Bioethics Unit: Ethical Considerations in Research

Bioethics Unit

It is hereby notified for information of all concerned that Steering Committee of DPU Bioethics Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics (formerly UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Haifa) of the DPU Vidyapeeth has been reconstituted for the period of two years from the date of notification as follows:

Sr. No.	Name	Composition
1	Dr. A. Rekha Dean, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune.	Head of the Bioethics Unit
2	Prof. Dr. Russel D’Souza Director, Dept. of Education International Chair in Bioethics, Head, Asia Pacific Region,, Melbourne, Australia	Staff Advisors
3	Dr. N. J. Pawar Vice Chancellor, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune.	Staff Advisors
4	Dr. J. S. Bhawalkar Registrar, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune.	Staff Advisors
5	Dr. A. N. Suryakar Director (Administration: Quality Assurance, Faculty Development & Research) Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune	Staff Advisors
6	Dr. P. Vatsalaswamy Director (IQAC), Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune.	Staff Advisors
7.	Dr. A. L. Kakrani Director (Acedemic collaboration & Professor of Clinical Eminence) Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune.	Staff Advisors
8.	Dr. Tushar Palekar Dean Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pimpri, Pune	Staff Advisors
9.	Dr. Shailaja Mane Professor and HOD, Dept. Of Pediatrics Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune.	Secretary
10.	Dr. Dharmendra Sharma Principal Dr. D. Y. Patil Homeopathic College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune	Faculty In-charge
11	Dr. (Mrs.) Khurshid Jamadar Principal Principal Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Nursing College, Pimpri, Pune.	Faculty In-charge
12.	Dr. Manisha Bhende Head and Professor Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Science and Technology.	Faculty In-charge
13	Dr. Shalini Agarwal Professor Professor, Dept. of General Medicine Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College & Hospital, Pimpri, Pune	Faculty In-charge
14	Dr. Pradnya Mukund Diggikar Professor, Dept. of General Medicine Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune	Faculty In-charge
15	Dr. M. Vijaykumar Professor Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pimpri, Pune	Faculty In-charge
16	Dr. Vaishali Ravindra Undale Head of Dept of Pharmacology Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Pimpri, Pune.	Faculty In-charge
17	Dr. Abhijit Sarjerao Shirkande Associate Professor Dravyaguna Dept. Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Ayurveda & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune.	Faculty In-charge
18	Dr. Manisha Junnarkar Asst. Professor Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology & Bioinformatics Institute, Tathawade, Pune.	Faculty In-charge
19	Dr. Maajid Malik Asst. Professor Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Allied Health Sciences .	Faculty In-charge
20	Mr. Ashish Suvarnkar Asst. Professor Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Optometry & Visual Sciences, Pimpri, Pune.	Faculty In-charge
21	Dr. Namdev Patil Asst. Professor Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Design, Tathawade .	Faculty In-charge
22	Dr. Shilpa Kshirsagar Associate Professor, Dept. of OBGY Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune.	Students In-Charge
23	Dr. Deepali Sahebrao Desai Assistant Professor, Dept of Microbiology Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune.	Jt. Students' In-Charge
24	Dr. Sukesh Kumar Kathpalia Professor, Dept of OBGY Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune.	Members
25	Dr. Madhulika Laxmikant Mahashabde Professor, Dept. of General Medicine Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune.	Members
26	Dr. Preeti Gazbare Professor, Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pimpri, Pune .	Members
27	Dr. Parth Aphale Professor & HOD, Dept of Homeopathic Pharmacy Dr. D. Y. Patil Homeopathic College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune.	Members
28	Dr. Prasanna Deshpande Head of Dept of Pharmacy Practice, Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Pimpri, Pune.	Members
29	Dr. Anushka Pillai Asst. Professor, Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pimpri, Pune.	Members
30	Miss. Surbhi Sharma Asst. Professor, Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Optometry & Visual Sciences, Pimpri, Pune.	Members
31	Dr. Sonali Patil Asst. Professor, Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Science and Technology, Pune.	Members
32	Dr. Pramila Menon Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune .	UNICEF Consultant

