Differently Abled Category (DAC) at SIU

In compliance to Government directives on disability guidelines issued by the office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities vide Ministry of Social Justice & 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) candidates in all the programmes offered by all the Institutes of SIU.

The types of disabilities covered are:-

1. Vision Impairment
2. Hearing Impairment
3. Locomotors Disabilities
4. Mental Retardation
5. Multiple Disabilities
6. Dyslexia

A candidate claiming admission under DAC will be provisionally admitted under the said category. Thereafter, the candidate will be required to obtain an ‘Authentication Certificate’. The candidate will have to get the Disability Certificate authenticated by Medical Board of Symbiosis University Hospital and Research Centre (SUHRC).  Once the certificate is found authentic and correct by the Medical Board, SUHRC, his/her eligibility will be certified under the DA category.

# Differently Abled (DA) 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. The candidate will have to get the Disability Certificate issued by a competent medical officer for a district or Unique Disability Identity (UDID) Card (preferred) authenticated by Medical Board of Symbiosis University Hospital and Research Centre (SUHRC). Once the certificate is found authentic and correct by the Medical Board, SUHRC, his/her eligibility will be certified under the DA category. Process to be followed for Differently Abled Candidates (DAC):

Candidates from the Differently Abled (DA) category must upload a Disability Certificate issued by a competent medical officer for a district / Unique Disability Identity (UDID) Card (preferred)/ Unique Disability Identity (UDID) Card number. The candidate failing to do this will be considered under the Open Category. It is advised that all candidates who are applying under DA category upload their UDID card at the time of registration.

Note :- If a candidate selects a Differently Abled Category 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 qualification of scribe/writer should be a maximum 9th standard candidate or a maximum 9th standard passed candidate (Or Appearing 10th Standard). The scribe should not have completed studies beyond the 9th standard. Candidate should send the request to info@set-test.org , on or before April 12, 2025 (Saturday), in case scribe/writer is required.

During the test, as per SIU Examination norms, a Differently Abled Candidate is provided with 20 minutes of compensatory time for every 60 minutes of the test.

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

• In case a candidate falls under more than one of the above categories (e.g. 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 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 benefit 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 right to cancel the candidature of such candidate.