I. The reservation policy will be followed as specified below :
1. 8% and 12% seats in all programmes are reserved
respectively for candidates belonging to Schedule
Caste and Schedule Tribe by birth (not by marriage
or adoption).
Note : Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe persons who have
migrated from their state of origin to another state for
the purpose of seeking education, employment etc.,
will be deemed to be Scheduled Caste / Tribe of state
of their origin and will be entitled to derive benefits
from the state of origin and not from the state to which
they have migrated. (Vide Govt. India Letter No. BC /
160 14.1.82 SC & BCD / dated 22nd Feb., 1985). Thus,
SC/ST candidates from Orissa who are staying
outside the State have to produce SC/ST certificate
from the competent authority of Orissa State during
counselling.
Separate merit lists will be drawn up for each reserved
category. If eligible candidates belonging to one
reserved category are not available, seats can be filled
up by the candidates belonging to the general category.
2. Candidates applying for SC/ST reserved category shall
furnish SC/ST certificate from the Tahasildar of the place
of birth at the time of counselling in the format given in
the Counselling Brochure.
3.
30% of seats in all the programmes are reserved
for women candidates.
4.
a) Seats available under general category in any course
are those available after deduction of the number of
seats pertaining to the reserved categories from the
total number of seats available for that particular
course.
b) For admission into a programme a candidate
belonging to categories 1 and 3 can also
compete under general category provided he / she
satisfies all conditions of eligibility for the same. At
the time of counselling for admission, a candidate
figuring in the merit list for both reserved and general
categories may first exercise his / her option for the
Institute and discipline for admission under reserve
category. A candidate who forgoes his / her option
under reserved categories is entitled to exercise his /
her option subsequently for the institute and
discipline for admission according to his / her merit
position under general category.
c) If a candidate does not report during scheduled date /
hour of counselling, he / she will be treated as
absentee and no seat will be kept reserved for him/
her. A candidate failing to report for counselling will
not be permitted to participate in the counselling
subsequently under any circumstances.
d) Seats, if any, remaining vacant in the ST reserved
category will be merged with SC category and can
be filled in by candidates SC category. If all the seats
belonging to SC reserved category are not filled up
due to non-availability of candidates belonging to
SC category, such vacant seats may be filled up by
candidates belonging to general category.
e) Seats reserved under women category will be filled
up by general category candidates in case the same
are not filled up.
f) No reservation norms are applicable for lateral entry
admissions.
Note : In case of any change in the percentage of reservation
of seats/reservation criteria mentioned in the clause
above on the basis of guidelines from MHRD it will
be intimated through the counselling brochure to all
the merit listed candidates. It will also be published
in our website and in the notice board at the
counselling venue.
II. Admission is strictly based on merit rank and choice
of the candidate with respect to course given during
the counselling.
III. Candidates will be called for counselling as per the
schedule to be dispatched along with the rank card.
IV. During Counselling all certificates in original will be
verified. For records of the Institutes, a set of attested
copies of the certificates and mark sheets etc. will
be collected during counseling.
V. A candidate selected through the counselling for a
course is admitted and registered as a student of
SOA University automatically. The student receives
a registration number and a university registration
card.
VI. Candidates who do not receive the SAAT – 2010
rank card or have lost the rank card can get a
duplicate rank card from SAAT – 2010 Cell, on
payment of Rs. 200/- in the form of a Demand Draft
drawn in favour of SIKSHA O ANUSANDHAN
UNIVERSITY, Bhubaneswar, payable at
Bhubaneswar.
Selection for admission will be strictly on the- basis
of rank secured in the merit list subject to the
availability of seats in the disciplines at the time of
counselling for admission.
A candidate failing to report for counselling on the
date and time prescribed will not be given chance
subsequently under any circumstances.
The Counselling of qualified candidates shall be
held in the University Campus / ITER Campus. The
exact schedule of counselling shall be intimated later
to the qualified candidates along with their rank
cards. Counselling and seat allocation will be purely
on merit basis i.e. based on the performance in the
Entrance Examination. Counselling Schedule will
be published in the website on the day of declaration
of result. Candidates have to attend the counselling
as per the schedule. Verification of original
documents would be done at the time of
counselling / admission, so as to verify records of
identification, age, qualifying examination and category of candidates. The University shall fill up
35% of seats through AIEEE (B.Tech.),15% through
AIPMT (MBBS / BDS) and 15% NRI in lieu of
management quota (these candidates must be
qualified in SAAT-2010 or any equivalent State /
National level Entrance Test). Rest of the seats will
be filled up through SAAT– 2010.
For lateral entry, the University shall fill up 10% of
seats in each branch of B.Tech, B.Pharm and
BHMCT through counselling over and above the
sanctioned strength.
The University reserves the right to fill up the vacant
seats, if any, in any discipline on a suitable basis as
approved by the competent authority of the University.
a). Admit card
b). Rank Card of SAAT – 2010
c). Original Date of Birth Certificate / 10th certificate
d). School / College Leaving Certificate
e). +2 Certificate
f). +2 Mark Sheet and 10th Mark Sheet
g). Diploma Certificate (for Lateral Entry Candidates)
h). Diploma Mark Sheet (for Lateral Entry Candidates)
i). Bachelor’s Degree Certificate (for MCA / M.Tech. /
M.Pharm. / M.Sc. Nursing / M.Sc. Bio-tech. / MBA /
MHTM / MHA)
j). Bachelor’s Degree Mark Sheet (for MCA / M.Tech. /
M.Pharm. / M.Sc. Nursing / M.Sc. Bio-tech. / MBA /
MHTM / MHA)
k). Bank Draft: A fee of Rs.40,000/- (non-refundable)
in the form of a demand draft drawn from any
nationalized bank in favour of Siksha O Anusandhan
University, Bhubaneswar, payable at Bhubaneswar.
l). Any other relevant certificate as mentioned in this
Brochure
m). Two sets of photocopy of all original documents
n). Four recent passport size coloured photographs
o). Caste Certificate in the prescribed format
Information regarding admission may be obtained
from the University, SAAT – 2010.
Ph. : +91-674-2350216 / 2350180 / 2350181
Fax : +91-674-2351217 / 2351880
Website : www.soauniversity.ac.in
e-mail : saat@soauniversity.ac.in
Note : All enquiries and correspondence with SAAT–2010
authorities must bear the candidate’s Application number.
After receiving the admit card the candidate should also
quote the Roll No. allotted to him / her in the
correspondence, if any. Telephonic enquiry will be attended
between 3.00 PM to 5.00 PM on all working days.
