Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC)
Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC)
All the laboratories in RGCB work with nucleic acids and carry out recombinant DNA experiments on hazardous and non-hazardous microorganisms as well as higher eukaryotic organisms. As mandated in the Rules 1989 of Environment (Protection) Act 1986, RGCB has constituted an institutional biosafety committee (BT/BS/17/37/2001-PID) as per the guidelines of DBT, Government of India, to facilitate the implementation of biosafety procedures to ensure safety from the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and products thereof to the users as well as to the environment.
RGCB IBSC composition
Chairman
Dr. T.R. Santhosh Kumar
Scientist G, RGCB
Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Nominee
Dr. Maya Nandkumar A
SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram
External Members
Dr. P. Jayamuthy, NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram Dr. M.G Purushothama, Indus Seeds, Bangalore
Biosafety Officer
Dr. K.E Elizabeth, SMIMS, Kanyakumari
Internal Members
Dr. S. Manjula, Scientist F, RGCB
Dr. Debasree Dutta, Scientist E-II, RGCB
Dr. Rajesh Chandramohandas, Scientist E-II, RGCB
Dr. John B Johnson, Scientist E-I, RGCB
Member Secretary
Dr. K.B Harikumar, Scientist E II, RGCB
