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Committee Members

Sl.No.
Committee Members
Position
1. Vice-Chancellor Chairman
2. Registrar Member
3. Dr. P. Balasubramaniam
Dept. of Mathematics
Member
4. Dr. S. Meenakshi
Director, R&D
Member
5. Dr. K. Ravichandran
Dept. of Co-operation
Member
6. Dr. R.I.Sathya
Dept. of Home Science
Member
7. Dr. V. Kirubakaran
Rural Energy Centre
Member
8. Dr. R. Ramasubbu
Dept. of Biology
Member
9. Dr. B. Senthilkumar
Dept. of Rural Ind. & Management
Member
10. Dr.K.K.Satheesh Kumar
Dept. of Chemistry
Co-ordinator

MoU Approval Committee

Sl.No.
Committee Members
Position
1. Vice-Chancellor Chairman
2. Registrar Member
3. Director, International Programme (IP) Member
4. Dean (Concerned School) Member
5. HOD / Director of Concerned Department / Centre Member
6. Proposer / PI of Project Member
7. Director, Research & Development (R & D) Convener

Ethical Committee for Research on Human / Animal

Sl.No.
Committee Members
Position
1. Director (R & D)
GRI, Gandhigram
Chairman
2. Doctor
Dr.T.S.Soundaram Health Centre
GRI, Gandhigram
Member
3. Dr.S.Peer Mohammed
Former Professor & Head
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Dr.saleema Illam, Maharaja nagar
Chennamanaicken Patty
Dindigul - 624004
Member
4. Dr.S.Gurusamy
Professor & Head
Department of Sociology
GRI, Gandhigram
Member
5. Dr.S.Meenakshi
Professor & Head
Department of Chemistry
GRI, Gandhigram
Member
6. Mr.S.Vasanthakumar
Advocate
Dindigul - 624001
Member
7. Professor & Head
Department of Biology
GRI, Gandhigram
Convener

Research Advisory Committee

Sl.No.
Committee Members
Position
1. The Vice-Chancellor Chairman
2. Dr.O.Muthiah
Dean
School of Tamil,Indian Languages and Rural Arts
Member
3. Dr.K.Velumani
Dean
School of Social Sciences
Member
4. Dr.A.Balakrishnan
Dean
School of Health Sciences and Rural Development
Member
5. Dr.M.Sundaramari
Dean
School of Agriculture and Animal Sciences
Member
6. Dr.M.G.Sethuraman
Dean
School of Sciences
Member
7. Dr.K.Mahendran
Dean
School of Computer Science and Technologies
Member
8. Dr.S.Balasundari
Dean
School of English and Foreign Languages
Member
9. Dr.B.Tamilmani
Dean
School of Management Studies
Member
10. Dr.M.Soundarapandian
Senior Professor
Department of Rural Industries and Management
Member
11. Dr.G.Muralidharan
Senior Professor
Department of Physics
Member
12. Dr.S.Nagarajan
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Central University of TamilNadu
Thiruvarur
External Expert
13. Dr.R.Kasilingam
Professor
Department of Management Studies School of Management
Pondicherry University
Puducherry
External Expert
14. Dr.P.Anandharajakumar
Controller of Examinations i/c
Special Invitee
15. Dr.S.Meenakshi
Director
Research and Development
Special Invitee
16. Dr.R.Uthayakumar
Director (Academic)
Special Invitee
17. The Registrar i/c Convener

Ethical Committee for Research on Human
Sl.No.
Committee Members
Position
1. Dr.V.Kumaravel,M.D
Director and Endocrinologist
Alpha Hospital & Research Centre
Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology
Madurai - 625 009
Chairman
2. Dr.Satya Jeganathan, MD, MPH
Principal, Formar Professor & Head
Health and Family Welfare Training Centre
GIRH & FWT, Gandhigram
Member
3. Mrs.Ramani Mathew
Dindigul
Member
(Advocate)
4. Mr.Rajasekaran
Managing Director
A.R.Dairy Foods Pvt. Ltd
Madurai Road, Begumbure, Dindigul
Member
(Lay Person)
5. Dr.Anitha Pius
Professor
Department of Chemistry
GRI (DTBU), Gandhigram
Member
6. Dr.M.R.Rajan
Professor & Head
Department of Biology
GRI (DTBU), Gandhigram
Member Secretary
7. Dr.A.Balakrishnan
Professor & Dean
School of Health Sciences & Rural Development
Department of Applied Research
GRI (DTBU), Gandhigram
Member
8. Dr.K.Marimuthu
Associate Professor & Liaison Officer(Legal Cell)
Department of Physics
GRI (DTBU), Gandhigram
Member
9. Director
Research and Development
GRI (DTBU), Gandhigram
Convener

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