IIT Roorkee expelled three students in the first-year bachelor programme on January 1, 2016. The reason cited was the failure to fulfil minimum attendance requirement of 75%. These three students will now be barred from attempting their exams. Earlier, last year IIT Roorkee had expelled 73 students from the first year for scoring less than 5 point grade in CGPA. But after the intervention by parents and directions from the High Court, IIT Roorkee re-admitted these students on certain conditions. The basic requirement was a minimum of 75% attendance in each course.

The aforementioned students, two of whom belong to Polymer Science and Engineering department and the other from Electrical Engineering department had previously been expelled along with 70 other students for scoring below the 5 point grade CGPA. IIT Roorkee re-admitted these students by enforcing the conditions that these students should pass every course in the semester, but most important of all, they must maintain 75% attendance for each course. The failure to do so has invited wrath from the institute.

Arvindra Meena of Polymer Science and Engineer, whose name has been struck off the roll call said,”We were warned before our re-admission about the strict attendance but, I was unwell for a period of time, which is why I couldn’t attend classes. Since it is a holiday for the institute on the weekends I will meet our professor on Monday. I hope that he will understand my situation.” 

PaGaLGuY has a copy of the notice that was issued to the students. On conversation with Prof. Pramod A, Dean of Academic affairs, PaGaLGuY was told that the students had approached the institute for an appeal, but there will be no reconsideration in the decision. No sort of concessions, even on medical grounds, will be given any further to these students.

These 3 students have now been rusticated from IIT Roorkee, and their fate hangs in a balance.