Intake – Sanctioned Intake 150 students

1. Reservation within intake ( as per SIU policy) –
Scheduled Caste (SC): 15%
Scheduled Tribes (ST): 7.5%
Differently Abled : 3%
Children/wards of Defence Personnel: 5% *

2. Reservation above intake ( As per SIU policy) –
Kashmiri Migrants: 2 seats per programme
International Candidates: 15%

Important points :

A) The definition for Children / Wards of Defence Personnel is:

The term Defence Personnel would mean only those serving/retired Defence personnel from Army, Navy, Air Force. Retired defence personnel are those who fall in the category of ex-servicemen as laid down in Ministry of Defence letter no 36035/5/85- Estt (SCT) dated 14 April 1987. It includes children of defence personnel who died while in service or after retirement.

Note:- If a candidate chooses to apply under “Children / Wards of Defence Personnel” category for any one of the programmes mentioned above, and subsequently if he/she chooses to apply for any / all of the remaining programmes mentioned above, he/she will be treated under the same category (i.e. Children / Wards of Defence Personnel)”

B) A candidate applying under any of the reserved category (Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/ Differently Abled/ Kashmiri Migrants) are mandatorily required to submit relevant documents issued by competent authority. Any participation at any stage of the admission process by such a candidate is purely provisional and always subject to verification and authentication of such relevant documents.

In case a candidate falls under more than one of the above categories (eg. Scheduled Caste as well as Differently Abled or any other combination), he would need to select any one Category (i.e. Either Scheduled Caste OR Differently Abled in the case of example mentioned above) at the time of filling up the SNAP registration form. The category selected by the candidate at the time of filling the registration form will be considered to be his category for the entire admission process and his benefits and entitlements shall be according to such selected category. He will not be able to claim benefits under the other category/s at any stage of admission on any account whatsoever. Please also note that if any information provided by the candidate in respect of his category is found to be incorrect, the University shall have the right to cancel the candidature of such candidate at any stage of the admission process.

C) In compliance with Govt. Directives on disability guidelines issued by the office of the Chief Commissioner for persons with disabilities vide Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment New Delhi notification no. 16-18/97 dated 01st June 2001 and University Grants Commission Notification No. F.6-1/2006 (CPP-II/SCT) dated 30/09/2009, SIU has made provision of reserving 3% seats for Differently Abled Category (DAC) students in all the Institutes of SIU.

The types of disabilities covered are:-

a) Vision Impairment
b) Hearing Impairment
c) Locomotors Disabilities
d) Mental Retardation
e) Multiple Disabilities
f) Dyslexia

All candidates claiming admission under DAC will be provisionally admitted under the said category. Thereafter, the candidate will be required to obtain an ‘Authentication Certificate’ from the Symbiosis Centre of Health Care (SCHC) within one month of commencement of the programme. SCHC will check the validity of documents produced by the candidates and verify the continued existence and extent of the disability.