University Open to all

No person shall be excluded from any office of the University or from membership of any of its authorities, bodies or committees or from appointment to any post, or from admission to any degree, diploma, certificate or other academic distinction or course of study on the ground only of sex, race, creed, class, caste, place of birth, religious belief or profession or political or other opinion:

Provided that the University may give affiliation to any college or institution in which admission is given exclusively for women or reserved for women:

Provided further that the University may, in consonance with the policies of the State Government, reserve posts, employment or seats for admission in favour of members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Socially and Economically Backward Classes of citizens, women or other category of persons.