As informed by OJEE in-charge chairperson Manish Tripathy, a total of 48,317 students are appearing for the examination at 81 centres across the state.
Of the 81 centres, Bhubaneswar has the highest 20 centres at CET, DAV Public School, Utkal University, BJP Autonomous College, Rajdhani College, Maharishi College of Natural Law and ODM Public School. While Cuttack has 9 centres, the remaining centres are in all district headquarters, OJEE secretary Dr Ranjan Jena said.
Acting on the OJEE guidelines, the students arrived at their respective centres an hour before the examination and entered the examination hall 15 minutes before the commencement of the examination after their admit cards were checked by the Invigilators.
Students qualifying the test would take admission in B.Pharm, M.Tech and M.Tech (part-time), M.Arch, M.Arch (executive), M. Pharm, M.Plan, MCA, MBA, Integrated MBA and Lateral Entry to B.Tech, B.Pharm and MCA courses in universities, government and private colleges of Odisha.