Dr. Jagdish Prasad, Director General of Health Services has been appointed the chairman of the news formed Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB). The DTAB will be the highest decision-making body under the Union health ministry on technical matters.
Other members of the DTAB include:
- C Hariharan, Director in-charge, Central Drugs Laboratory, Kolkata;
- Dr Sunil Gupta, Director, Central Research Institute, Kasauli (HP);
- Dr B Suresh, president, Pharmacy Council of India (PCI);
- Dr H G Koshia, Commissioner, FDCA, Gujarat;
- Sudhir Mehta, chairman, MIS Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Ahmedabad;
- Dr Rao V S V Vadlamudi; Madhuranagar, Hyderabad;
- Dr Nilima Kshirasagar, Chair in Clinical Pharmacology, ICMR;
- Prof M. D. Karvekar, H.S.R. Lay Out, Bengaluru;
- O. S. Sadhawani, Controlling authority & Joint Commissioner, Food & Drugs Administration, Mumbai;
- Dr Ashim Ghatak, Rep., Central Drugs Research Institute, Lucknow;
- Dr. Muzaffar Ahmad, Rep., Medical Council of India;
- Dr. A. Marthanda Pillai, Ananthapuri Hospital and Res. Institute, Thiruvananthapuram;
- Sushma M. Saptarshi, Government Analyst, Drugs Control Laboratory, Mumbai;
- Dr. V. G. Somani, Joint Drugs Controller, CDSCO, New Delhi;
- Lalit Kishore, Consultant, DCG(I);
- A K. Pradhan, Deputy Drugs Controller, CDSCO, New Delhi;
- R Chandrasekhar, Deputy Drugs Controller (India), CDSCO, New Delhi
The newly constituted DTAB held its first meeting on 16th February, 2015.