An air conditioned central Animal house facility at RIPER, was established in the year 2012. The facility was registered as Small Animal Facility with the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA), Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi. All activities related to laboratory animal research are performed as per the guidelines of CPCSEA, New Delhi. All activities related to laboratory animal research are performed as per the guidelines of CPCSEA, New Delhi. The small animals available at the facility for carrying out research include Rats, Mice. All the pre-clinical studies are conducted with the prior approval by Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) members including the CPCSEA main nominee. The Institute CPCSEA Registration is 878\/PO\/RE\/S\/05\/CPCSEA for conducting animal-based experiments on education and research.<\/p>\n<\/div>