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 | |