This is a quintessential Indian term for sycophancy in all its magnificient manifestations. You are a chamcha, or spoon, if you do all that the term demands.
Sycophancy has a lot going in its favour. Who doesn't like flattery/praise? Particularly undeserved praise? That's what you have to be good at giving. Preferably directed towards bosses, but it doesn't hurt to spread it around in all directions. Politics thrives on it, and usually chamchas rise fast in the hierarchy of a party. If the party wins, they can be in important positions in the ministry.
But it's not about political hierarchies. Even in other spheres, this can get you where you want to be. Bosses are vulnerable, so in corporate hierarchies too, this can work well.
Academicians are not immune, either! Only, you have to sacrifice self-respect. You have a lot to gain!
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