PUKAR is very proud to host the Institutional Ethics Committee which approves each and every health-related project conducted by PUKAR in collaboration with national and international academic institutions. It needs to be noted that for papers based on our research to be published in ‘Peer Reviewed International Journals’, it is mandatory to have approvals from the IEC/IRB. Hence, an IEC was established in PUKAR in 2010. With the help of its eminent members, it has been functioning effectively and approving projects as per the requirements.
Members:
- Professor Perianayagam Arokiasamy
Chairperson IEC
(Professor in the Department of Development Studies at IIPS) Expertise: Demography / Public Health / Epidemiology / Biostatistics - Dr. Nayreen Daruwalla
(Program Director at SNEHA)
Expertise: Psychology/ Community-based work in marginalised communities/ Women’s health - Smruti Koppikar
(Journalist, Comment writer, Columnist with Hindustan Times, Associate Editor & Bureau Chief – Outlook, visiting faculty for social media course at Sophia Polytechnic, Chief of Bureau – Star News)
Expertise: Community Journalism - Dr. Satishchandra Kumar
(Head & Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology & Counseling Center, University of Mumbai)
Expertise: Psychology / Education - Dr. Nerges Mistry
(Director, Foundation for Medical Research) Expertise: Laboratory Medicine & Medical Technology - Professor Anjali Monteiro
(Professor, Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai)
Expertise: Social Sciences / Community-based work in marginalised communities - Dr. David Osrin
(Welcome Trust Career Development Fellow, UCL Center for International Health & Development)
Expertise: Clinical Medicine / Women’s Health / Children’s Health - Advocate Tina Patel (B.Com and LLB) Expertise: Legal expertise
- Dr. Anita Patil-Deshmukh
(Executive Director, PUKAR)
Expertise: Clinical Medicine / Social Sciences - Professor T.V. Sekher
(Professor, Department of Population Policies and Programmes, IIPS, Mumbai) Expertise: Demography / Public Health / Social Sciences / Gender Studies / Social Welfare Programs - Ramnath Subbaraman
(M.D. Research Advisor at PUKAR and NIH Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellow for 2011-12)
Expertise: Clinical Medicine