20th Institutional Ethics Committee meet

The 20^th Institutional Ethics Committee meet was held on 6th & 7th July 2022 at the Conference hall, 7^th floor, IGIDS. The team of 5 internal members and 9 external members reviewed and scrutinized 70 research projects including 26 PG dissertations, 17 PG short studies, 8 UG- ICMR-STS projects, 3 UG short studies, and 11 faculty projects & 5 Ph.D. Nursing projects of KGNC, SBV.

The internal members were:

1. Sanguida. A (Member Secretary),
2. Sathyanarayanan. R  Prof. & Head, Oral Surgery,
3. Santha Devy. A  Prof. & Head, Oral Pathology,
4. Jagat Reddy. R C, Prof. & Head, Oral Medicine
5. Dhanavel. C  Prof. & Head, Conservative Dentistry.

The external members were:

1. Madhavan Nirmal. R, Professor, Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Government Dental College, Cuddalore  (Annamalai University),
2. Shakila. R Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry,
3. Siva Ranganathan Green Prof. General Medicine, MGMCRI,
4. Padmavathi. S, Prof. Pharmacology, MGMCRI.
5. Uma Devi. S, Prof. Microbiology, MGMCRI,
6. Srinivasan. N,  Lecturer cum Medical Social Worker, Dept. of Community Medicine, RMMCH Annamalai University,
7. Swaminathan. L Advocate, Puducherry,
8. Ezhumalai. G, Sr.Statistician & Research Consultant, SBV
9. Priya Felix Philip, Student Counsellor, SBV.

The research projects were thoroughly scrutinized and screened for ethical concerns and comments from members were noted.