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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Karnataka Common Entrance Test 2019 is being conducted for the purpose of determining
the eligibility / merit, for admission of Karnataka candidates and the ward/s of Jammu &
Kashmiri migrants to the First year or First semester of full time courses for Government share of
seats in Engineering, Technology, Architecture, Farm Science courses i.e, Bachelor of Veterinary
Science and Animal Husbandry (B.V.Sc. & A.H.) B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture, B.Sc. (Hons) Sericulture,
B.Sc (Hons) Horticulture, B.Sc (Hons) Forestry, B.Tech. Bio Technology, B.Sc. (Hons) Community
Science, B.Tech (Agri.Engg), B.Tech (Food Technology), B.Tech (Dairy Tech), B.F.Sc (Fisheries),
B.Tech (Food Science &Tech)., B.Sc. (Hons) Agri. Marketing & Co-Op, B. Pharma and Pharma-D
course, in Government / University / Private Aided / Private Un-Aided Professional Educational
Institutions in the State of Karnataka for the academic year 2019-20.
1.2 The candidates who wish to seek admission to Medical or Dental or AYUSH [Ayurveda, Yoga &
Naturopathy, Unani and Homoeopathy] courses must compulsorily qualify in the NEET (National Eligibility
cum Entrance Test) exam conducted by the CBSE Board, New Delhi. The candidates who qualify in the
NEET – 2019 exam will only get the eligibility for admission to Medical or Dental or AYUSH courses
through KEA for Government share of seats.
1.3 For admission to Architecture course candidate should compulsorily appear for NATA conducted by the
Council of Architecture or for JEE Paper-2 examination. Visit www.nata.in and www.nata.nic.in.
1.4 Admission to Government seats shall be made in accordance with the Karnataka Selection of Candidates
for Admission to Government Seats in Professional Educational Institutions Rules, 2006 (in short CET-2006
Admission Rules) as amended from time to time and therefore the details and instructions contained in
this Information Booklet are subject to the said Rules and Government orders. In case of any discrepancy,
the Rules shall prevail.
1.5 As per the seat matrix issued by the Government, the seat allotment to the above mentioned courses will
be done ONLINE by obtaining OPTIONS from the eligible candidates in the order of merit / rank obtained
in 2019 CET / NEET / NATA as applicable, and based on the options given by the candidates.
1.6 Verification of documents will be done in all the Districts and also at Doddaballapur helpline centres after
declaration of results / publication of merit list. Only upon verification of documents and issue of
verification slip, candidate will be allowed to enter the options. Candidates can enter any number of
options of their choice on their own arrangement. The candidate also has a provision to take a print out in
each round. Every candidate shall be given high security user ID and Secret Key which the candidate then
has to login and change it to password as per his / her choice.
1.7 Candidates are advised to verify and confirm that they are fulfilling any one of the Eligibility Clauses before
applying for admission to Government seats in Professional Colleges in the state of Karnataka for the year
2019. For any reason the fee paid by the candidates will not be refunded.
1.8 The SC / ST/Category-I / 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B and other eligibility criteria is applicable to Karnataka
candidates who are eligible to claim eligibility for Government seats under clauses (a), (b), (f), (h),
(j), (k) (l) and (o) and the same is not applicable to eligibility clauses (c), (d), (e), (g), (i), (m) and
(n) to claim Government Seats and Government quota seats as per proviso of rule 9 (2) of CET-2006
Admission Rules.
1.9 Reservation of seats in certain categories such as Rural, Kannada etc and in Special Categories
such as NCC, Sports etc is applicable only to Karnataka candidates who are eligible for
Government seats and Government Quota seats.
1.10The information furnished by the candidate in the CET-2019 online application form with
regard to Caste / Category and Annual Income remains the same for the purpose of
assignment of ranks / selection or allotment of a seat and no change will be entertained in
future for any reason.

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