Constitution & Policies

• RERDS-CPR – Research Advisory Board

Name	Designation	Address
Ex-Officio Member	Director R&D	JNTUA, Anantapur
Prof. C. Kokate	Ex Vice-Chancellor	KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka
Prof. B. Suresh	Vice-Chancellor	JSS University, Mysore, Karnataka.
Prof N Udupa	Professor	Department of Pharmacy Management, Manipal University, Manipal,  Karnataka
Prof K.B. Chandrasekhar	Professor	JNTUA, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Devanna	Director and Professor	JNTUA, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
Dr G N Sastry	Senior Scientist	Senior Scientist, IICT, Hyderabad, Telangana.
Dr Bontha  Veera raju babu	Scientist F	Indian Council for Medical Research, New Delhi.
Dr U Ramesh	Scientist	Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad.
Dr Azger Dusthackeer VN	Scientist – Bacteriologist	National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai.
Dr KVSR Prasad	Retired Professor	Professor in pharmacology, Mahila University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
Dr A Pramila Rani	Principal	University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur Dist., Andhra Pradesh.
Dr Dina Nair	Scientist (Medical)	National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai
Dr CH V Rao	Principal Scientist	Pharmacology Division, National Botanical Research Institute, India
Dr Amit Tiwari	Principal Scientist	Cancer Biology, The University of Toledo, USA
Dr. Sarangapani	Former Professor	Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana.
Dr T K Ravi	Principal & Professor	College of Pharmacy, SRIPMS, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Dr H G Shiva Kumar	Principal & Professor	College of Pharmacy, JSS University, JSS University, Mysore, Karnataka.

• RERDS-CPR – Research Review CommitteeWith reference to the promotion of quality research work in the institution, the following members are nominated as members of the reconstituted Research Review Committee with their respective position. This committee shall be effective from 04.04.2022 to till further orders
  

  S. No	Name	Designation	Nominated Position
  1	Dr. Y. Padmanabha Reddy	Principal	Chairman
  2	Dr. P. Praveen Kumar	In charge (R&D Division)	Secretary
  3	Dr. M. Vijaya Jyothi	Research Co-ordinator	Coordinator
  4	Dr. V. Uma Maheshwara Rao	Director (Academics)	Member
  5	Dr. K. Vinod Kumar	Professor	Member
  6	Dr. Nawaz Mohammed	Associate Professor	Member
  7	Dr. C. Haranath	Associate Professor	Member
  8	Dr. K. Somasekhar Reddy	Professor	Member
  9	Dr. A. Sudheer	Associate Professor	Member
  10	Dr. B. Pradeepkumar	Associate Professor	Member
  11	Dr. Vinod Kumar Nelson	Associate Professor	Member

   

  Note:

  • The above committee shall also be acting as Doctoral Committee for the review of PhD works / or any research matters / whenever required by the Principal / University.
  • Research Advisory Board (RAB) shall be assisting the RRC, whenever required.
  • Meetings and resolutions can be made when 70% of members are present.
• Research Team
  

  Name & Qualification	Designation
  Dr. Y. Padmanabha Reddy., M. Pharm., PhD., FIC	President / CEO, RERDS – CPR
  Dr. P. Praveen Kumar, M. Pharm., PhD	In charge R&D, RERDS – CPR
  Dr. K. Somasekhar Reddy., M. Pharm., PhD	Head, Pharmacology & Toxicology Division
  Dr. M. Vijaya Jyothi, M. Pharm., PhD	Head, Molecular Modelling & Drug Discovery Division
  Dr. Vinod Kumar Nelson., M. Pharm., PhD	Head, Phytomedicine & Phytochemistry Division
  Dr. C. Haranath, M. Pharm., PhD., FAGE	Head, Formulation & Drug Delivery Division
  Dr. B. Pradeepkumar., M. Pharm., PhD	Scientist, Pharmacological screening and animal ethical clearance
  Mr. C. Naresh Babu., M. Pharm.,	Research Associate
  Mr. E. Bhargav, M. Pharm.,	Research Associate
  Mrs. B. Nagasubha, M. Pharm.,	Research Associate
  Mr. P. Chiranjeevi, M. Pharm.,	Research Associate
  Mrs. S. Triveni, M. Pharm.,	Research Associate
  Mrs. Y. Sravani, M. Pharm.,	Research Associate
  Mr. B. Ravi	Purchase and Store keeping

   

• There should be a letter from the customer (Researchers/Ph.D. scholars/Industry/Institution) addressed to the principal.
• The Principal shall forward the letter to the R & D director.
• R&D Division shall fix the charges as per our norms in consultation with Heads.
• Then a copy of the letter and requirement shall be forwarded to the Concern Heads. Then Head shall allot the work to Skill assistants.
• Once the report is ready, the duly signed report shall be forwarded to R&D.
• The Report will be Dispatched/issued to the applicant, once the payment is cleared.
• All the details of Reports/amount will be entered in register / duly countersigned by the principal.
• A copy of the facility request letter shall also be documented in the Concern department.

Term & Conditions

• There should not be any hidden work /unethical report to customers without the knowledge of the Head & R&D Director. In such cases, serious action will be executed at the discretion of the Principal.
• If any faculty/Scholars invite consultancy work, 10% of the total cost charged will be paid as a Reward.

Research Activity – Ethical Clearance Procedure

The following shall be the procedure for conducting experiments on Animals /Human subjects,

1. A study involving Human /Animal subjects should not be initiated until the ethical clearance is issued by R&D Division.
2. There shall be only one Animal ethical committee meeting and One Human ethical Review Board meeting during the one academic year (July 1^st to June 31^st).
3. However, in case of emergency, the protocol may be mailed to the Nominee and the decision is at the discretion of the Chairman and Govt. Nominee.
4. During the Ethical clearance meeting, the principal investigator / Co-investigator / Students must be available to defend the queries.
5. All investigators must give a proposal presentation and submit a copy of the PPT for signing along with the prescribed format of the application.
6. All UG Projects/experiments should be designed in such a way that no animal is allowed to sacrifice.
7. Animals will be allowed to dissect only in PG / Granted Projects.
8. A copy of the animal ethical committee approval letter must be submitted to the pharmacology department to touch /use animals.
9. In the case of human subjects, interventions should be as per the directions of the ethical committee and should not violate GLP / GCP.
10. Indent of chemicals/supply of chemicals to Research

(Applicable for: M. Pharm / B. Pharm Projects, Grants)

With reference to the promotion of research works, the following are the framed Policies, till further notice.

Step 1	A student/scholar shall prepare a list of chemicals for their research along with the research title and protocol number (if) and get signed by their supervisor
Step 2	The signed letter shall be forward to the R&D through HOD with remarks, HOD should write the comments on chemicals if it is project-specific, and its importance/ if belongs to consultancy/funded.
Step 3	The R&D division will forward the letter with the comment to the concern section through the Principal / Academic coordinator. A copy of the letter shall be retailed by the HOD.
Step 4	The HOD shall ask the concerned lab assistant to submit the Indent for the same in a prescribed format.
Step 5	The Lab assistant shall follow up with the storekeeper for placing and procuring chemicals.
Step 6	Once the chemicals are received from the store, Lab assistant shall enter in their department stock register/distribution register.
Step 7	Then chemicals shall be supplied to students /scholars, Student shall hold the responsibility of submitting the unused chemicals to lab assistant with utilization record /job record.

NOTE:

1. No students are allowed in the purchase and permission process.
2. If any project-specific chemicals, R&D, and HOD shall decide to supply or not to supply.
3. In case research/project belongs to consultancy / UGC/AICTE /etc funded, all chemicals shall be supplied by the institute. Plagiarism Policy

   Applicable to	B. Pharm Project book,
   	M. Pharm Dissertation book,
   	Pharm D Clerkship book & Internship book
   	Ph.D. thesis,
   Reference	As required by JNTUA, other Regulatory systems
   % Plagiarism allowed	B. Pharm (up to 30%)
   	M. Pharm / Pharm D as per JNTUA Norms (up to 25%)
   	For PhD, it may change depends on the university.

   Procedure:

   • With reference to the above-cited information regarding plagiarism policy, I request all faculty members TO SIGN THE RESEARCH REPORT only after obtaining the plagiarism report from R&D Division, RIPER.
   • The student/Scholar shall submit the document (word document) in a USB /Pen-drive to the R&D COORDINATOR for plagiarism report. See that the document is EXCLUDED from contents like reference, Index, acknowledgment, definitions, abbreviations, list of tables, list of figures, and certificates.
   • The certificate of plagiarism will be issued by R&D and need to be enclosed in dissertation /thesis/project/internship/clerkship books

   Instructions to reduce plagiarisms

   • Concise the introduction to 10-15 pages only, but focus on the importance, need, challenges, risk, applicability, current trends-based write-up relating to the area of your research.
   • Definitions and abbreviations may be added as annexures, which does not need plagiarism.
   • Compile the content from several resources.
   • Include pictures, graphs, images wherever possible instead of a paragraph explanation.
   • Rewrite all text with changes in phrase, verb, and sentence forms.
   • Literature – do not paste abstract, make it table form, or write 3-5 sentences on each literature.
   • Try to arrange a flow chart / pert chart-based procedure in the methodology/experimental part.
   • The result and discussion should be own written.
   • Do not copy any content from old research report.