The term of members shall be of two years i.e. up to 13^th December 2026

Notification

It is hereby notified for information of all concerned that Students' Wing of DPU Bioethics Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics (formerly UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Haifa) of the DPU Vidyapeeth has been reconstituted for the period of two years from the date of notification as follows:

Sr. No.	Composition	Name
1	Head	Ms. Kashish Jain (3^rd Year MBBS)
2	Secretary	Mr. Akash Mhatre (3^rd Year MBBS)
3	Joint Secretary	Ms. Ananya Gupta (3^rd Year MBBS)
4		Ms. Shreya Singh (3^rd Year MBBS)
5	Coordinators	Mr. Sahil Kalia (3^rd Year MBBS)
6		Ms. Simran Aashi (2^nd Year MBBS)
7		Ms. Sharwari Bhaise (2^nd Year MBBS)
8	Website Secretary	Ms. Punya (3^rd Year MBBS)						Ms. Dimple Jethani (3^rd Year MBBS
9	Arts Secretary	Ms. Khushi Sharma (3^rd Year MBBS)						Mr. Om Hirlekar (3^rd Year MBBS)
10	Cultural Secretary	Ms. Parvathi Unnikrishnan (3^rd Year MBBS)						Ms. Khushi Shah (3^rd Year MBBS
11	Scientific Secretary	Ms. Kashish Akhtar (3^rd Year MBBS)						Ms. Maithilee Abale (2^nd Year MBBS)
12	Photography Secretary	Ms. Natalie Sohkhlet (3^rd Year MBBS)						Ms. Aashi Rawal (2^nd Year MBBS)
13	Executive Member	UG						PG
14	Medical College	Mr. Kshitij Chawla			Ms. Nysha Gupta			Dr. Abhimanyu Sinha
15		Mr. Kush Jain			Ms. Anushka Verma
16		Mr. Krishna Agarwal			Ms. Keertika Kaushik
17		Ms. Simran Arora			Mr. Raj Paralkar
18		Ms. Purva Redkar			Ms. Farihah K Shaikh
19		Ms. Arju Shaikh			Ms. Swati Sahoo			Dr. Raj Kamble
20		Ms. Noopur Burute			Ms. Shreya Zalke
21		Ms. Ahana Dey			Ms. Mahek Porecha
22		Ms. Aishwarya Singh			Ms. Akshata Zende
23		Mr. Madhur Anand			Mr. Rohit Diwate
24		Ms. Jahnvi Shri
25	Dental College	Ms. Indrakshi Bagchi						Dr. Uzma Qureshi
26	Nursing College	Ms. Rupali Akshay Naik Ms. Valerie Sundhar Xavier						Ms. Shraddha Pakahare
27	Physiotherapy College	Ms. Tanishqua Patil						Mr. Shubhankar Bhujal
28	Ayurveda College	Ms. Vidhi Mutha	Mr. Sagar		Mr. Krishna Kulkarni		Mr. Chaitanya Surel	Ms. Komal	Ms. Arati
29	Homeopathic College	Mr. Himanshu Shekhar			Mr. Shashank Dokania			Dr. Jalan Dhina
30	Pharmacy College	Mr. P. Adarsh						Ms. Sayali Sambhaji Gaikwad
31	Biotechnology Institute	Ms. Umaima Patel		Mr. Parth Barhate		Ms. Komal Apte		Ms. Hasmiq Liba Arora
32	Optometry College	Mr. Md Gaush						Mr. Nayan Moptom
33	School of Allied Health Sciences	Ms. Harshita Ledwani						Mrs. Sneha Shivalekar
34	Members	100 students from various Constituent Colleges/ Institutes Of DPU

The term of members shall be of two years i.e. up to 16^th December 2026

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Bioethics Unit

It is hereby notified for information of all concerned that Steering Committee of DPU Bioethics Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics (formerly UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Haifa) of the DPU Vidyapeeth has been reconstituted for the period of two years from the date of notification as follows:

It is hereby notified for information of all concerned that Students' Wing of DPU Bioethics Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics (formerly UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Haifa) of the DPU Vidyapeeth has been reconstituted for the period of two years from the date of notification as follows:

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