M B Rajesh’s wife was not in list, says three subject experts on interview board, complains to VC and registrar

PALAKKAD: More evidences have been obtained against the appointment of Ninitha Kanichery, wife of CPM leader M B Rajesh, as assistant professor in the Department of Malayalam at the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady. Subject experts Dr Umar Tharamel, K M Bharathan and P Pavithran on the interview board for assistant professor posts have given a letter to the university vice chancellor and registrar indicating it. The letter has hinted that her name was not in the list for that post.

Dr Umar Tharamel, a subject expert on the interview board, in a Facebook post, protested her appointment and said there were more academically qualified than her. The post said that this is the first time a rank list of a university in Kerala has been disrupted and will no longer participate in the process as a subject expert. Following the incident, KSU organized protest marches in the university today.