Institutional Ethics Committee

The Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram (IEC, MGIMS) is constituted to ensure the research projects submitted by the institute are sound in scientific design with statistical validity, and are carried according to the standard guidelines as prescribed by Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Indian council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines and protect the safety, dignity, rights and wellbeing of the potential research participants.

IEC, MGIMS is responsible for all the human research related ethical issues conducted in this institute or in an around Kasturba Hospital under the compliance of New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019, National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research on Human Participants by ICMR and its requirements.

IEC, MGIMS a statutory body registered under the aegis of Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) since 2013 and now, has also been registered under the Department of Health Research, MoHFW.

Registration No: ECR/47/Inst/MH/2013/RR-19 (Relating to clinical trial or bioavailability and bioequivalence study).

It is responsibility of investigators to get approval for any biomedical and health research or clinical trial or bioavailability or bioequivalence studies before its implementation by the IEC, MGIMS. IEC follows the stipulated guidelines as mentioned in the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the purpose of its operation.

Standard Operating Procedures

Composition:

S N	Name	Role in EC	Affiliations
1	Dr. Ashok Pawade	Chairman	Non-affiliated
2	Dr. Sushil Kumar Varma	Member Secretary	Affiliated
3	Dr. Bharati Taksande	Clinician	Affiliated
4	Dr. Smita Singh	Clinician	Affiliated
5	Dr. Subodh Gupta	Clinician	Affiliated
6	Dr. Manish Jain	Clinician	Affiliated
7	Dr. Rahul Narang	Basic Medical Scientist	Affiliated
8	Dr. Shailesh Nagpure	Basic Medical Scientist (Pharmacologist)	Non-affiliated
9	Adv. Harish Chandak	Legal Expert	Non-affiliated
10	Mrs. Swati Sagare	Social Scientist	Non-affiliated
11	Mrs. Sonali Phate	Social Scientist	Non-affiliated
12	Mr. Vinay Gawali	Scientific Member	Affiliated
13	Prof. Vaishali Taksande	Scientific Member	Non-affiliated
14	Mr. Wasudev Deodhe	Layperson	Non-affiliated

Contact Details:

Dr. Ashok Pawade

Chairperson,

Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC),

Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences,

Sevagram, Wardha - 442102, Maharashtra, INDIA

Dr. Sushil Kumar Varma

Member Secretary,

Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC)

Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences

Sevagram, Wardha - 442102, Maharashtra, INDIA

Telephone: 07152-284341–355 (15 Lines) Ext.: 266

Email: sushil@mgims.ac.in

Office address:

Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC)

Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences

Sevagram, Wardha - 442102, Maharashtra, INDIA

Telephone: 07152-284341–355 (15 Lines) Ext.: 266

Email: iec@mgims.ac.in