YENEPOYA ETHICS COMMITTEE - 1 OFFICIAL WEBPAGE
Yenepoya Ethics Committee - 1 is recognized by/registered with/accredited by
1. Forum for Ethics Review Committees of the Asia and Western Pacific Region (FERCAP) under the SIDCER initiative of the WHO
2. National Accreditation Board of Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH)
3. Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)
4. Department of Health Research (DHR)
5. Office for Human Research Protection (DHHS)
Composition of YEC - 1
YEC-1 Members from 04 September 2025
Name Qualifications Status Designation
Secretarial Support Staff:
YEC-1 Secretariat:
3rd floor, Academic Block, Yenepoya Medical College, Deralakatte, Mangalore 575018 Karnataka India
Office hours:
0900 - 1300 and 1400 - 1600 hours (except Sundays, third Saturdays and Yenepoya University declared holidays)
Contact details:
Phone:
Office: +91(824)2206000-2055
Member-Secretary: +919380909464
Email: [email protected]
Name Qualifications Status Designation
- Dr. Pratik Kumar Chatterjee MBBS, MD External Chairperson
- Dr. Sripada G Mehandale MBBS, MD (Anesth), PGDBEME External Clinician
- Mr. S Nandagopal BSc, MA (Sociology) External Layperson
- Ms. Sharika Rai B LLB, LLM External Legal expert
- Mr. N Chethan Chakravarty MSW, LLB External Legal expert
- Fr. Siby Kaitharan MHA, BPh, BTh External Theologist
- Dr. Prakasha Amin MSW, MBA, PhD External Social Scientist
- Dr. Swathi Acharya MBBS, MD (Pharmacology) External Basic Medical Scientist
- Dr. Chaitra SR MBBS, MD (Pharmacology) Internal Basic Medical Scientist
- Dr. Gladys Colaco MSW, PhD Internal Social Scientist
- Dr. Malcolm Pinto MBBS, MD (Dermat) Internal Clinician
- Dr. Ravichandra Karkal MBBS, MD (Psychiatry) Internal Clinician
- Dr. Poonam R Naik MBBS, MD (Community), PGDBEME Internal Clinician
- Dr Pooja Harish BDS, MDS, PGDBEME, PGDCE Internal Clinician/Joint Secretary
- Dr. Rouchelle Tellis MBBS, MD, PGDBE, Internal Member-Secretary (9380909464)
Secretarial Support Staff:
- Ms. Vindhya K
- Ms. Jainabu Mufeeda
YEC-1 Secretariat:
3rd floor, Academic Block, Yenepoya Medical College, Deralakatte, Mangalore 575018 Karnataka India
Office hours:
0900 - 1300 and 1400 - 1600 hours (except Sundays, third Saturdays and Yenepoya University declared holidays)
Contact details:
Phone:
Office: +91(824)2206000-2055
Member-Secretary: +919380909464
Email: [email protected]
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Serious Adverse Events Subcommittee of YEC-1:
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SOP Subcommittee of YEC-1:
Important administrative documents of YEC-1
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| DCGI approval change in composition 2024-25.pdf |
Principal Investigator/Researcher/Sponsor Resource Centre
How we function:
Standard Operating Procedure Manual of YEC-1 Version 4 Effective Date 01 July 2023 (All 26 Chapters)
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Proposed dates - YEC-1 scheduled meetings for 2025
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Pre-approval forms and templates
Need EC approval for your research? Look here
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Post-approval forms:
Any issues with your research study after approval? Look here
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| Protocol deviation violation detailed report.docx |
General information for submission for ethical approval:
1. All applications must be signed by all investigators, and other relevant authorities of the university as applicable.
2. Applications must be addressed in a covering letter to the Member- Secretary, Yenepoya Ethics Committee-1
3. Please download and fill the application form for initial review for protocol and submit along with protocol
4. Please submit the protocol, participant information sheet and informed consent form as per the University approved template
5. Please submit updated signed CVs of all the investigators
6. All applications must be submitted in one hard copy (print) and one soft copy by email to [email protected]
7. Applications that are for full review if received (complete in all documents) at least 2 weeks before the scheduled meeting will be
eligible to be kept as agenda
8. It is the PI's responsibility to submit the corrections advised within the stipulated time.
9. Incomplete forms are liable to undue delays.
10. If required, the PI may be invited by the Secretary, YEC-1, to clarify ethical doubts, either orally, or in writing or communicate by email. In such an event, the PI personally has to make himself/herself available for the clarifications. In the unusual event that the PI is unable to be present he/she can send his/her representative along with a letter highlighting reasons for absence.
11. Study completion report are mandatory.
12. Changes in the title, objectives, methodology and/or analysis amount to protocol amendments and require reporting to the ethics committee
1. All applications must be signed by all investigators, and other relevant authorities of the university as applicable.
2. Applications must be addressed in a covering letter to the Member- Secretary, Yenepoya Ethics Committee-1
3. Please download and fill the application form for initial review for protocol and submit along with protocol
4. Please submit the protocol, participant information sheet and informed consent form as per the University approved template
5. Please submit updated signed CVs of all the investigators
6. All applications must be submitted in one hard copy (print) and one soft copy by email to [email protected]
7. Applications that are for full review if received (complete in all documents) at least 2 weeks before the scheduled meeting will be
eligible to be kept as agenda
8. It is the PI's responsibility to submit the corrections advised within the stipulated time.
9. Incomplete forms are liable to undue delays.
10. If required, the PI may be invited by the Secretary, YEC-1, to clarify ethical doubts, either orally, or in writing or communicate by email. In such an event, the PI personally has to make himself/herself available for the clarifications. In the unusual event that the PI is unable to be present he/she can send his/her representative along with a letter highlighting reasons for absence.
11. Study completion report are mandatory.
12. Changes in the title, objectives, methodology and/or analysis amount to protocol amendments and require reporting to the ethics committee
GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL PROCEDURE:
If any stakeholder (researcher, sponsor, EC member or participant) has any complaints or wishes to express dissatisfaction towards any of the stakeholders, please send an email to [email protected]. In case the stakeholder is not satisfied with the response from YEC-1, please email your dissatisfaction to [email protected]
If any stakeholder (researcher, sponsor, EC member or participant) has any complaints or wishes to express dissatisfaction towards any of the stakeholders, please send an email to [email protected]. In case the stakeholder is not satisfied with the response from YEC-1, please email your dissatisfaction to [email protected]