4.2.1 CPCSEA Registration and IAEC Composition

An institution wishing to conduct animal experiments must first register with the CPCSEA, a statutory body operating under India's Ministry of Environment,...

An institution wishing to conduct animal experiments must first register with the CPCSEA, a statutory body operating under India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; this registration is renewed every three years and is subject to periodic inspection by a CPCSEA-appointed inspector. Each registered institution must constitute an Institutional Animal Ethics Committee comprising a chairperson drawn from outside the institution, a biological scientist, a veterinarian, a scientist member from a different institution, a scientist member from the same institution, a legal expert or a nominee of the state animal welfare board, and a socially aware nominee representing community interests — a deliberately plural composition intended to prevent purely internal or purely scientific self-approval.