An Institutional Review Board (IRB) comprises a committee that reviews and approves research involving human subjects. The purpose of the IRB is to ensure that all human subject research will be conducted in accordance with legal, institutional, and professional ethical guidelines. The IRB committee consists of 14 internal members from different disciplines who are faculty and researchers within Ashoka University, and two experts from outside Ashoka (including a medical and a legal expert). The committee is headed by a Chair and Co-chair who responsible for overall supervision. The committee is assisted by the Member Secretary. Each IRB member from Ashoka serves for three years, on average, with some members serving for briefer or longer periods.
Core Committee
Chair: Bhrigupati Singh, Sociology and Anthropology
Co-Chair: Gautam Menon, Physics & Biology
Member Secretary: Aastha
Internal Members
Nishita Trishal, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Dipin Kaur, Department of Political Science and International Relations
Srijita Ghosh, Department of Economics
Naseer Ahmad Bhat, Department of Psychology
Madhvilatha Maganti, Department of Psychology
Pratyusha Govindaraju, Center for Social and Behaviour Change
Nymphea Noronha, Center for Social and Behaviour Change
Vrinda Chopra, Center for Writing and Communication
Swati Shresth, Center for Social Impact and Philanthropy
Kalyan Sekhar Chakraborty, Department of History & Center for Interdisciplinary Archeological Research
Arunima Theraja, Centre for Studies in Gender and Sexuality
Sayantani Mukherjee, Department of History & Center for China Studies
Manvi Sharma, Department of Environmental Studies
Vivek Narayan, Department of English
Anandajit Goswami,Ashoka Centrefor People Centric Energy Transition (ACPET)
External Members
Medical Expert
Shifalika Goenka, Head-Bioethics, Public Health Foundation of India, Head of Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, IIPHD
Legal Expert
Namita Wahi, Fellow at Centre for Policy Research
