JIPMER Scientific Advisory Committee (JSAC)

 With upgradation of JIPMER as an “Institution of National Importance” and consequent increase in faculty members and postgraduate and postdoctoral students and increased availability of funds there has been a significant and continuing increase in research activity at all levels. The JIPMER Scientific Advisory Committee (JSAC) was constituted in 2009 by inclusion of external experts to replace the JIPMER Institute Research Council. The purpose of JIPMER Scientific Advisory Committee (JSAC) is to increase the quality of research which is undertaken in JIPMER.

Functions

The research proposals generated at JIPMER need to have the approval of a scientific committee before being submitted for an ethics committee for consideration. Under this process JIPMER Scientific Advisory Committee (JSAC) performs mainly the function of consideration of research proposals of JIPMER faculty for quality improvement and approval. After the approval the proposals are referred to JIPMER Ethics Committee for consideration. In addition to research proposals of JIPMER faculty, JSAC may also consider non-dissertation and non-thesis research proposals of JIPMER senior and junior residents (since the scientific content of MD/MS/DM/MCh thesis/dissertation proposals is being handled by individual Departmental PG Research Monitoring Committees) and research proposals of JIPMER College of Nursing faculty and PhD research proposals requiring extramural funding.

The members of JSAC are as follows:

JIPMER Scientific Advisory Committee (JSAC)

Sl. No   Name & Designation of Committee Members Role in the Committee
1.         Dr. Rakesh Aggarwal, Director, JIPMER Chairperson
2.         Dr. D. M. Thappa, Dean (Research), JIPMER Vice-Chairperson
3.         Dr. Mahalakshmy T, Additional Professor, Department of P & S M Member Secretary
4.         Dr. Suganthi S., Associate Professor, Pharmacology Joint Member Secretary
5.         Dr. Shivanand Kattimani, Professor, Psychiatry Member
6.         Dr. Friji M T, Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery Member
7.         Dr. Sriram Krishnamurthy, Professor, Department of Paediatrics Member
8.         Dr. Pradeep Pankajakshan Nair, Professor, Department of Neurology Member
9.         Head of the Department of Biostatistics or his / her nominee Member
10.     Dr. Laxmisha Chandrashekhar, Professor, Department of Dermatology Member
11.     Dr. Mukta Wyawahare, Professor, Department of Medicine Member
12.     Dr. Reena Gulati,  Professor, Department of Paediatrics Member
13.     Dr. D. Jayalakshmi, Professor, Department of Obstetrics  & Gynaecology Member
14.     Dr. N.G. Rajesh, Professor, Department of Pathology Member
15.     Dr. Lenin Babu E., Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care Member
16.     Dr. Arun Alexandar, Professor, Department of ENT Member
17.     Dr. Nanda Kishore, Professor, Department of Surgery Member
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1 Institute Ethics Committee Various Forms Click Here !
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1 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Expedited Review From JSAC and IEC (Observational Studies) Download (116 KB) pdf 20/06/2024
2 Submission Form and Checklist for expedited review of JIPMER Scientific Advisory Committee and Institute Ethics Committee (Observational) Download (25.3 KB) docx 20/06/2024