A two-days
training programme conducted by the Committee for the Purpose of Control and
Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA) to
ensure that animals are not subjected to unnecessary pains or
suffering before, during, or after experiments are performed on them,
concluded here today. CPCSEA is a statutory Committee of
the Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change and has been constituted under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Act, 1960. There are 1675
establishments/research institutions registered with the CPCSEA, which conduct
experiments and research on various small and large animals. CPCSEA nominates
its nominees in Institutional Animal Experimentation Committee (IAEC) of each
establishment and this programme was conducted to train these nominees.
The
training programme was attended by 170 nominees of CPCSEA from 25 states all
over the country, including from North-eastern States such as Assam, Sikkim and
Tripura which had not been represented earlier. Among those who disseminated
information during the training programme included – Director,
Professor & Head, Department of Pharmacology, Lady Hardinge Medical
College, Dr. Harmeet Singh Rehan and Member, CPCSEA & Director,
National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research Hyderabad, Dr. Suresh
Pothani.
Vice-Chairperson,
CPCSEA, & Joint Secretary (AW) Smt.
Manju Pandey appreciated the efforts made by the participants for their
efforts for the welfare of laboratory animals. Member Secretary (CPCSEA) and Deputy
Secretary (AW) Shri S. Gowri Shankar suggested
that all Nominees of CPCSEA are expected to be more effective, productive,
rational and well informed about the all guidelines on “experimentation on
animals”. Additional Secretary, MoEF&CC and Chairman, CPCSEA, Shri Anil
Kumar Jain had inaugurated the event yesterday.
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