mumbai a management institute in kandivli allegedly disallowed students with 60 attendance to sit for placement interviews of companies offering more than rs 3 lakh per annum the finalyear students of master of computer applications mca from thakur institute of management studies career development and research are also asked to purchase suits shirts and ties worth rs 4600 for placements from a specific vendor if this were not enough students have alleged that they are forced to pay for courses irrelevant for their career development students have taken to social media to protest against the institutions irrational policies they have also written to the allindia council of technical education seeking its intervention with students signatures a student from the institute said that the institute charged them rs 4000 5000 for courses many were not keen on other colleges offer extra courses too but it is never made mandatory said the student the institute even made placement training mandatory for all students and charged rs 3000 for it many students are not even placed so there was no point in making the training mandatory said the student the students have shared multiple posts on social media with receipts from the institute and also attached to the complaint sent to aicteanother student said that the universitys rule for minimum 75 attendance is mandatory from exam point of view the institute officials have made it a must even for placements some students were debarred from placements for having poor attendance said a student he said those with less than 60 attendance were not allowed to sit for interviews of firms with over rs 3 lakh a year what difference our attendance makes to our skills asked the student vinita gaikwad the institute director said full attendance in the programmes offered by the university is highly recommended all students are eligible to sit for campus placement interviews however those who have completed various curricular cocurricular and extracurricular programs and have better chance of selections are allowed to face the companies which give higher packagestudents have to go through all activities to enrich their cvs and face campus interviews she added on the basis of requests from 12 students the institute has now allowed final year students to attend all campus interviews irrespective of their lack of participation in the institutional activities she said students however claimed that many lost an opportunity to participate in interviews for good companies before decemberfor purchase of suits for placements gaikwad said students have to appear for interviews in formal suits to maintain uniformity and the suits are purchased from the vendor she said fees for preplacement training which is not compulsory is paid directly to trainers