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The advent of technology in the realm of education system opens many opportunities for all. Advancement in technology give rise to the diffusion of knowledge in the era of 21st century which expedite the accessibility for users end. To contextualize and localize the resources in the field of vast arena of knowledge, Open Educational Resources plays a significant role to make the learning process easier and reachable to all.The study examined perception of Research Scholar about OER in Relation to Subject Studies and Gender was conducted on 45 M.phil and 45 Ph.D scholars from different streams such as Arts, Science and Commerce scholars of Ravenshaw University. Survey design was used to collect data from the participants by employing perception scale. Inferential statistics like Anova, t-test were used to analyze data. The main findings of the study revealed that the mean perception of M.Phil scholars about OER (140.31) does not differ significantly from their counter part of Ph.D scholars (140.08). It was found that both M.Phil & Ph.D scholar have the same perception about OER. There was no significant difference found between male scholars (140.05)and female scholars (140.29) about OER. So that it was found that both the male and female scholar having same idea and knowledge about OER.The mean perception about OER of Science research scholars (149.50),Arts research scholars (139.60) and Commerce research scholar (131.50) differ significantly. It was revealed that Science research scholars are more positively oriented towards the perception of OER than the Arts and Commerce research scholars.