{ TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY,
PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (ii) }


GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS
Notification

New Delhi the 19th October, 2006.

S.O. 1817(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 15 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (59 of 1960), the Central Government, on the advice of the Board, and being satisfied that it is necessary for the purpose of controlling and supervising experiments on animals, hereby constitutes a Committee consisting of following persons as its members, with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, namely:-

1.
Additional Secretary,
Incharge of Animal Welfare,
Government of India,
Ministry of Environment and Forests,
New Delhi.
Chairperson / Member
2.
Joint Secretary (Animal Welfare),
Ministry of Environment and Forests,
New Delhi.
Vice-Chairperson/ Member
3.
Dr.(Mrs.) Vasantha Muthuswamy,
Senior Deputy Director General &
Chief, Division of BMS, Traditional Medicines & Bioethics,
Indian Council of Medical Research, Ansari Nagar,
New Delhi-110 029.
Member
4.
Dr. P. Balakrishna Murthy,
Director,
International Institute of Biotechnology and
Toxicology (IIBAT),
12, Harleys Road, Kilpauk,
Chennai-600 010.
Member
5.
Dr. D. Swarup,
Head, Division of Medicine,
Indian Veterinary Research Institute,
Izatnagar-243 122, (Uttar Pradesh)
Member
6.
Dr. K. Nachimuthu,
Director of Research,
Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University,
Madhavaram Milk Colony,
Chennai- 600 051.
Member
7.
Prof. Anup Kumar Nayak,
Wildlife Institute of India,
Post Bag #18, Chandrabani,
Dehradun - 248 001, Uttaranchal.
Member
8.
Dr. Kodavalla Venkaiah,
Head & Asst. Director,
Bio-Statistics Deptt.,
National Institute of Nutrition,
Jamai-Osmania (PO), Hyederabad - 500 007.

Member
9.
Dr. V.K. Vinayak ,
(Retd. Senior Advisor),
Department of Biotechnology,
B-1, E-12, Mohan Co-operative Industrial Estate,
Mathura Road, New Delhi - 110 044.
Member
10.
Prof. A. Jagannadha Rao (Retd.),
Department of Bio-Chemistry and Molecular
Reproduction, Development & Genetics,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore-560 012.
Member
11.
Dr. Shashi Motilal,
Professor (Philosophy),
University of Delhi,
7, Vaishali Apartments,
IIT/Delhi, Hauz Khas,
New Delhi-110 016.
Member
12.
Dr. T.P.R. Bharadwaj,
Senior Consultant, Haematologist,
Apollo Hospitals,
21, Greams Lane, Off. Greams Road,
Chennai-600 006.
Member
13.
Director (Animal Welfare),
Ministry of Environment & Forests,
New Delhi.
Member-Secretary

2. The Central Government hereby nominates Additional Secretary, incharge of Animal Welfare, Ministry of Environment and Forests and Member to be the Chairperson of the Committee as per sub-section (2) of section 15 of the said Act.

3. Joint Secretary (Animal Welfare), Ministry of Environment and Forests and Member will be Vice Chairperson of the Committee.

4. The term of the Committee shall, unless sooner dissolved, be four years from the date of its constitution.

5. The Committee constituted earlier vide Gazette Notification No.S.O.32(E) dated 10th January, 2003 amended subsequently vide Notification Numbers S.O.599(E) dated 26.05.2003; S.O.955(E) dated 21.8.2003; S.O.69(E) dated 15.01.2004; S.O.85(E) dated 25.1.2005; S.O.1491(E) dated 17.10.2005 and S.O. 933(E) dated 21.6.2006 stands dissolved from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.


(Desh Deepak Verma)
Joint Secretary
[F.No.25/34/2004-AWD]

Note: The earlier notification constituting the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide No.S.O.32(E) dated 10.1.2003 and was subsequently amended vide notification numbers S.O.599(E) dated 26.05.2003; S.O.955(E) dated 21.8.2003; S.O.69(E) dated 15.01.2004; S.O.85(E) dated 25.1.2005; S.O.1491(E) dated 17.10.2005 and S.O. 933(E) dated 21.6.2006.