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SET/SITEEE 2026 - Eligibility & Admission Criteria for Persons with Disabilities

Persons with Disabilities (PwD) at SIU: (3% of seats within the sanctioned intake)

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 Persons with Disabilities (PwD) candidates in all the programmes offered by all the Institutes of SIU.

The types of disabilities covered are:

Physical Disability

  • 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 and Unique Disability ID (UDID) 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 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 10, 2026 (Friday) in case scribe/writer is required.

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

  • A candidate applying under any of the reserved category (Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/ Person with Disabilities (PwD)/ Kashmiri Migrants/ Children/wards of Defence Personnel) is 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 Persons with Disabilities (PwD) or any other combination), S/he would need to select any one Category 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/her category for the entire admission process and benefits shall be according to such selected category. S/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/her category is found to be incorrect, the University shall have right to cancel the candidature of such candidate.
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Persons with Disabilities

SET/SITEEE 2026 - Eligibility & Admission Criteria for Persons with Disabilities

Persons with Disabilities (PwD) at SIU: (3% of seats within the sanctioned intake)

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 Persons with Disabilities (PwD) candidates in all the programmes offered by all the Institutes of SIU.

The types of disabilities covered are:

Physical Disability

  • 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 and Unique Disability ID (UDID) 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 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 10, 2026 (Friday) in case scribe/writer is required.

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

  • A candidate applying under any of the reserved category (Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes/ Person with Disabilities (PwD)/ Kashmiri Migrants/ Children/wards of Defence Personnel) is 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 Persons with Disabilities (PwD) or any other combination), S/he would need to select any one Category 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/her category for the entire admission process and benefits shall be according to such selected category. S/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/her category is found to be incorrect, the University shall have right to cancel the candidature of such candidate.