The Animal Care and Resource Centre (ACRC) is a shared facility among BLiSc institutes (NCBS-INSTEM-CCAMP-TIGS) and has two sections; The Mouse Genome Engineering Facility (MGEF) and Animal Care Facility (ACF). ACRC is governed by two regulatory bodies - the Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) and the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC). The FAC is a joint committee for both Mouse Genome Engineering Facility and Animal Care Facility, constituted by the ACRC user faculty members and ACRC facility management.

Joint ACRC-MGEF Faculty Adivsory Committee

  • Prof. Upinder S Bhalla, NCBS (Chairperson)

  • Prof. Rajesh Kumar Ladher, NCBS

  • Prof. Vatsala Thirumalai, NCBS

  • Dr. Arjun Guha, inStem

  • Dr. Soumyashree Das, NCBS

  • Dr. Dhandapany Perundurai, inStem

  • Dr. Sufyan Ashhad, NCBS

  • Dr. Mahesh Sahare, MGEF in-charge

  • Dr. Mohan G H, ACF in-charge

The Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) reviews all the research proposals involving the use of live vertebrate animals other than non-human primates ensuring that the famous Russell and Burch’s three ‘R’s concept – Refinement, Reduction and Replacement is invoked in all the projects for better and more humane science. There are three independent IAECs on BLiSc campus:

For NCBS IAEC (2022-2027):

  • Prof. Vatsala Thirumalai, Chairperson

  • Prof. Raj Ladher, internal member - Biological scientist

  • Dr. Soumyashree Das, internal member - Biological scientist

  • Prof. Mahesh Sankaran, internal scientist (non animal user)

  • Dr. G.H.Mohan, Veterinarian and member secretary

  • Dr. Raveendra Hegde, CPCSEA main nominee

  • Dr. Pinaki Prasad Sengupta, CPCSEA link nominee

  • Dr. Rajesh M S, Scientist from outside institute

  • Mr. Sasi Kumar M, Socially Aware Nominee

For InStem IAEC (2020-2025):

  • Dr. Arjun Guha, Chairperson

  • Dr. Dhandapany Perundai, internal member - Biological scientist.

  • Dr. Arvind Ramanathan, Scientist from different biological discipline 

  • Dr. Sunil Laxman, Scientist from different biological discipline 

  • Dr. Mahesh Sahare, Veterinarian and member secretary

  • Dr.  Giridhar P, CPCSEA main nominee

  • Dr. B. N. Srikumar, CPCSEA link nominee

  • Shri Ramesh V, Scientist from outside institute

  • Mr. Prasanna G S, Socially Aware Nominee

For TIGS IAEC (2024-2029):

  • Dr. Rakesh Kumar Mishra, Chairperson

  • Dr. Rajesh Iyer V, internal member - Biological scientist and member secretary.

  • Dr. Mansi Rajendra Malik, Scientist from different biological discipline 

  • Dr. Vasanth Thamodaran, Scientist from different biological discipline 

  • Dr. Roopa N, Veterinarian

  • Dr.  Ganesh Kondabattula, CPCSEA main nominee

  • Dr. P. Saravanan, CPCSEA link nominee

  • Dr. Mrs. Meera Sumanth, Scientist from outside institute

  • Mr. Atul Kumar Pandey, Socially Aware Nominee