Introduction
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) has been promoting research activities in medical sciences since its inception. With up gradation of JIPMER as an “Institution of National Importance” and consequent increase in faculty members and undergraduate students across all streams there has been a significant and continuing increase in research activity at all levels. The UG Research Monitoring Committee (UGRMC) was constituted on 10th January 2014. The purpose of UG Research Monitoring Committee is to increase the quality of undergraduate research, which is undertaken in JIPMER and encourage the students to publish it in reputed journals.
Functions
The undergraduate 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, UG Research Monitoring Committee will perform mainly the function of consideration of undergraduate research proposals for quality improvement and approval. After the approval the proposals will be referred to JIPMER Ethics Committee for consideration.
UG Research Monitoring Committee has following terms of references (TOR):
- To facilitate UG students in learning to think in innovative and creative ways.
- To facilitate UG students in understanding the link between research and patient care.
- To facilitate UG students to use and understand the relevance of using statistical methods and tools required.
- To facilitate UG students to understand the importance of teamwork in conducting research.
- To facilitate UG students in developing communication skills to present their research findings in various scientific platforms.
Composition
UG Research Monitoring Committee (UGRMC) Members:
| Sl. No | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. R Raveendran,Dean (Research), JIPMER | Chairman |
| 2 | Dr. Latha Chaturvedula, Prof. and Head, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology | Member |
| 3 | Dr. Ramesh .R, Professor, Department of Biochemistry | Member |
| 4 | Dr. Ajith .A, Addl. Professor, Dept. of Cardiology | Member |
| 5 | Dr. Siddhartha Das, Addl. Professor & HOD Dept. of Forensic Medicine | Member |
| 6 | Dr. Rajendra.G. Kulkarni, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Transfusion Medicine | Member |
| 7 | Dr. Apurba Sankar Sastry, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Microbiology | Member |
| 8 | Dr. Venkatachalam .J, Assoc. Professor, Department of P & SM | Member |
| 9 | Dr. Jaikumar .G.R, Asst. Professor, Department of Paediatrics | Member |
| 10 | Dr. Lakshmi Ramamoorthy, Asst. Professor, College of Nursing | Member |
| 11 | Dr. K. T. Harichandrakumar, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Biostatistics | Member |
| 12 | Dr. Nanda Kishore Maroju, Addl. Professor of Surgery | Member- Secretary |
| 13 | Dr. T.P. Elamurugan, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Surgery | Assistant Member Secretary |
