Cow enters IIT-Bombay classroom

Mumbai: A video of a stray cow entering a lecture hall at the IIT-Bombay campus has gone viral, embarrassing the authorities at the country''s premier institute of learning, here on Monday.

Stunned by the sharp reactions the incident evoked on social media, the IIT-B on Monday said it had set up a committee "to look into the human versus animal conflict issue on the campus".

Students in a first-floor lecture hall were surprised and amused to see a bewildered white cow with dark spots and medium horns gallivanting into the classroom, entering from one side and walking out of the door on the other.

Some students, who were taking a test, got up and tried to shoo away the cow, but she took her own time to leave, without creating any fuss.

According to students, the incident happened last Saturday when it was raining heavily in Mumbai. The cow might have entered the building for shelter, but unwittingly strayed inside the lecture hall, they felt.

Last fortnight, a student was injured when a couple of stray bulls attacked him on the campus. The BMC did come, but removed only two bulls from outside the IIT-B gate.

The incident triggered a storm on the social media. "I am a cow and I am here to teach you moooooo-ology", said one. A medico said, "Cow entering IIT-B without clearing JEE Advanced??"