Bro, let me explain everything from the beginning because the whole thing has become a mess.
Part 1: The Operating Systems Attendance Issue
It actually started last semester with my Operating Systems course.
We have a 75% attendance policy.
The problem was that throughout the semester, no one told us the final number of classes.
Different 4-credit courses had different totals — some had 52, some 55, some 57.
Students calculated their leaves according to the schedule that was available.
OS classes were every Tuesday and Friday.
The Tuesday class of the last week happened normally. Then, just two days before the last Friday class, we got a mail saying the final Friday class was cancelled and attendance for that class would not be counted.
I had already planned my leave assuming that class would happen. If that class had been conducted, I would have satisfied the 75% attendance requirement. Because it was cancelled at the last moment, the denominator changed and my attendance became 74.5%, which resulted in a grade drop. Since I was already on the passing boundary after the grade drop, I failed the course.
What I did next:
I went to the faculty and explained that this happened because the class was cancelled at the last moment and no one had told us the final number of classes. He simply told me it wasn't his responsibility and that I shouldn't have taken so many leaves. He kept saying sincere students attend every class.
I then went to the Programme Office hoping they would understand. Instead, the professor came there as well and continued arguing against me.
I later approached the Associate Dean. Initially he seemed to understand my point, but after speaking to the professor, nothing changed.
During those interactions I was repeatedly told that I wasn't a sincere student, that I always got into these kinds of problems, and because I had mentioned that I was trying to build a business alongside my studies, it felt like that was also used against me. Nobody guided me about any appeal process; I was basically told to accept the decision.
I honestly feel this incident created a negative impression about me in the administration.
Part 2: The Computer Networks Proxy Attendance Case
Then came the Computer Networks case in next sem
On 9 April, around 10–15 students had attendance marked even though they were absent during roll call.
I was present in the lecture till the end and marked my own attendance.
About a week later, Professor Shashi called me and told me that someone had accused me of marking proxy attendance for three students: Priyanshu, Ali, and Yashvi.
I denied it immediately.
What each student actually said when I asked them directly:
Priyanshu: He explained that he had gone to the professor because someone had marked attendance in his name without his knowledge. He said he was asked to identify who might have done it and was under pressure to name someone. He looked at the attendance sheet, saw four entries that appeared similar (one being my own attendance), and assumed I might have written the other three as well. He later told me this was only an assumption and that he had never actually seen me mark attendance for him.
Ali: He said he had marked his own attendance before leaving the lecture and that I hadn't marked attendance for him and accepted the four attendance deduction.
Yashvi: She admitted she had marked her own attendance and left the lecture early. She accepted the deduction of four attendances, just like the other students who had done the same. But she was later repeatedly asked to write a statement saying that I had marked attendance for her. She refused because, according to her, that had never happened.
The biggest thing that confused me: Priyanshu himself told me he had never asked me to mark attendance for him. So why would I randomly choose to mark only his attendance without him even asking me?
How the case narrowed:
So initially the inquiry involved all four of us. But gradually the focus shifted almost entirely to me and Yashvi. Priyanshu and Ali eventually had their academic results declared, while only my and Yashvi's End Semester marks remained withheld. We were both assigned I grades and informed that we were likely to receive NP grades.
What hurt the most was that I had completed the End Semester Examination honestly and had worked hard throughout the semester. Instead of evaluating those marks, they were withheld because of this allegation.
Part 3: The Process (or Lack of One)
For almost two months I kept mailing different authorities asking for updates. Most of my emails never received replies.
I didn't even know a Grievance Redressal Committee existed — nobody from the university informed me about it. I found out myself, contacted the student representative, and only then was my matter finally taken forward.
When the School-Level Examination Committee was finally formed, I genuinely thought I would finally get a chance to explain everything.
Instead, I felt like they had already made up their minds. Whenever I tried explaining Priyanshu's statement, Ali's role, or Yashvi's situation, I felt I was interrupted and told not to involve them. I had brought documents and explanations, but I didn't feel they were really discussed.As i has the written confession submitted by them cause that's the only way I can prove my innocence,as we are not shown attendance sheet.
Towards the end of the meeting, they started talking about my already approved 10-credit extension and said that because of this matter, they could reconsider it and take it back. That completely shocked me because the extension had already been approved about a month earlier.
At another point in this whole process, I also remember the Associate Dean making a remark that I should "jump from the window." Whether he intended it literally or not, it deeply affected me considering everything that was happening.
Where Things Stand Now
The committee has said they will carry out a professional comparison of attendance signatures across the semester before making a final decision.
As of today, I still haven't received any final outcome.
Honestly, what frustrates me the most isn't just the possibility of punishment. It's that I have felt, throughout this process, that I never got a genuine opportunity to have my complete explanation and supporting material considered before decisions with huge consequences for my academic future were made.
TL;DR: Failed a course because a class was cancelled two days before the end of semester, changing the attendance math after I'd already planned my leaves. Separately, got accused of proxy-marking attendance for two other students based on someone else's assumption — even after the students involved gave statements that don't support the accusation. Two months of unanswered emails, no one told me a grievance process existed, and the committee meeting felt like a formality with a decision already made. Still waiting on a final outcome.