Insertion of a new section 45A

Insertion of a new section 45A.- After section 45 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:— “45A. University Teachers.-

1. (1) Each Faculty shall have teachers in the categories of Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor distinctly: Provided that a teacher from one faculty may be allowed to teach in another faculty as required.
2. (2) Of the teaching posts of the Faculty of Fisheries transferred from the University of Agriculture, the departments except Fisheries Engineering, Management and Fisheries Hydrography shall be retained in the Faculty of Fisheries of this University.
3. (3) The appointment, powers and duties of the teaching posts shall be as prescribed by the statutes. But the teachers in the Fisheries Faculty shall have degree in Fisheries Science approved by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, postgraduate degree in the Fisheries subject concerned and other qualifications as mandated by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research: Provided that the degree in Fisheries Science is not mandatory for those who are continuing, as on the date of commencement of the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Amendment) Act, 2021, in the teaching post in the Faculty of Fisheries in the University.
4. (4) Teacher shall be responsible to the Head of the Department for the activities of the teaching, research and extension programs entrusted to him.”.