Year 2025 –

• One-day Faculty Development Programme on “Ethical Guidelines and Good Clinical Practice for Researchers” was organized and held by IEC on 11th January, 2025. Thirty-two participants including Faculty members and Research Scholars from different departments of Allied Health Sciences of Swami Vivekananda University and Vidyasagar University participated in the training program. Two resource persons, Dr. Subhrojyoti Bhowmick, MBBS (Cal) (Gold Medalist), MD (Pharmacology), Certified in Patient Safety (Johns Hopkins University, USA), FISQua (U.K), Professor, Department of Pharmacology, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, and Dr. Saibal Das, MBBS, MD, DM, Scientist D (Medical), Indian Council of Medical Research - Centre for Ageing and Mental Health, Kolkata, India, were invited for the training program. Certificates were distributed to each of the participants.
• In the 3rd IEC meeting held on 12th February, 2025, eight project proposals were presented by Ph.D. scholars from different departments for ethical clearance.
• In the 4th IEC meeting, six project proposals were presented by research scholars of different departments of Swami Vivekananda University for ethical clearance.

Year 2024 –

• The 1st meeting of IEC was held on 1st March, 2024, where discussions were held regarding the roles and responsibilities of IEC members, documentation processes, and the need for creating a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
• In the 2nd meeting of IEC, the SOP was discussed and approved. Two project proposals were presented for ethical clearance, and a training program on ethical guidelines was proposed.

SOME GLIMPSES OF IEC ACTIVITIES

List of the project proposals presented before IEC for ethical clearance

1. Process optimization for Manufacturing Non-Dairy Synbiotic Chocolates and their Nutritional Characterization, presented by Ms. Paromita Mukherjee, supervised by Dr. Souvik Tewari, Assistant Professor, Department of Food and Nutrition, Swami Vivekananda University and Dr. Anindita Ray Chakravarti, Assistant Professor and HOD, Department of Food and Nutrition, Maharani Kashishwari College.
2. Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis of Proteomics In Plants In Response To Salt Stress by Mouli Nahar, supervised by Dr. Semanti Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Swami Vivekananda University, Barrackpore.
3. A computational Study on Domains of Envelope Protein of Dengue Virus by Mr. Debojyati Datta, supervised by Dr. Semanti Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Swami Vivekananda University, Barrackpore.
4. Protein interaction mapping and computer aided drug designing for neurodegenerative diseases by Ms. Ananya Samanta, supervised by Dr. Semanti Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Swami Vivekananda University, Barrackpore.
5. Adolescent Obesity and PCOD in girls due to food habit and life style in rural area of Hooghly district in West Bengal by Prantika Sengupta, supervised by Dr. Rupali Dhara Mitra, Assistant Professor, Department of Food and Nutrition, Swami Vivekananda University and Prof. (Dr). Kakali Bandopadhay, Professor, Dean of Science, Department of Food Technology, Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, W.B.
6. In-Silico Approach For Screening Several Inhibitory Phyto-Chemicals And Peptide Based Vaccination Against Dengue And Chikungunya Viruses by Aparna Chaudhuri, supervised by Dr. Sabyasachi Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Swami Vivekananda University, Barrackpore.
7. Evolution of the capacity of bacteria-bacteria association to remove heavy metals from polluted soils by Sapna Mandal, supervised by Dr. Sabyasachi Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Swami Vivekananda University, Barrackpore.
8. Study and characterization regarding phytoremediation potentiality of Tagetes erecta Linn. to decontaminate the fly ash polluted soil by Supriya Kumar Bose, supervised by Dr. Sabyasachi Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Swami Vivekananda University, Barrackpore.
9. A Study on Socio-demographic profile, Nutrition and health Status of elderly tribal people of Bankura district, West Bengal by Joydeb Saha, supervised by Dr. Jagannath Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Department of Food and Nutrition, Swami Vivekananda University and Dr. Subhash Kanti Roy, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Oriental Institute of Science and Technology.
10. Effects of Dietary Habit and Salivary Microbiome on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Sudrita Roy Choudhury, Department of Food and Nutrition, supervised by Dr. Rajen Dey, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology.
11. Awareness & Attitudes towards Routine Eye Examination among the University Students of Eastern India by Ranadeb Banerjee, supervised by Dr. Dipanwita Ghosh, Assistant Professor and HOD, Department of Optometry, Swami Vivekananda University.
12. Spectacle compliance among adult population by Isita Mondal, supervised by Dr. Dipanwita Ghosh, Assistant Professor and HOD, Department of Optometry, Swami Vivekananda University.
13. Investigating the relation between convergence insufficiency and cognitive performance in adults: a comprehensive investigation by Srimanti Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Department of Optometry, Swami Vivekananda University, supervised by Mrs. Moumita Mitra, Assistant Professor, Vidyasagar College of Optometry and Vision Science.
14. Role of Interleukin-6 (IL6) and Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) polymorphism on Alzheimer's Disease by Sarnava Roy, Department of Biotechnology, supervised by Dr. Subhasis Sarkar, Department of Microbiology, and Prof. (Dr) Atanu Biswas, Professor and HOD, Bangur Institute of Neurosciences.
15. Incidence of glaucoma and ocular hypertension after intravitreal and periocular steroid injections; presented at a tertiary eye care hospital in eastern India by Debotrayee Chakraborty, supervised by Dr. Dipanwita Ghosh, Assistant Professor and HOD, Department of Optometry, Swami Vivekananda University.

IEC members