Institutional Review Board

The IRB meeting is scheduled for September / October 2026. Research proposals submitted by 31st July 2026 will be considered for review at the September / October 2026 IRB meeting. Please send research proposals to projectcell@iipsindia.ac.in and irbcell@iipsindia.ac.in

The International Institute for Population Sciences ( IIPS), Mumbai being a premier Teaching, Training and Research Institute in the Asia and the Pacific Region has a full-fledged Institutional Ethical Review Board (IRB). IIPS-IRB is chaired by an outside expert and members from different disciplines, like medical sciences, legal expert, social activists, community representatives and representatives of non-government organizations. All the research projects of the Institute or outside organizations having Institute’s faculty as research partner, involving human subjects are reviewed and approved. The committee ensures that research involving humans is conducted according to the legal, institutional and professional ethical guidelines focusing at privacy, confidentiality, voluntary participation and human subject protection. In fact, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has published detailed guidelines on the composition and responsibilities of IRBs and established ethical guidelines for biomedical research on human subjects (Published in 2006). IRB at Institute is following the same rules and regulations as suggested by ICMR. The Ethics Committee of IIPS is now provisionally registered with the National Ethics Committee Registry for Biomedical and Health Research, Department of Health Research (DHR) (File No. - EC/NEW/INST/2024/4813, dated 26th Nov 2024).

IIPS-IRB Form Standard Operating Procedure of IIPS-IRB Status Report Template IIPS-IRB Certificates

Email : projectcell[at]iipsindia[dot]ac[dot]in , irbcell[at]iipsindia[dot]ac[dot]in

The current committee of IIPS-IRB has the following members:

MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD OF IIPS

Dr. Shireen J. Jejeebhoy

Chairperson
Distinguished Researcher,
16-A G Deshmukh Marg,
Mumbai - 400 026.

sjejeebhoy[at]gmail[dot]com

022-42372555

Biodata
Prof. Aparajita Chattopadhyay

Member Secretary-cum-Convener
Professor,
Department of Population and Development,
International Institute for Population Sciences,
Deonar, Mumbai – 400 088.

aparajita[at]iipsindia[dot]ac[dot]in

022-42372417

022-25563257

Biodata
Prof. Archana K. Roy

Internal Member, Social Scientist
Professor,
Department of Migration & Urban Studies,
International Institute for Population Sciences,
Deonar, Mumbai – 400 088.

royarchana[at]iipsindia[dot]ac[dot]in

022-42372544

022-25563257

Biodata
Prof. (Dr.) Gajanan D. Velhal

Clinician and External Member
Professor & Head,
Dept of Community Medicine,
B K L Walawalkar Rural Medical College,
Kasarwadi, At post - Sawarda, Taluka - Chiplun,
Dist - Ratnagiri - 415606.

vgajanan[at]rediffmail[dot]com

022-24107074

022-23540214

Biodata
Dr. Lalita S. Savardekar

Clinician and scientist, External Member
Scientist F & In Charge,
Reproductive and Bone Health Unit,
Bone Health Clinic & Woman’s Health Clinic,
ICMR- National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health,
J.M. Street, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012.

savardekarl[at]nirrh[dot]res[dot]in

022-24192035

Biodata
Ms. Sushmita Das

External Member and researcher, NGO
Director,
Monitoring, Evaluation and Research,
Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action (SNEHA),
Behind Building No. 11, BMC Colony Shastri Nagar,
Santa Cruz West, Mumbai - 400 054.

sushmita[at]snehamumbai[dot]org

Biodata
Prof. M. Sivakami

External Member and non-clinician, Social Scientist
Professor,
Centre for Health and Social Sciences,
School of Health Systems Studies (SHSS)
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS),
V.N Purav Marg Deonar, Mumbai, 400 088.

sivakami[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

022-25525505

Biodata
Adv. Ashwin C. Thool

External Member and lawyer
Counsel,
Hon'ble High Court of Bombay and Supreme Court of India
2/E Calcot House, Tamarind Lane,
Behind Bombay House,
Fort, Mumbai - 400 001.

ashwin[at]thool[dot]in

022-22040707

Biodata
Ms. Vijaya S. Durdhawale

External Member
Social worker: Community or Lay person

idfnashik[at]gmail[dot]com

8830062263