Admission

Admission Process:

Candidates interested to take admission in first year of 3 years diploma program in Govt. Polytechnics are required to take PAT (Polytechnic admission test) which is being conducted by Himachal Pradesh Takniki Shiksha Board Dharamshala  Distt. Kangra H.P every year in the month of April/May. The selection for admission to different courses is being conducted by Directorate of technical education H.P Sundernagar through centralized counseling on the basis of merit of PAT.

Admission into second year of diploma level courses under lateral entry scheme is made on the basis of merit of LEET (lateral entry entrance test) or 10+2 science after exhausting the merit of LEET.

Departments and intake of students:

 

Sr. No	Name of Discipline	Year of Establishment	Intake Capacity/Year
1	Pharmacy	1992	40
2	CIVIL ENGG.	2017	40
3	COMP.ENGG. and IoT	2023	30

 

 

 

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(Minimum Eligibility Qualification / Criteria for Two Years Engineering Diploma Courses through Lateral Entry ). 

Eligibility criteria for direct admission to 2nd year (3rd semester) in Polytechnic Engineering diploma courses under Lateral Entry Scheme as per AICTE, Approval Process Hand Book, which are as under:-

Passed 10+2 examination with Physics/Mathematics/Chemistry/Computer Science/Electronics /InformationTechnology/Biology/Informatics Practices/Biotechnology/Technical Vocational subject/Agriculture/Engineering Graphics/ Business Studies/Entrepreneurship as per table 8.4 of AICTE, Approval Process Handbook (APH) 2024-27.

            Or 

10th + 2 years ITI under NCVT/SCVT/COE in engineering stream shall be eligible for admission to Second Year Diploma Course(s) of appropriate Programme as per AICTE Norms. (The Affiliating Body will offer suitable bridge courses such as Mathematics, Physics, Engineering drawing, etc for the students coming from diverse backgrounds to achieve desired learning outcomes of the programme). 

Process of admission to second year in Polytechnics through Lateral Entry Scheme: 

The admission shall be made strictly on the merit of marks obtained in Lateral Entry Entrance Test (LEET-2024) conducted by H.P. Takniki Shiksha Board Dharamshala. The applicant must secure 15% marks for General Category and 10% marks for reserved categories in LEET-2024 to qualify and participate in the online process for admission to 2nd year diploma courses for the academic session 2024-25.  

The eligible candidate(s) who have not appeared in LEET-2024 can also apply in 2nd round of Online Counselling and subsequent rounds of Centralized Offline Counselling as Non LEET candidates.  

The applicant (s) who have not secured the qualifying marks in LEET-2024 are also eligible to apply in 2nd round of Online Counselling and subsequent rounds of Centralized Offline Counselling, however the admission in this round shall be made first on the basis of the merit of qualified LEET candidates followed by merit of marks obtained in minimum educational qualification prescribed by AICTE as specified above for non qualified/non LEET candidates on the basis of inter se merit.  

The schedule/timeline of online/Centralized Offline/institution level counselling shall be published separately in newspapers as well as uploaded on the official website of H.P. Takniki Shiksha Board Dharamshala.   

There will be no provisional admission whatsoever either in regular diploma stream or Lateral Entry Level.  Admission in TFW, AIQ, Single Girl Child, Widow Candidates & Kashmiri Migrants seats shall not be made under Lateral Entry Scheme.  In the Architecture Assistantship diploma course, there is no provision for lateral entry for admission in 2nd year. 

Reservation of seats : 

i. RESERVATION FOR POLYTECHNIC ENGINEERING COURSES ADMISSION 

Vertical Reservation

 General                                            45% 

 SC                                                    22% 

 OBC                                                 18% 

 ST                                                     05%  

*EWS for General Category              10%                                                                                    

 

Horizontal Reservation                                                                             

 

Ex-Man                                                                     15%

 Divyang/PH (Physically Handicapped)                     03%

 RBA (Rural Backward Area)                                     04%

 FF (Freedom Fighter)                                               02% 

Sports                                                                        02% 

Antyodaya/BPL (SC, ST & OBC Categories)            15%

 

Seats Distribution

Type of Seats                                                                                                                                                                                            Percentage

All India Quota(AIQ) Seats                                                                                                                                                                             15% of the Total Seats

For Engineering Diploma Admission: General Seats Including one seat in each Institution for meritorious Kashmiri Migrants, 01 seat per course per institution for Single Girl Child within the sanctioned intake & 01 seat per course per institution for Widow Candidate(s) within the sanctioned intake.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       85% of Total Seats(Less 15% Management Seats)

Management Seats : in Private Institutions only (Including NRI Seats. The Institution must have approval of AICTE for admitting NRI candidates.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       15% of the 85% General Seats

Seats under Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme for admission to 1st year engineering diploma courses. These Supernumerary seats shall be available only to such Course(s) in an Institution, where a minimum of 50% of Approved Intake” are filled up in the last Academic year as per AICTE guidelines.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          5% seats over and above the sanctioned intake

Seats under Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme for admission to 1st year Diploma in Pharmacy course. These Supernumerary seats shall be available only to such Course(s), where a minimum of 30% of “approved intake” are filled-up as per PCI guidelines. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           5% seats within the sanctioned intake

(Fee and other Charges and their Rules )

Sr. No.         Type of fee & charges Rs.
1                   Admission Fee,Tuition Fee and Hostel Rent
                      (i) Admission fee (one time payable at the time of admission)                          250-00
                      (ii) Tuition Fee (payable in the beginning of each semester)                            1500-00
                      (iii) Hostel Rent (payable in the beginning of each semester) hostelers only    600-00
                                                                                                                                  Total      2350-00


2                 Student Welfare Funds (Payable on one time)
A
Institution Charges
(i) Identity Card (Rs. 100/- shall be charged for duplicate Identity                                            50-00
(ii) Institutional Security (Refundable)                                                                                       1000-00
(iii) Library Security (Refundable)                                                                                              500-00

                                                                                                                                        Total 1550-00

B
Annual Charges
(i) Annual Festival / Cultural Charges                                                                                        200-00
(ii) Magazine fee                                                                                                                        100-00
(iii) NCC Charges (for institutions where NCC facility is available)                                            100-00
(iv) Corpus Fund ( to be charged annually)                                                                                20-00

                                                                                                                                          Total 420-00

C
Half Yearly Charges (Per semester)
(i) Library Fee                                                                                                                           200-00
(ii) Medical Fee                                                                                                                        100-00
(iii) Examination fee (internal exam)                                                                                         300-00
(iv) Institute fund                                                                                                                      1000-00
(v) Computer Fee                                                                                                                     500-00
(vi) Industrial Visit Charges                                                                                                      150-00
(vii) Sports & Cultural Fund                                                                                                      150-00

                                                                                                                                        Total 2400-00

D
Hostel Charges (Per Semester)
(i) Hostel Security (Refundable)                                                                                           1500-00
(ii) Electricity & Water Charges                                                                                              600-00
(iii) Maintenance Charges                                                                                                      750-00
(iv) Medical Charges                                                                                                              100-00
(v) Development Fund                                                                                                            500-00

                                                                                                                                        Total 3450-00

                                                                                                                      Grand Total      10170-00