JIPMER Extends Time For Submission Of Protocol Proposal by PG Students

Puducherry: Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) has extended the time for submission of protocol proposal for postgraduates who joined on 28.02.2023.

The detailed schedule January 2023 Batch (late joining on 28.02.2023) –

1. Last Date - 30th May 2023

2. Late Submission Without fine - From 1st June 2023 to 30th June 2023

3. Late Submission With fine - From 1st July 2023 to 10th July 2023

Fine - Rs. 10000 as per PGRMC guidelines.

Role of Departmental Postgraduate research monitoring committee (PGRMC) -

1. PGRMC, which is constituted by the head of the department, comprises departmental faculty members and a few invited faculty if the departments have a small number of faculty members. The members will evaluate the student research proposal, document the minutes, and issue an approval certificate for submission to the ethics committee (as per the format enclosed).

2. The total number of members should be at least 9 faculty among which 7 should be physically present during the discussion. If the department does not have that many faculty, the deficiency must be made up of faculty from other departments as per the Dean (Research) office guidelines.

3. The Departmental PGRMC should include the head/acting head of the department as its chairman. All faculty members from the Dept. must participate (minimum 75% attendance mandatory) as committee members. The chairman will appoint one of the faculty members as the member-secretary.

4. Responsibility of forming the committee for screening and scrutiny of dissertation projects in a Department calling for the meeting, issuing the certificate to students and submitting the minutes to the Dean (Research) office will rest with the head of the Department (HoD) /chairman and the member — secretary of the committee.

5. HOD may incorporate experts in bio-statistics or study design.

6. HOD may invite other faculty members to the meeting to give suggestions.

7. HOD should submit a final copy of the protocol along with the meeting minutes (mentioning the discussions and corrections suggested with signatures of the entire faculty in attendance) to the division of research within 7 working days of the meeting date.

8. The Guide will take full responsibility for ensuring that all corrections are completed before submission. HOD to ensure that all corrections in meeting minutes are implemented and issue a certificate to the student.

9. Protocols to be submitted to IEC along with the PGRMC approval certificate (Format enclosed).

10. The details of the intramural budget should be discussed and approved in the PGRMC meeting.

All suggestions in the meeting must be noted in the following format -