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6. Special Reservation Categories (for Government quota only)
Seats are reserved under the following Special Reservation Categories
Special Reservation Category Applicable to No. of Seats
a) Physically Handicapped Diploma and
B. Sc.
b) Eminent Sportsmen
(International / National / State
level participations)
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3% of
Government
seats in each
discipline
Diploma 10
c) Children of Freedom Fighters Diploma 1
d) Children of Ex-Servicemen Diploma 15
e) Physically Handicapped
Candidates with permanent Physical Impairment 40% and above
are considered as disabled. Candidates seeking admission against
the reservation set apart for Orthopaedically physically handicapped /
Hearing impaired / Vision Impairment should produce the certificate in
the prescribed format from the Medical Board of the District
concerned certifying the nature and extent of disability in percentage
and with regard to suitability for admission to Engineering Colleges
specifically mentioned.
Eligibility Criteria for various Disabilities
Norms for Orthopaedic Disability
Candidates with permanent physical impairment 40% and above are
considered as disabled. Hence, candidates with orthopaedic
disability of the following types are eligible for claiming Engineering
admission against Physically Handicapped category.
i) Independent in ambulance with or without calipers but without walking
aids.
ii) Good Standing Balance without calipers but without any support
iii) Hand Function with normal limit without any aid
iv) Good control over bladder and bowel
v) Disease must be non progressive
Norms for Hearing Disability
Candidates with hearing ability of 40 db and above only in the better
ear with speech discriminations score of 50% and above are
considered disables and hence eligible for claiming Engineering
admission against Physically Handicapped category.
Norms for Vision Impairment
Candidates with low vision of 40% and above are considered as
disabled, and hence eligible for claiming Engineering admission
against Physically Handicapped category.
Low Vision
Persons with low vision means a person with impairment of vision of
less than 6/18 to 6/60 with best correction in the better eye or
impairment of field in any one of the following categories.
i) reduction of fields less than 50 degrees
ii) Heminaopia with macular involvement
iii) Attitudinal defect involving lower fields