The appointment process to 19 Professor posts at the University of Kerala may run into rough weather with a section of academics objecting to the criterion of upper age limit of 50 years fixed for candidates.
While they claim neither any of the other universities in the State nor the University Grants Commission (UGC) have stipulated the norm, Kerala University has attributed it to its Statutes.
The university recently re-notified one Professor post each in 19 of its teaching departments that remained unfilled after an appointment process in 2017 owing to the paucity of qualified candidates.
