KEA implements internal reservation in allotment of seats for PG Medical and PG AYUSH courses

For the archetypal clip since the implementation of interior preservation among Scheduled Castes (SCs) successful the State, the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) has taken steps to allocate seats for postgraduate (PG) Medical and AYUSH courses based connected interior reservation.

Following the H.N. Nagamohan Das study being submitted to the authorities connected August 4, 2025, the State Cabinet accepted the study with modifications and issued an bid to instrumentality interior preservation among SCs grouping the communities into 3 categories - Category A (16 castes, 6%), Category B (19 castes, 6%), and Category C (63 castes, 5%).

However, its implementation was delayed owed to the non-distribution of caste certificates with the subgroups mentioned, denying opportunities for aspirants for authorities jobs and admittance to acquisition institutions. The Hindu had reported connected the aforesaid connected October 4, 2025, pursuing which the authorities had ordered connected October 8, 2025, to contented caste certificates reflecting the class of the SCs the campaigner belongs to.

SC candidates were advised by KEA to get (SC-A, SC-B, SC-C) caste certificates containing interior preservation details with Revenue Document (RD) fig printed from their respective tahsildars and taxable them by November 26.

By the extremity of Wednesday, a full of 883 SC candidates person submitted caste certificates with their subgroups intelligibly mentioned for admittance to PG Medical and PG AYUSH courses. A full of 777 students person applied for PG aesculapian courses - SC-A (184 candidates), SC-B (331 candidates), and SC-C (262 candidates), and 106 candidates - SC-A (31 candidates), SC-B (34 candidates), and SC-C (41 candidates) - person applied for PG AYUSH courses. 

“For the archetypal clip aft the authorities bid implementing interior reservation, we person taken steps to allocate seats for PG Medical and PG AYUSH courses nether interior reservation. As galore students complained that they were yet to get caste certificates reflecting the SC subgroup from tahsildars, we had extended the clip to taxable the aforesaid to instrumentality interior preservation successful spot allotment,” said H. Prasanna, Executive Director, KEA. 

Mr. Prasanna further said that interior preservation was besides implemented during the precocious held Karnataka State Eligibility Test (KSET) exams. “We person besides issued notification for recruitment for 9 different departments, successful each of which we person implemented interior reservation,” helium said.