Institutional Committee for Stem Cell Research
As resercah protocols involves use of stem cells an institutional committee for stem cell research & therapy was set up to scrutinize the scientific and ethical issues. The committee scrutinizes all the protocols for scientific and ethical issues and monitor the progress of ongoing work. As per the guidelines for stem cell research by DBT- ICMR, the members of the Committee for Stem Cell Research are as follows.
Dr. Sujata Mohanty, Centre of Excellence for Stem cell Research, AIIMS | Chairman |
Dr. Rakesh Tyagi, Professor, JNU, Delhi | Vice-Chiarman |
Dr. Geeta Jotwani, Deputy Director General (Scientist ‘E’), ICMR | Ethics Expert |
Mr. RP Singh, President of CIRC and SUHARE (NGO) | Social Scientist |
Dr. PC Rath, Professor, JNU, Delhi | Stem Cell Expert |
Dr. Ved Chaturvedi, Sir Gangaram Hospital,Delhi | Stem Cell Expert |
Dr. Pankaj Seth, Scientist, NBRC, Delhi | Cell and Molecular Biology Expert |
Dr. Chetna Sachidanand, Scientist, IGIB, Delhi | Cell and Molecular Biology Expert |
Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Senior Advocate | Legal Expert |
Mrs.Shiv Rani, Retired Teacher | Layman |
Dr.Nirupma Trehanpati, ILBS | Member Secretary |