Institutional Review Board

Institutional Review Board (IRB) was constituted in May 2020 in view of increasing number and varied nature of research proposals seeking ethical clearance. Research involving social and behavioural studies in human subjects is under the purview of the IRB. The committee constitutes members from various academic units of the institute and two external members.

Institutional Review Board (IRB) Composition

(As approved by The Director)

1. Prof. Swati Patankar, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Chairperson

2. Prof. Trupti Misra, Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Co-Chair

3. Prof. Srinidhi Balasubramanian, Environmental Science and Engineering Department, Member

4. Prof. Sameer Jadhav, Department of Chemical Engineering, Member

5. Prof. Supratik Chakraborty, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Member

6. Prof. Ramkumar Rajendran, Education Technology, Member

7. Prof. Rama Pal, Department of Economics, Member

8. Prof. Avishek Ranjan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Member

9. Prof. Sugandh Malhotra, Industrial Design Centre, Member

10. Prof. Pankaj Sekhsaria, Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas, Member

11. Prof. Arnab Jana, Department of Civil Engineering, Member

12. Prof. Vikram Singh Sirola, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Member

13. Prof. Nagamani Jaya Balila, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Sciencе, Member

14. Prof. Jayendran Venkateswaran, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Member

15. Prof. Upasna A Agarwal, IIM Mumbai (External Member)

16. Prof. Ritambhara Hebbar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, (External Member)

17. Dr. Sreelekha P Gopinathan, Technical Officer, IRCC

The PIs are requested to submit the IRB proposal through Drona interface.

Further information and how to apply: https://rndhelp.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRBApplication