Is MSIT strict about attendance?

No, MSIT is not that strict about its attendance policy. The brochure officially says that the institute has an attendance policy of a minimum of 75% aggregate in a semester or year for all the subjects taken in that year.

However, this is not in practice. I have many friends from MSIT and most of them never had a 75% attendance in any of the semesters during the 4 years. Some even had less than 50% attendance during the final 2 semesters. Yet nothing happened to them.

They will of course warn you by telling you to call up your parents or not allowing you to take exams, but in reality, this rarely happens. Keep a good rapport with your teachers and classmates to be safe.