Reservation:
Reservation criteria is set by the CEE, who is the conducting authority of KEAM.
Below table shows the mandatory reservation criteria of different categories:
|
Category |
Sub-Categories |
Reservation of Seats |
|
State Merit (SM) |
-- |
60% |
|
Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) |
-- |
30% |
|
Ezhava (EZ) |
9% |
|
|
Muslim (MU) |
8% |
|
|
Other Backward Hindu (BH) |
3% |
|
|
Latin Catholic and Anglo Indian |
3% |
|
|
Dheevara and related communities (DV) |
2% |
|
|
Viswakarma and related communities (VK) |
2% |
|
|
Kusavan and related communities (KN) |
1% |
|
|
Other Backward Christian (BX) |
1% |
|
|
Kudumbi (KU) |
1% |
|
|
SC & ST |
-- |
10% |
|
Scheduled Castes (SC) |
8% |
|
|
Scheduled Tribes (ST) |
2% |
There is also special reservation quota for the following categories:
|
Category |
Reservation |
|
Government nominees |
168 seats in total reserved in various government colleges |
|
Rashtrapati scouts and guides for engineering courses |
2 seats reserved in engineering colleges |
|
Ex- servicemen, serving defence personnel and CRPF (Candidate should be son/ daughter of the mentioned) |
9 seats in engineering colleges |
|
Dependent of defence personnel killed/missing/ disabled in action |
7 seats in engineering colleges |
|
Sports quota |
20 seats in engineering colleges |
|
NCC cadet quota |
6 seats in engineering colleges |
NRI Quota:
Candidates belonging to NRI/PIO/OCI are eligible to give the exam but there is no reservation quota for NRIs. They will have to clear the cut off and will be counted under general category.
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