Institutional Ethics Committee (Humans) / IEC (Humans)

Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar

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Background

The IEC (Humans) was constituted by the Director of the institute vide office order number Reg-30(2)/2022/IITRPR/243, dated 7 June 2022. The committee has received provisional approval from the National Ethics Committee Registry for Biomedical and Health Research (NECRBHR), Department of Health Research, Government of India, (Application No. EC/NEW/INST/2022/3014, dated: 26 September 2022) on 4 January 2023. The IEC will be administered by the Dean (Research and Development).

The committee aims to establish a fair and consistent assessment process for proposals submitted to it for review. The IEC will consider protocols involving research on human subjects, biological samples from human subjects, and data from human subjects.

Members

The committee has following members:

• Prof. Navneet Singh, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh – Chairman
• Prof. Rajeev Sharma, Department of General Surgery, GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh – Member, Clinician
• Prof. Alka Bhatia, Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, PGIMER, Chandigarh – Member, Clinician
• Prof. Rani Mehta, Department of Sociology, University of Panjab, Chandigarh – Member, Sociologist
• Dr. Yashveer Singh, Department of Chemistry, IIT Ropar, Rupnagar – Member Secretary
• Dr. Vishwajeet Mehandia, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Ropar, Rupnagar – Member, Biomedical Scientist
• Dr. Durba Pal, Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Ropar, Rupnagar – Member, Biomedical Scientist
• Dr. Sreekumar Jayadevan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Ropar, Rupnagar – Member, Philosopher/Ethicist
• Mr. Udhey Verma, Advocate, Chamber No. 22, District Court Complex, Ropar – Member, Legal Expert
• Dr. Swathi Krishna S., Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Ropar, Rupnagar – Member
• Mr. Gurvinder Singh, B-1/83, Mohalla Sheikan, Ropar - Member, Lay Person/Not in Healthcare Research

Meetings

The meetings will be scheduled during the following months of a year:

• March
• June
• September
• December

Meetings other than this can be scheduled with the permission of the chairman.

Policy and Forms

• The policy and guidelines can be assessed from the following document: IEC Policy
• Form for research proposal involving human participants: IEC 101
• Form for research proposal involving the use of biological fluids/samples/data from humans: IEC 102
• Model informed consent document (ICD) for qualitative studies: IEC 103
• Model informed consent document (ICD) for qualitative studies involving children: IEC 104
• Model informed consent document (ICD) for storage and future use of unused samples: IEC 105

How to apply?

Please email your application as a single pdf file to comm.inst.ethics@iitrpr.ac.in. It must contain following documents:

• Completed Form IEC 101 or IEC 102, depending on your proposal
• Signed Undertaking by the PI and co-PI
• Completed relevant Informed Consent Document (ICF) in English and vernacular languages (where applicable)
• Questionnaire/Feedback Form, if any, in English and vernacular languages (where applicable)
• Supporting documents, if any (relevant approvals, if you have)
• CV of PI & co-PI
• Proposal