GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT No. L465 7 IME, Date: 20.04.2020 HE -PTC-MISC-0004-2015 From Saswat Mishra, [AS Commissioner-cum-Secretary To The Vice-Chancellors ; (All State Public_and Private Universities coming under Higher Education Department) Sub: Resumption of University Functioning during the COVID-19 Lockdown period Ref: - (i) HE. Department letter No. 13010/HE, Dated 13.03.2020 i) H.E. Department letter No. 13327/HE, Dated 16.03.2020 (iii) HLE. Department letter No.13345/HE, Dated 16.03.2020 (iv) GA & PG Department Order No.10460/GEN, Dated 17.04.2020 Madam/Sir, In pursuance of Government of Odisha instruction issued vide GA & PG Department Order No.10460/GEN Dated 17.04.2020, all the Public and Private Universities of Odisha, coming under the administrative control of HE. Department, are hereby permitted to resume their normal activities during the COVID-19 Lockdown period with the following restrictions. (a)Classes (Theory or Practical) shall not be held in physical mode. However, on-line teaching/e-Learning/Distance learning is permitted, (0)Examinations (Theory or Practical) shall not be conducted, However, Universities must remain in full Preparedness to conduct examinati whenever permitted by Government, with short notice. (©)No student shall be allowed to stay allowed to enter the University the ions, in hostel. No student or public shall be Office/Department without valid permission of the concerned authority. Urgent necessities of students and public, if any (like issue of certificates, ete.), must. be tried to be met by electronic means.(‘Students’ include Research Scholars) Scanned with CamScanner(d) Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Interviews, Field Work/Visits/Trips, etc. shall not be held. Conferences, Seminars, etc. may, however, be held in on-line mode, if required. (e) Evaluation of answer sheets pertaining to examinations already conducted is permitted. However, Zonal_valuation is not_permitted. Ph.D Viva-voce examination and Ph.D pre-submission presentation in on-line mode is also permitted. (f) Though all Group-A (teaching and non-teaching) employees, which includes all faculties, have to attend to their official duty on daily basis, only one- third of Group B, Group C and Group D employees shall be required to attend to their official duty, as will be decided by the competent authority of the Universities, with or without rotation basis. A copy of the University Office Order to this effect should be sent_to local Police and Civil Administration with a request to allow movement of permitted employees to and _from the University. Employees must carry a copy of this Order of HE Department, a copy of the University Office Order and own [Card while commuting to the University. (g)If an employee, who is required to attend to duty, fails to attend duty due to any reason, s/he has to apply for admissible leave to her/his leave sanctioning authority. (h)During functioning of the Universities, all COVID-19 prevention measures such as Social Distancing, Hand Washing/ Sanitization, Compulsory Use of Mask, Routine Disinfection, Suspension of Bio-metric Attendance System, etc. must be followed scrupulously. This order will come into effect immediately and will remain in force till further order. ‘Yours faithfully, Commissioner-cum-SeP Rit 2° Memo No._/465@ /HE dated 27 0$ 2270 Copy to Principal Secretary, Home Department/Principal Secretary, GA & PG Department with a request to instruct the Collectors and SPs to allow commuting of employees of Universities to and from their Universities. Commissionér=cum-S: ecretary Scanned with CamScannerMemo No._/4 649 /HE dated 20'0F-2020° Copy to Commissioner of Police, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissionerate with a request to allow commuting of employees of Universities to and from their Universities. AL... 04-2000 Commissioner-cum-Secretary Memo No._74660 JHE dated 20 04.2020: Copy to Collectors and D.Ms ( Balasore, Cuttack, Ganjam, Gajapati, Khurda, Mayurbhanj, Puri and Sambalpur Districts ) and Superintendents of Police ( Balasore, Cuttack, Berhampur, Gajapati, Khurda, Mayurbhanj , Puri and Sambalpur Districts ) for information with a request to allow commuting of employees of Universities to and from their Universities. D 20.04.2020 Commissioner-cum-Secretary Scanned with CamScanner