The Committee shall recommend appropriate measures in each case to the Chairperson of the Senate
for awarding the punishment.
List of penalties for common types of cases under UFM:
Category of Offence (s) Penalty
offence
A Recovered material not related to the subject or Issue of warning not to repeat
found writing something on the question paper, the same and a fine may be
imposed as decided by the
competent authority on case
to case basis.
B Relevant material written by the candidate on any Award of F grade in the
part of body, wall, door of the room, table/ desk, concerned paper of current
other devices used by the candidate. examination.
OR
Recovered matter related to the subject found on
person of the candidate whether used or not used
for writing answer(s)
OR
The candidate is copying from copy of other
candidate and/or helping others to copy
OR
Carrying-electronic gadgets in the examination
hall which are not explicitly allowed
OR
Candidate is caught with a material which he/she
has chewed or swallowed or torn into pieces and
the candidate refuses to sign the documents.
C Manhandling with staff on duty or creating Award of F grade in all the
disturbance in the examination hall/center. subjects in the current
examination.
OR
Replacement of Answer Sheet, exchange of
Answer Sheet with other students, addition of extra
pages in the Answer Sheet, smuggling of Answer
Sheet/pages,
D Carrying the answer sheet away from the Award of F grade in all the
examination hall. subjects in the current
examination and debarring for
OR immediate next semester from
academic activities.
Impersonation The period for which the
student is debarred, would be
considered for calculating the
maximum stipulated time
(Seven years) for completing
the program.
E Two times indulgence in UFM as per category B, C Award of F grade in all the
and D above. subjects in the current
examination and debarring for
immediate next semester from
academic activities and
considered for calculating the
Maximum stipulated time
(Seven years) for completing
the program.
F More than two times indulgence in UFM as per Award of F grade in all the
category B, C and D above. Subjects in the current
examination and debarring
from the Institute for a period
of one and a half years
considered for calculating the
Maximum stipulated time
(Seven years) for completing
the program
Note: In case of entering in the Examination Hall with mobile phone or any other electronic gadgets or
keeping it surrounding the area of Examination Hall (even in Washroom) it will be seized and as a fine
an amount of Rs. 5000/- will be charged. The mobile phone and the electronic gadget will be returned
to the student/scholar only after depositing the fine.
The Senate may or may not recommend a student, who is found guilty of some major offence, to the
Board of Governors for the award of a degree even if he/she has satisfactorily completed all the
academic requirements.