SNAP 2017: Eligibility Criteria and Reservation of seats

SNAP 2017 registrations are on and will continue till November 24, 2017. Know the important dates of SNAP 2017 here.

The registrations for the exam can be made online at the official website of the exam. To register for the exam, applicants need to follow a few steps. The application fee for the exam is Rs 1750. The payment of application fee can be made either through cash, Demand Draft or Debit/ Credit card. Know steps of application process and details of payment details of SNAP 2017 here.

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However, an applicant must check the eligibility criteria details before registering for the exam. Following are the eligibility criteria stated by SNAP 2017:

• A candidate must be a graduate from any recognised/ statutory University or Institute. The candidate must have scored atleast of 50% marks (45% for SC/ST).
• Programmes offered by individual institutes requiring any specific discipline/ subject specialisation need to be checked for eligibility at the respective Institute.
• Applicants obtaining qualifying degree from any Foreign University must get an equivalence certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
• Before taking admission to any programme of SIU, all foreign degrees/ qualifications must be verified from AIU by the applicant.
• Certificate for foreign degrees/ qualifications are issued by Evaluation Division of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). The contact details of the division are given below:

Association of Indian Universities, AIU House, 16 Comrade Indrajit Gupta Marg (Kotla Marg), Landmark: Opposite National Bal Bhawan, Near I.T.O., New Delhi-110002, India
Tel. No.+91-11-23230059; 23232429; 23232305, Fax No.+91-11-23232131
Email: info@aiuweb.org, Website: www.aiuweb.org

The official brochure of the website clearly informs “it is the responsibility of the candidates to ascertain whether they possess the requisite qualifications / eligibility for admission. Having been admitted provisionally does not mean acceptance of eligibility. Final eligibility of admission will be decided by Symbiosis International University”.

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Reservation Policy

The university has reserved a few seats for different categories that exists in India. The reservations have been done as per UGC regulations for admission to different programmes for institutes under SIU (Except Symbiosis Institutes of Management Studies, which has separate policy#).

Following is the reservation policy of various institutes of SIU:

Candidates who are seeking admission in SIU other that open categories have to submit binding supporting documents at the time of GE-PIWAT, if shortlisted.

*Differently Abled Category (DAC) at SIU

SIU has reserved 3% of seats in all institutes under it in compliance to Government Directives on disability guidelines issued for persons with disabilities by the office of the Chief Commissioner vide Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment New Delhi notification no. 16-18/97 on dated 01st June 2001 and University Grants Commission Notification No. F.6-1/2006 (CPP-II/SCT) dated 30/09/2009.

The types of disabilities covered are:

• Hearing Impairment
• Locomotors Disabilities
• Vision Impairment
• Multiple Disabilities
• Mental Retardation
• Dyslexia

Candidates claiming any kind of disability will be provisionally admitted to the institute. However, those candidates are required to get 'Authentication Certificate' from Symbiosis Centre of Health care (SCHC) within one month of commencement of the program.

# For Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS)

According to MoU with Ministry of Defence clause no. 13 sub clause (d) the term Defence Personnel would take into consideration only those serving/ retired Defence Employees from the Navy, Army and Air Force who comes in the category of ex-serviceman as prescribed vide Ministry of Defence Letter no. 36034/5/85 Estt (SCT) dated 14th April, 1987.

Following is the reservation of seats intake under this category:

Defence Category- General: 80% seats for Children/Ward (dependents) of Defence personnel. (on the basis of merit)

Defence category- Special: 10% seats are reserved for dependents of Defence personnel killed in action (war, war like operation or Counter Insurgency), with more than 50% disability, disabled in action (war, Counter Insurgency or war like operation), next of kin of service personnel who have died while in service, death being attributable to military service. (as per merit)

Open Category: 10% seats are reserved for civilian candidates recommended/ sponsored by the Industry (on the basis of merit).

Reservation of Seats over and above intake:

Armed Forces Officers who are on Study Leave as authorized by their respective Services HQs are offered automatic admission subject to fulfilling the prescribed eligibility criteria.

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