GeneBandhu Ethics Committee

What GeneBandhu Ethics Committee does

GeneBandhu Ethics Committee is an Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) constituted in 2015 in New Delhi, India, providing ethical review and approval services for research proposals involving human subjects. Its stated purpose is to fill the gap left by the absence of independent ethics committees at mid- and small-sized organizations and among unaffiliated individual researchers. The committee is registered with the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) under the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and was constituted under the framework of the US Department of Health & Human Services' Office for Human Research Protections.

The service is delivered through a structured six-step process: applicants register, submit proposals with supporting documents by email, schedule a defense date, present before a 14-member expert panel, revise the proposal based on panel feedback, and receive an ethics approval certificate. Supporting infrastructure consists of an online application submission portal and an applicant-facing project status tracker, both hosted on ethicsindia.org.in. The panel itself is intentionally diverse — a pathologist chair, healthcare specialists, a clinician, a legal expert, a scientific expert, a chartered accountant, a social worker, a lay person, a theologian, and other scientific members — to ensure multi-perspective ethical review. Projects reviewed to date span pediatric oncology, access-to-medicines research, HLA allele frequency studies, and a Phase-II COVID-19 antibody plasma trial.

GeneBandhu operates as a non-profit professional services entity headquartered in New Delhi (209C, II Floor, Masjid Moth, South Extension-II). It monetizes via fees paid by researchers and organizations for ethics review and certificate issuance; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The committee formally meets every alternate month, with the ability to convene on short notice for urgent studies, and has no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, investors, or public listing. Cumulative scale is modest: approximately 6 staff, 14+ panel members, and 10+ documented project reviews over five years.

Name

GeneBandhu Ethics Committee

Legal name

GeneBandhu Ethics Committee

Website

https://ethicsindia.org.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GeneBandhu Ethics Committee is a New Delhi–based, DCGI-registered Independent Ethics Committee that reviews and approves human-subject research proposals for individual researchers and mid/small organizations lacking their own ethics infrastructure, delivering decisions through a six-step process and a 14-member diverse expert panel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Ethics Review Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

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PRIMARYHLAJACAG

Clinical Research Ethics & Human Subjects Protection Authorities (IRB/REC Oversight)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Health Policy, Regulation & Compliance Authorities

SECONDARYEDADAKAH

Research Administration & Compliance (Sponsored Programs, IRB/REB)

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Institutional Governance & Administration (School/College/University Admin)

SECONDARYEDADAGAN

Research Compliance & Ethics Audits (Academic Institutions)

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Education Quality Assurance, Compliance & Audit

Keywords

• Ethics committee services
• Human subject research review
• Clinical trial approval
• Research ethics review
• Institutional ethics compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Ethics Review Services: The committee provides ethics review and approval services for research proposals involving human subjects. Organizations and researchers pay fees for the review process, submission handling, and certificate issuance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Core offering

GeneBandhu Ethics Committee operates an Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) that reviews and approves research proposals involving human subjects. It provides scientific and ethical evaluation through a structured six-step process culminating in an ethics approval certificate. The committee targets individual researchers, qualified professionals, and small-to-mid-sized organizations that lack their own ethics committee infrastructure.

Product overview

GeneBandhu Ethics Committee operates as a single unified service offering independent ethics review and approval for research involving human subjects. The core offering is the Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) Review Service, which provides scientific and ethical evaluation of research proposals. This is complemented by two web-based sub-products: the Project Status Tracking portal for checking application status, and the Online Application Submission form for submitting proposals. The service follows a structured six-step process: Register, Submit, Schedule, Present, Learn, and Receive Certificate.

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Problem solved

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Products and services

• Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) Review Service End-to-end ethics review and approval service for research proposals involving human subjects, providing scientific and ethical evaluation through a structured six-step process (Register, Submit, Schedule, Present, Learn, Receive Certificate). Targeted at researchers, qualified professionals, and organizations conducting human subject research.
• Online Application Submission

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Office for Human Research and Protections, US Department of Health & Human ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) of Genebandhu was constituted in 2015 under the umbrella of the Office for Human Research and Protections of the United States Department of Health & Human Services. This partnership provides international standard frameworks for ethical review of human subject research.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Advarra: Advarra is a leading US-based commercial IRB (formed by merger of Schulman IRB and Quorum Review) that provides independent ethics review for clinical research. It is the most direct scaled analog to GeneBandhu's IEC services, serving sponsors and CROs with accredited, multidisciplinary review panels.
• WCG (WIRB-Copernicus Group): WCG is one of the largest US commercial IRB providers, offering independent ethics review through WIRB and Copernicus Group IRB. It is directly comparable to GeneBandhu as a fee-based, accredited IEC serving clinical research sponsors, with significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• IntegReview IRB: IntegReview is a US-based independent IRB providing ethics review for clinical trials, with a multidisciplinary panel similar in composition to GeneBandhu's. It is a smaller-scale direct peer operating in the same fee-for-service independent ethics review model.
• BRANY: BRANY (Biomedical Research Alliance of New York) is an academic IRB consortium providing independent ethics review services to hospitals, medical schools, and sponsors. It is comparable to GeneBandhu as a multi-stakeholder, accredited ethics review body operating outside a single institution.
• Sterling IRB: Sterling IRB is an independent US commercial IRB offering ethics review and consultation services for clinical research. It is comparable to GeneBandhu as an accredited, panel-based independent ethics committee serving sponsors, CROs, and investigators.

Regional players

• Forum for Ethics Review Committees in India (FERCI): FERCI is an India-focused professional forum that supports and coordinates ethics committees across the country. While it is a coordinating/educational body rather than a competing IEC, it operates in the same Indian clinical research ethics ecosystem and influences standards that GeneBandhu must follow.

Others

• Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): ICMR is India's apex body for biomedical research and the publisher of the National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research. It is not a competing IEC but is the key regulatory/standards-setting authority whose guidelines govern how GeneBandhu's committee is constituted and operates.

Market position

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Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Profiles14 records

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