Eligibility criteria

Reservation Policy:

As per the UGC Regulations, following will be the reservation policy for admission to any program of Institutes of SIU (Except Symbiosis Institutes of Management Studies, which has separate policy #)

A. Within Sanctioned Intake

· Scheduled Caste (SC) : 15%

· Scheduled Tribes (ST) : 7.5%

· Person with Disability* : 3%

B. Over & above intake

· Kashmiri Migrants : 2 seats per program

· International Candidates : 15% (Admissions to this category are controlled directly by International Students Cell of Symbiosis).

Candidates applying from categories other than Open Category are required to submit valid supporting document (s) at the time of the selection process.

* Persons with Disabilities (PWD) at SIU: (3% of Seats within the Sanctioned Intake)

In compliance to the Government 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 on 1^st June 2001, The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 dated 27^th December 2016 and University Grants Commission Notification No. F.6-1/2006 (CPP-II/SCT) dated 30/09/2009, the University has made provision of reserving 3% seats for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) Category candidates in all its Constituents.

The types of disabilities covered are:-

• Locomotor Disability
• Leprosy Cured Person
• Cerebral Palsy
• Dwarfism
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Acid Attack Victims
• Visual Impairment
• Blindness
• Low Vision
• Hearing Impairment
• Deaf
• Hard of Hearing
• Speech and Language Disability

Intellectual Disability: –

• Specific Learning Disabilities
• Autism Spectrum Disorder

Mental Behaviour (Mental Illness)

Disability caused due to: –

• Chronic Neurological Conditions such as:
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Parkinson’s Disease
• Blood Disorder:
  • Haemophilia
  • Thalassemia
  • Sickle Cell Disease

*Persons with Disabilities (PwD): candidate means a candidate having any of the disabilities in accordance with the Persons with Disabilities Act – 1995 and as per revised Gazette of India Registered no: DL – (N)04/0007/2003-16 dated December 28, 2016.

Process to be followed for Persons with Disabilities (PwD):

• The candidate applying for the entrance tests /admission in the Persons with Disabilities (PwD), selects the type of disability available in the PwD options on the portal.
• A Persons with Disabilities (PwD) candidate is required to upload his/her copy of Disability Certificate issued by Competent Government Medical Authority the AND Unique Disability ID (UD ID) Card at the time of registration for entrance/admission of SIU to ascertain percentage and the type of the disability.
• The Medical Superintendent, SUHRC through Medical Board shall ascertain the genuineness of the said documents. Once the documents are found authentic and correct by the Medical Board, SUHRC, his/her eligibility will be certified under the PwD category.

Note – If a candidate selects Persons with Disabilities (PwD) in the Registration form and s/he requires scribe/writer facility please note SIU will not be providing scribe/writer. The candidate has to make her/his own arrangement for scribe/writer. The scribe/writer should not have completed studies beyond the Class XII. Request for approval for scribe/writer should be sent to info@snaptest.org The approval email and supporting documents should be carried at the time of appearing for the SNAP Test.

As per SIU norms, a Persons with Disabilities (PwD) Candidate is provided with 20 minutes of compensatory time for every 60 minutes of test.