The race for admission to government quota seats in professional colleges will commence at the CET Cell from Wednesday with the seat selection process for candidates belonging to the physical disabled category.
Medical examination will be conducted by the Medical Board and the eligible candidates will be allowed to select medical, dental, Indian System of Medicine (ISM) and Homeopathy and engineering seats in order of merit on Wednesday.
As many as 13 medical, 2 dental, 6 ISM and Homeopathy and 134 engineering seats are in the offing.
Technical support
National Informatics Centre (NIC) will extend technical support for the conduct of seat selection and display of online seats availability on the website during seats selection process, according to an official press release.
Tips for students
*The candidates claiming reservation under physical disability category will be required to appear for medical examination on May 30 before a committee comprising of the Special Officer, CET Cell as Chairman and three specialists from the Department of Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology and ENT, nominated by the Government.
* Candidates with physical disability ranging above 40 per cent should produce a medical certificate issued by competent doctor of any government hospital located in the state in the field of concerned disability on the day of medical examination.
* Candidates suffering from hearing disability should compulsorily obtain and produce a BSER (Brain Stem Evoked Response) audiometry report from Nimhans/ Manipal Hospital / Government Speech and Hearing Institute, Lingarajapuram, Bangalore.
* The Medical Board shall examine the candidate and certify regarding the percentage of disability and the decision of the Medical Board will be final. For the purpose of this proviso, persons with disability shall have the same meaning assigned to it, in the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Participation) Act 1995 (Central Act 1 / 1995). The candidates with disability less than 40 per cent will not be eligible for claiming a seat under Physically Disabled category.
* The Physically Disabled candidates who fail to appear before the committee for Medical examination on May 30 will not be eligible for selection of a seat under physically disabled category. (Source: CET Cell)
Seat availability
Following is the number of seats available for selection for eligible physically disabled category candidates.
Medical
Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore: 4
Mysore Medical College, Mysore: 3
Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli: 3
Government Medical College, Bellary: 3
Total: 13
Dental
Government Dental College, Bangalore: 2
ISM and Homeopathy
Ayurveda: 4; Homeopathy: 1; Unani: 1. Total: 6
Engineering :
Total: 134