It works to a certain extent in real life, but it won't work in BITS Pilani, until you find the right person or word it in the right way.
I am saying this because I actually over heard the management say that it isn't good for "business" if people thought x about the institute at the conference my mother forced me to attended, which is just... sad.
It isn't that their education quality is less (same texts; good enough teachers will give you the required amount of education. The rest is up to you). It's just that it is less likely to find free thinkers over there who are willing to speak out. If there are smart people on the faculty (there must be) they choose their battles carefully and in this case they would tow the managements line. If this was TIFR or IISc (I say this out of first hand experience) then it would have been fine, because they encourage such stuff and they would be delighted to find someone on the tail end of the curve.
Should I give you some advice as someone who has been through this?
Give them what they want.
Your professors are wise and follow their lead over here. Building a website is something trivial in the longer run and you have to pick your battles wisely. Spend the same energy in mastering this as it's obvious that you have a talent at work over here. Remember fighting with idiots tends to make you an idiot.
So, tread softly because you tread on your dreams.
Anyway, take care.