Ethical Committee and Institutional Review Board

This Code of Ethics in Research sets forth general principles of ethical conduct to guidescholars toward the highest ideals of scientific research. Research is the foundation of knowledge that brings new energy, builds state of the art facilities, promotes research publications, develops collaborations and becomes part of active community that shares the mission objectives. The principles represent aspirational goals and delineate enforceable standards that should direct researchers to an ethical course of action.

ETHICS COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Dr. Sushma Galgali

Chairperson

Qualification:

MDS Periodontics

Organisational Title:

Professor & HOD, Dept. of Periodontics

Speciality:

Scientific

Dr. Rabindra S Nayak

Member Secretary

Qualification:

MDS Orthodontics

Organisational Title:

Prof. & HOD, Dept. of Orthodontics

Speciality:

Scientific

Dr. Shanmukhananda P

Member

Qualification:

MBBS, MD – Pharmacology

Organisational Title:

Professor & HOD of Pharmacology

Speciality:

Scientific

Dr. Maria Priscilla David

Member

Qualification:

MDS Oral Medicine & Radiology

Organisational Title:

Professor & HOD, Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology

Speciality:

Scientific

Dr. Jyothsna V Setty

Member

Qualification:

MDS Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry

Organisational Title:

Professor & HOD, Dept. of Periodontics

Speciality:

Scientific

Dr. Shiva Kumar B R

Member

Qualification:

MBBS, MD PGDHSC

Organisational Title:

Professor, Dept. of General Medicine

Speciality:

Scientific

Mr. Sannamallige

Member

Qualification:

Lawyer

Organisational Title:

Advocate & Consultant

Speciality:

Lawyer

Mr. Venkatesh H T

Member

Qualification:

Medical Social Worker (MSW)

Organisational Title:

Medical Social Worker

Speciality:

Medical

V.Shivaraj

Member

Organisational Title:

Layperson

L. Manjunath Reddy

Member

Qualification:

Post Graduate in Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs

Organisational Title:

Clinical Research Co-ordinator

References

Ethical principles expressed in the Declaration of Helsinki (Adopted by the 18 th

WorldMedical Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, June 1964, and amended by the 29 th

World Medical Assembly, Tokyo, Japan, October 1975; 35 th World Medical

Assembly, Venice, Italy, October 1983; 41 st World Medical Assembly, Hong

Kong, September 1989; 48 th World Medical Assembly, Somerset West, Republic

of South Africa, October 1996; and the 52 nd World Medical Assembly, Edinburgh,

Scotland, October 2000; Note of Clarification on Paragraph 29 added by the World

Medical Assembly, Washington 2002; Note of Clarification on Paragraph 30

added by the World Medical Assembly, Tokyo 2004, 59 th WMA general

Assembly, Seoul, October 2008)

International Ethical Guidelines for e.g. The Nuremburg Code (1945), the Council
of International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS), the Belmont Report
1979, the International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving

Human Subjects (Geneva 2002), and the European Convention on Human Rights
and Biomedicine 1977

The IEC establishes its own Standard Operating Procedures based on the ICMR
guidelines (2006), Schedule Y (Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940, amendment 20 th
Jan 2005), Operational Guidelines for Ethics Committees that Review Biomedical
Research (WHO 2000), and ICH GCP, 1996 and the local regulations, CFR 45 (US
FDA).

Good Manners in Science. A Set of Principles and Guidelines drawn up bythe Committee for

Ethics in Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2001)