The Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) of Seth GS Medical College and KEM hospital was established in 1997. The IAEC of Seth GS Medical College and KEM hospital is registered with the Committee for Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CCSEA) ( previously known as Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals-CPCSEA ) since 1999 for the purpose of “Breeding and Research on animals”.

The committee functions according to the guidelines laid down by the CCSEA. The Institutional Animal House Facility was last inspected by the CCSEA members on 22^nd November 2022.

Reg. No. of the Animal House Facility: 60/PO/ReBi/S/99/CPCSEA

The Institutional Animal Ethics Committee has been renewed on 07/10/2022 valid till 06/10/2027.

Members of renewed IAEC are as follows:

Sr. No.	Name	Position on IAEC	Department
1.	Dr. Sandhya Kamat	Chairperson	Pharmacology & Therapeutics
2.	Dr. Shruti Bhide	Member Secretary	Pharmacology & Therapeutics
3.	Dr. Kiran Joshi	Veterinary officer in charge of animal facility	Pharmacology & Therapeutics
4.	Dr. Kanchan Kothari	Scientist from different biological discipline	Pathology
5.	Dr. Sharad Patel	Biological Scientist	Physiology
6.	Dr. Uddhav Chaudhari	CPCSEA Nominee	Department of Primate Biology, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, (ICMR)
7.	Dr. Haladhar Sarma	Link Nominee	Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumba
8.	Dr. Dhanjitkumar Das	Scientist from outside the institute	National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai
9.	Mr. Hassan Nalband	Socially aware nominee	Reliance Life Sciences Pvt ltd

Announcement

• The upcoming meeting of IAEC will be held in April 2023.

Proceedings

No. of meetings held in 2022: 2

No. of new projects submitted and approved: 8

Ongoing projects: 12

Projects completed in 2022: 5