Assistant Professor (Contract) in Law at Department of Law, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (Rs 45,000 per Month)

The University of Kerala, headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram, is one of the oldest universities in India and runs sixteen faculties with forty-three departments of teaching and research. Its Department of Law sits under the Faculty of Law, whose Dean is Dr. Sindhu Thulaseedharan.

The Department of Law was established in 1988 at the Kariavattom campus in Thiruvananthapuram and is engaged in postgraduate teaching and research. The Department reports a consistent record of students passing with distinction or first class, around 40% of its students qualifying the UGC National Eligibility Test, and half of the law teachers recruited in Kerala after 2005 having come from the Department. It also runs extension work through the permanently established Kerala University Legal Services Clinic, legal literacy camps, training programmes, seminars and workshops.

Online applications are invited from qualified candidates for appointment to the post of Assistant Professor (on contract basis) in all Teaching Departments of the University of Kerala, against anticipated vacancies. The recruitment portal lists a separate notification entry for the post of Assistant Professor (on contract basis) in Law in the Department of Law, and Law appears as a selectable department in the live application form.

• Notification No.: 34249/Ad D I/2026/UOK, approved by the Registrar (i/c) on 07 August 2026
• Nature of appointment: Contract basis for a period of eleven months, or until a permanent faculty member is appointed to the post, whichever is earlier
• Number of posts: The notification is issued against anticipated vacancies and does not state a fixed number of posts for the Department of Law

The notification fixes a consolidated monthly pay of Rs 45,000 (Rupees Forty Five Thousand Only). No separate allowances or pay-scale progression are mentioned in the notification.

• Master's Degree with a minimum of 55% marks, or an equivalent grade on a point scale wherever the grading system is followed, in the concerned, relevant or allied subject from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university. A relaxation of 5% marks is allowed for SC/ST candidates.
• National Eligibility Test (NET) for the appointment as Assistant Professor, or a Ph.D. Degree in the subject concerned.

Candidates who passed their qualifying examination from universities other than the University of Kerala must produce an eligibility certificate obtained from the University of Kerala at the time of the interview.

Candidates must be not more than 50 years of age as on 01.01.2026. The usual relaxation in the upper age limit is allowed for candidates belonging to SC/ST and OBC communities.

The application fee is Rs 500, and Rs 250 for SC/ST candidates. The fee has to be paid through the online payment mode on the recruitment portal, and the registration can proceed to the remaining steps only after the payment succeeds.

Applications are accepted only online through the University's recruitment portal at recruit.keralauniversity.ac.in. A hard copy of the application need not be sent to the University.

• Complete the initial registration on the portal to generate a user ID and password, and keep a printout of that page for future reference.
• Log in with the user ID and password to begin the registration process, and pay the registration fee online.
• Step 1: enter personal details.
• Step 2: upload a recent photograph (.jpg, below 40 KB, 150px width x 200px height, clear and with a light background) and a scanned signature (.jpg, below 40 KB, 150px width x 60px height, on a white background).
• Step 3: enter educational qualifications covering matriculation, plus two, degree, PG, M.Phil. and Ph.D.
• Step 4: add experience details.
• Step 5: add publications, books, paper presentations and similar academic work.
• Final step: verify every detail entered on the verification page, make any corrections needed, and then submit finally.

Select Law as the department while applying, since the portal runs one common notification across all teaching departments.

Applications are scrutinised first, and shortlisted candidates are then invited for an interview. The date of the interview is communicated by email to the shortlisted candidates, so every applicant must have a valid email ID because all communication is by email only.

Candidates called for the interview must appear with the following in original, along with self-attested copies:

• All essential certificates and documents, including mark lists.
• An eligibility certificate from the University of Kerala, if the qualifying examination was passed from another university.
• Documents supporting any reservation claimed.
• A No Objection Certificate from the employer, for candidates who are already employed.
• Evidence of peer reviewed journal publications, teaching experience or post-doctoral fellowship, as applicable.

The notification was approved and published on 07 August 2026. The last date for submitting online applications is 31 August 2026, and the same closing date is displayed against the Law entry on the live registration portal.