public rebuke as shaming or moral policing of students.
- The episode highlights how induction programmes have formal expectations for performances and suggests the key developments to watch are any official statement or disciplinary action from NIT Durgapur and fuller footage or accounts that clarify what happened.