In view of the sweeping change in laboratory practices and relief to million of laboratory animals the committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision on Experimental animals (CPCSEA), New Dellhi, bring the scientific Community to propagate and promote the concept of 3 R's – Reduction, Refinement and Replacement in the use of animals in Research and Education in India.
In connection with this, our institution has a registered animal house approved by CPCSEA, New Delhi, since 2000 for research involving experiments in animals. For this purpose we have constituted Institutional Animals Ethics Committee (IAEC) comprising group of persons approved by CPCSEA. We have conducted IAEC meeting every year in the presence of the CPCSEA Main Nominee, a Social awareness member, a Veterinarian and other external / in-house Biological Scientists. The Department maintains a record of animals under its Control and Custody in the special format
