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:

S. No Committee Members Position

1.

Dr. Rakesh Aggarwal, Director, JIPMER

Chairperson

2.

Dr. D. M. Thappa, Dean (Research), JIPMER

Vice-Chairperson

3.

Dr. Jharna Mandal, Professor, Microbiology

Member Secretary

4.

Dr. Mahalakshmy T, Additional Professor, P & S M

Joint Secretary

5.

Dr. Shivanand Kattimani, Professor, Psychiatry

Member

6.

Dr. Laxmisha Chandrashekhar, Professor, Dermatology

Member

7.

Dr. Friji M T, Professor, Plastic Surgery

Member

8.

Dr. Sriram Krishnamurthy, Professor, Paediatrics

Member

9.

Dr. Pradeep Pankajakshan Nair, Professor, Neurology

Member

10.

Head of the Dept. of Biostatistics or his / her nominee

Member

11.

Dr. Mukta Wyawahare, Professor, Medicine

Member

12.

Dr. Reena Gulati, Professor, Paediatrics

Member

13.

Dr. D. Jayalakshmi, Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Member

14.

Dr. N.G. Rajesh, Professor, Dept. of Pathology

Member

15.

Dr. Lenin Babu E, Professor,

Member

16.

Dr. Arun Alexandar, Professor, ENT

Member

17.

Dr. Nanda Kishore, Professor, Department of Surgery

Member

18.

Dr. Suganthi, Assistant Professor, Pharmacology

Member