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%

· Differently Abled * : 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.

* Differently Abled Category (DAC) at SIU

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 on dated 01 June 2001 and University Grants Commission Notification No. F.6-1/2006 (CPP-II/SCT) dated 30/09/2009, SIU has made provision for reserving 3% seats for Differently Abled Category (DAC) students in all the Constituent 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 Symbiosis Centre of Health Care (SCHC) within one month of commencement of the program. SCHC will check the validity of documents produced by the candidates and verify the continued existence and extent of the disability.