The study was designed to find out how extensively Agra District, popularly known as Taj City globally, which is active in terms of the utility of reservation policy for SCs/STs in higher education system that represents accurate and authentic assessment of those students belong to the SCs and STs and to explore if some other similar districts in the state offer examples of utility of best practices while adopting reservation policy at higher education level. Present research reveals that the concept of reservation policy is important in higher education particularly for the community of SCs/STs, which remains highly relevant in today’s context, although the claim of awareness, effectiveness, literacy rates, education level have not found same in the higher education sector. In modern world and digital age, the education system in itself has widened the scope for the students both in India and International universities.