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BHUBANESWAR: State university teachers will begin an agitation from July 23 to press for an increase in the retirement age from 60 to 65. Tripathy said the state had an acute shortage of university teachers and guides for PhD scholars. "If the state government follows UGC norms and best practices, it should also increase the retirement age for us to 65," he asked. The government should take immediate steps to increase our pay," said Tripathy.He said almost all the states had increased the superannuation age of university teachers from 60 to 65. Our members in every state university will stage an hour-long dharna from August 1 to 7..