The Animal Care and Resource Center is governed by two regulatory bodies - the Internal Animal Users Committee (IAUC) and the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC). The IAUC is constituted by the faculty advisory committee and animal facility management. The Mouse Genome Engineering Facility is  governed by the faculty advisory committee. 

Mouse Genome Engineering Facility - Faculty Adivsory Committee (MGEF-FAC)

  • Dr. Rajesh Kumar Ladher, NCBS (Chairperson)
  • Dr. Soumyashree Das, NCBS
  • Dr. Dhandapany Perundai, inStem
  • Dr. Mahesh Sahare, MGEF Co-Head
  • Dr. Latha Chukki, ACRC-MGEF Administartor

Internal Animal Users Committee (IAUC)

  • Dr. Colin Jamora, inStem (Chairperson)
  • Dr. Vatsala Thirmulai, NCBS
  • Dr. Sumantra Chattarji, NCBS
  • Dr. G H Mohan, Chief Veterinarian
  • Dr. Latha Chukki, ACRC administrator

The Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) reviews all the research proposals involving the use of live vertebrate animals other than non-human primates ensuring that the famous Russell and Burch’s three ‘R’s concept – Refinement, Reduction and Replacement is invoked in all the projects for better and more humane science. There are two IAECs on campus:

For NCBS IAEC - 2022:

  • Dr. Vatsala Thirumalai, Chairperson
  • Dr. Raj Ladher, internal member - Biological scientist
  • Dr. Soumyashree Das, internal member - Biological scientist
  • Dr. Sandeep Krishna, internal scientist (non animal user)
  • Dr. G.H.Mohan, Veterinarian and member secretary
  • Dr. Jagadeesh S. Sanganal, CPCSEA main nominee
  • Dr. Samarendra Narayanan, CPCSEA link nominee
  • Dr. P. Saravanan, Scientist from outside institute
  • Dr. Sreevastava Venkataramana, Socially Aware Nominee

For InStem IAEC - 2022:

  • Dr. Arjun Guha, Chairperson
  • Dr. Dhandapany Perundai, internal member - Biological scientist.
  • Dr. Arvind Ramanathan, Scientist from different biological discipline 
  • Dr. Sunil Laxman, Scientist from different biological discipline 
  • Dr.  Giridhar P, CPCSEA main nominee
  • Dr. B. N. Srikumar, CPCSEA link nominee
  • Shri Ramesh V, Scientist from outside institute
  • Mr. Prasanna G S, Socially Aware Nominee