| Initiative | Description |
| ‘Atri’ – Special Learner Support Centre | ‘Atri’ – Special Learner Support Centre offers short term professional courses to citizens of Gujarat from underprivileged sections of the society such as transgender persons, HIV Positive persons, sex-workers, jail inmates, specially abled persons and persons with special needs. |
| ‘Gurukul’ – Model Study Centre | ‘Gurukul’ – Model Study Centre at headquarter, Ahmedabad, is an initiative for amalgamation for Professors and students, not a frequent in Distance mode; it helps students in their subject related counseling. |
| BAOU sponsors | BAOU sponsors of the wives and children of Indian Army martyrs by exempting their fees for any of the courses of the University. |
| Choice Based Credit System | Implementation of Choice Based Credit System in its true spirit – entry to SY and TY by adding the credits earned from other University. |
| Flexible Exit | Flexible Exit - After the completion of the first six months of the degree, student can earn 'Certificate'; after one year, 'Diploma'; after second year 'Advanced Diploma'; and after completing the third year, 'Degree'. |
| Open Educational Resource | BAOU is operational in offering its rich Study material by adopting Open Educational Resource policy in order to reach to keen learners at global level. |
| On-demand Exams and round the year admissions | BAOU offers On-demand Exams and round the year admissions to facilitate specific needs of students. |
| Flexibility | For the larger benefit of its students, BAOU offers flexibility in the choice of language in exams, i.e. Gujarati, Hindi, English. |
| Audio Video Lectures’ | Audio Video Lectures’ recorded at state-of-the-art "Chaitanya Studio” functioning from morning 8:30 to evening 7:30 |
| Youtube Channel | Youtube Channel – University’s own Youtube Channel consists of Video Lectures conducted by the faculties |
| Social Media Platforms | University’s activities are showcased on Social Media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. |
| Facebook Page | Each Department of the University has its own Facebook Page on which subject related news are posted |
| Telegram Channel | Telegram Channel, to connect with the students of all the Degree courses. |
| Ask-me Kiosks | Ask-me Kiosks at University Campus (facilitating student-visitors with information regarding Departments, courses, admissions, exams and more) |
| Digital and Cashless Campus | Digital and Cashless Campus |
| Virtual Classroom | Virtual Classroom – ‘Classroom without Walls’ - A distance learner gets the feel of face to face interaction in virtual classroom which facilitates web based learning in an interactive mode. |
| Omkar | Omkar (Open Matrix Knowledge Advancement Resource) is a repository of the E-resources of information and knowledge |
| Omkar-e | Omkar-e (Open Matrix Knowledge Advancement Resource for Empowerment) is University’s indigenous E-learning Platform for everyone to learn, grow and empower. |
| Research Grants | Research Grants - Special funding for faculties to conduct Minor and Major Research Projects; and encouraging researches in various fields. |
| Publication Grants | Publication Grants for promoting scholarly publications; to celebrate University’s Silver Jubilee, publication of 25 Books is promoted by the University. |
| ‘Tej -Trusha’ | ‘Tej -Trusha’- BAOU is the first Open University in India to commence this cultural, literary, and sports – talent hunt competitions in the Open Distance Learning system. |