Institutional Review Board

The IRB meeting is scheduled for September 2025. Research proposals submitted after 15th August 2025 will not be considered in the September 2025 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

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

 

  • Prof. D.P. Singh
    Chairperson
    Professor,
    Mumbai Campus,
    School of Research Methodology,
    Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
    Deonar, Mumbai – 400 088.
     
    dpsingh[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in
     
     
  • Prof. Aparajita Chattopadhyay
    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
  • Prof. Archana K. Roy
    Member
    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
  • Dr. Shireen J. Jejeebhoy
    Member
    Independent Researcher,
    16-A G Deshmukh Marg,
    Mumbai - 400 026.
     
     
     
    sjejeebhoy[at]gmail[dot]com
     022-42372555
      
     
  • Prof. (Dr.) Gajanan D. Velhal
    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
  • Dr. Lalita S. Savardekar
    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
      
  • Ms. Sushmita Das
    Member
    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
     
     
     
  • Prof. M. Sivakami
    Member
    Professor,
    Centre for Health and Social Sciences,
    School of Health Systems Studies (SHSS)
    Institute of Social Sciences (TISS),
    V.N Purav Marg Deonar, Mumbai, 400 088.
     
    sivakami[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in
     022-25525505
     
     
  • Prof. (Dr.) Deepak Raut
    Member
    Medical Superintendent &
    Professor of Community Medicine,
    MGM Medical College,
    Hospital and Research Centre,
    Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai - 4000 703.
     
    drdeepakraut[at]gmail[dot]com and deepak.raut09[at]gov[dot]in
     
     
     
  • Adv. Ashwin C. Thool
    Member
    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
     
     

 

RO (IRB)

Member Secretary
International Institute for Population Sciences,
Deonar, Mumbai – 400 088
Email: irbcell[at]iipsindia[dot]ac[dot]in

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