Centre of Excellence for Pre-Clinical Studies

CCSEA approved Animal House

CCSEA approved Animal House

An air-conditioned central Animal house facility at K L College of Pharmacy, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation was established in the year 2023. The facility was registered as Small Animal Facility with The Committee for Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CCSEA), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Governments of India, New Delhi. All activities related to laboratory animal research are performed as per the guidelines of CCSEA, 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 CCSEA main nominee.

The Institute CCSEA Registration No. is 2263/PO/Re/S/2023/CCSEA for conducting animal-based experiments on education and research.

Features of animal house at KL College of Pharmacy, KLEF deemed to be University.

  • KLCP has a world class Animal house facility approved by CCSEA (Reg. No. -2263/PO/Re/S/2023/CCSEA)
  • KLCP has Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) who holds meeting for the approval of use of the animal for research and project propose.
  • The animal experiments are carried out as per standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Animal House Facility at KLCP maintains documentation records regarding the use of animals as per the standard requirement of CCSEA.
  • Separate quarantine facility available to make the animal free from stress Each room is ventilated, and the environment is kept under control with temperature (23±3°C), relative humidity (60±10 %), 12:12 h light and dark cycle as per CPCSEA guidelines.

Applications are invited from the Research personnel to carry out the animal experimentation part of their project work at the state-of-the-art Animal house facility available at KLCP-KLEF deemed to be University, Guntur at a very nominal rate. For queries, please contact Dr. Chakravarthi G, Mobile: +91 84649 33444.

Institutional Animal Ethical Committee (IAEC) Members

Sr. No. Name Designation in IAEC
1. Dr. Chakravarthi Guntupali Chairman
2. Dr. Buchi N Nalluri Member Secretary IAEC
3. Dr Rajeswari Pasupula IAEC Member, Scientist of Different Bio.
4. Dr. Naresh Dumala IAEC Member, Scientist Ic. Animal Facility
5. Dr. Ms. Vijaya Lakshmi S Veterinarian
6. Dr. Pavan Kumar Padarthi Main Nominee
7. Mr. Nori Kodanda Ram Link Nominee
8. Dr. MV Nagabhushanam Scientist from Outside Institute
9. Dr. Jada Naga Lakshmi Socially aware nominee