Eligibility

Eligibility 6. A candidate, in order to be eligible for direct recruitment, shall:-

1. (a) possess a Bachelor's degree in Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science or its equivalent from any recognised University in India or abroad and have registered himself under the Orissa Veterinary Practitioners Act, 1970:
2. (b) be of good character;
3. (c) be of sound health, good physique, active habits and free from organic defects; and
4. (d) have attained the age of twenty-one years and must be below twenty-eight years of age on the first day of January of the year in which applications are invited: Provided that the upper age-limit in case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall be relaxable to the extent of five years: