Animal Ethics Committee

Institutional Animal Ethics Committee is registered with CPCSEA (Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals) under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying of Government of India (Registration No. 1065/PO/Re/S/07/CPCSEA) for research for education purpose on small animals. Consequently, IAEC with its external members who are nominees from CPCSEA independently scrutinises all the research proposals involving animals. In-house members of IAEC carry out even more important function of ensuring humane care of the animals housed in the Animal House Facility.