University open to all Classes, Caste, Religion, Language and Gender.

The University shall be open to all persons and shall not discriminate on the ground of gender, race, caste, religion or domicile and it shall not be lawful for the University to adopt or impose on any person any test whatsoever of religious belief or any profession in order to entitle one to be appointed as a teacher of the University or to hold any other office therein or to be admitted as a student or to enjoy or exercise any privilege thereof: Provided that for the purpose of admission of students, the University shall provide reservation of fifty percentum of the seats in each different course for the students of Odisha subject to satisfying the minimum qualifying standard for admission tests and interviews: Provided further that any seats remaining vacant due to non-availability of required percentage of students of Odisha, those may be filled by other students with prior permission of the State Government.