Institutional Biosafety Committee(IBSC) - Assam University

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Minutes of the Institutional Biosafety Committee Assam University (IBSC AU) meeting held on 11 th
Aug 2011
1. Dr. S.K. Panda, Member Secretary, IBSC AU briefed all the members present in the meeting
about the constitution of IBSC in Assam University, Silchar.
2. Dr. Lingaraj Sahoo, DBT Nominee, IBSC) briefed all the members present regarding some
important issues to be taken care off for performing Recombinant DNA Technology (RDT)
related research work in the university.
3. The IBSC AU decided that the Chief Medical Officer of Assam University be included as a
member of IBSC AU in place of Dr. S. S. Dhar of Medical College so as to keep a periodical
health check up of personnel involved in the recombinant DNA work in the university, and
the information be informed to DBT for ratification.
4. The IBSC AU decided to advise the academic council of AU to include course/topics related
to the Bio-safety in the syllabus of graduate and post graduate students of the Assam
University as well as its affiliated colleges.
5. IBSC AU decided to circulate information to all the Principal Investigators of projects as well
as faculties intending to perform recombinant DNA related experiments so that the
investigators inform the IBSC AU about the risk involved in their proposed work in the
appropriate format given in the DBT website link (http://dbtbiosafety.nic.in/) for
necessary approval.