Section 52(2)(A) in Karnataka Janapada Vishwavidyalaya Act, 2011
(A)to the post of Professors, Associate Professor and Assistant Professors shall consist of,-(i)The Vice-Chancellor-ex-officio Chairman;(ii)The Chairman of the Departmental Council concerned, if he is a Professor and if he is not a Professor, a Professor from the same Department, and if there is no Professor, a Professor in the concerned Department from any other University in the State nominated by the Chancellor, on the recommendation of the Government: