Pune University Mix-Up: Civil Student Gets Electrical Engineering Marksheet, Computer Student Awarded Zero Marks

Pune, 6th October 2026: A civil engineering student at Savitribai Phule Pune University was surprised to receive a marksheet carrying subjects from electrical engineering after appearing for his BE Civil Engineering examination. In another case, a computer engineering student who claimed to have attempted an entire paper was awarded zero marks.

The two students have raised questions over the functioning of the university’s examination department.

Dheeraj Gaikwad, a civil engineering student at the university-affiliated Shri Ramchandra College of Engineering, said his result was declared four days ago. After his result appeared on the university website, he asked a college professor to check it. The marksheet sent by the professor listed electrical engineering subjects and showed him as having failed.

Gaikwad said he was pursuing BE Civil Engineering and was shocked to find subjects from another course on his marksheet.

In another case, a Nashik-based computer engineering student, who requested anonymity, said she received zero marks in one subject in the results of an examination held in July. She claimed she had attempted the entire paper but was awarded no marks.

After she brought the issue to the university’s examination department, officials reportedly told her that the answer sheet would be rechecked.

Student representative Shiva Barole submitted a memorandum on Monday to Dr Rajendra Talware, director of the university’s Board of Examinations and Evaluation, seeking an independent inquiry into examination results and the revaluation process over the past year.

Barole claimed that some students who appeared for examinations had been marked absent, while complaints had also surfaced over delayed results, errors in revaluation and incorrect marksheets. He said such errors could have a direct impact on students’ academic careers.

He demanded that the university investigate examination results, revaluation procedures and marksheet errors reported over the past year, correct affected students’ results immediately and take action against officials responsible for lapses.

Dr Rajendra Talware said the university would examine cases in which discrepancies had been reported and make necessary corrections to the results.