The Ethical Review Board (ERB) cannot possibly review and monitor all research being conducted in the country. Thus, the ERB has delegated its power to Institutional Review Committees (IRCs) established at health care facilities, academic institutions and research institutions throughout Nepal.

Every IRC team is multidisciplinary, having at least one female member and one external member not affiliated with the institution. IRCs hold regular meetings and submit semiannual progress reports to the NHRC. The NHRC has developed guidelines for the Institutional Review Committees for health research in Nepal. The guidelines regulate the conduct and define the operating procedures of the IRCs. An IRC is authorized to provide ethics clearance to research proposals from researchers from within the institution associated with a specific IRC, but are not authorized to provide approval to the following research proposals:

  • Research proposed intended for studies at the national or international level
  • Externally sponsored/funded research (the term “externally” indicates not only outside of the country but also outside of the particular health care facility or institution)
  • Clinical trials involving human and/or animal participants

 

 

These IRCs are approved by national ERB of NHRC.

S.NName of Institutional AddressNameEmailContactStatus      
1Annapurna Neurological Institute & Allied SciencesMaitighar, KathmanduDr. Pravesh Rajbhandari Chairman Dr. Sharad Hari Gajurel Member Secretarypraveshrajbhandari@hotmail.com sharad2005@hotmail.com9841282689 9840060295
2B & B HospitalGwarkhu, LalitpurProf. Dr. Amit Joshi, Chairperson
Dr. Nagmai Singh, Member Secretary 		vayu_79@yahoo.com
dramitjoshi7@gmail.com		9855033053 9841233850
3B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer HospitalBharatpur, ChitwanDr. Umesh Nepal Chairperson
Dr. Sushil Adhikari Member Secretary 		bpkmchhospital@gmail.com
drsushil6550@gmail.com		9855085301
9845090543
4Bharatpur HospitalBharatpur, ChitwanDr. Mani Prasad Gautam Chairperson Dr. Kalyan Sapkota Member Secretarymanigautam@hotmail.com kalspk@hotmail.com9851076043 9851143296
5HAMS HospitalKathmanduDr. Padam Raj Pant
Chairperson
Dr. Susma Bhattachan		drarjunkarki@gmail.com
susma.bhattachan07@gmail.com		9851101629
9840065390
6Biratnagar Eye HospitalBiratnagar, MorangDr. Pawan Shrestha Chairman Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Karn Member Secretaryshr_pawan@yahoo.com
rajiv.karn@erec-p.org 		9862642482
9842068053
7BP Koirala Institute of Health SciencesDharan, SunsariDr.Madhab Lamsal
Chairman Dr. Amrendra Jha
Member Secretary		madhab.lamsal@bpkihs.edu
amrendra05@gmail.com		9804342471
9848655234
8Central Institute of Science and Technology (CIST)New baneshwor, KathmanduDr. Shiba Bahadur Karkee Chairperson Ms. Poonam Pant Member Secretary karkee_sb@yahoo.com pantpoonam91@gmail.com4436434 (office) 9846084276
9849077267
9Chitwan Medical CollegeBharatpur, ChitwanDr. Gopendra Prasad Deo Chairperson Mr. Raj Kumar Mehata Member SecretaryGopendradeo@gmail.com mehtarajkraj@gmail.com9855046095 9852024779
10Civil Service HospitalNew baneshwor, KathmanduProf. Dr. Dinesh Lamsal Chairperson Dr. Vikal Chandra Shakya Member Secretary drdineshklamsal@gmail.com vikalcsh@yahoo.com info@civilservicehospital.org9851011523 9842173106
11College of Medical Science and Teaching HospitalBharatpur, ChitwanDr. Prerna Bansal Chairman Dr. Rosina Bhattarai Member Secretaryirc@cmsnepal.edu.np
irccomsth@gmail.com		 9841390383
12Devdaha Medical College and Research Institute Pvt. Ltd.RupandehiDr. Diwakar Kumar Shah Chairperson
Mr. Shrawan Kumar Yadav Member Secretary		dwkshah21@gmail.com
shrawanyadav701@gmail.com		9852029842
9814320423
13Gandaki Medical College and Teaching Hospital and Research CenterKaskiDr. Prakash Baral Chairman Dr. Neelu Hirachan Member Secretary prakashbaral2002@hotmail.com drndsubedi@gmail.com9855054563
14Grande International HospitalTokha, KathmanduAssoc. Prof. Dr. Akhilesh K Kasyap Chairperson Dr. Bibhuti Nath Mishra Member Secretary drakhileshkasyap@gmail.com drbibhuti5@gmail.com9851014358
9841216778
15Institute of Medicine (IOM)Maharajgunj kathmanduProf. Dr. Dwarika Prasad Shrestha Chairman drdpshrestha@gmail.com9841218380
16Institute of Science and Technology (IOST)Kritipur, KathmanduDr. Surendra Kumar Gautam
Chairperson Dr. Komal Raj Rijal Member Secretary 		surendra.gautam@iost.tu.edu.np komal.rijal@cdmi.tu.edu.np 9841808951
9849002253
17Kanti Children HospitalMaharajgunj kathmanduDr. Bina Prajapati Manandhar Chairperson
Dr. Sumit Aggrawal
Member Secretary		prajapatibina@gmail.com dr.sumit1060@hotmail.com9851055033
9869579298
18Nepal APF HospitalKathmanduDr. Mahendra Raj Shrestha Chairman mahendrapath@gmail.com9851092958
19Karnali Academy of Health ScienceJumlaDr. Seshsananda Sanjel Chairperson Dr. Poojan Kumar Rokaya Member Secretaryseshanandasanjel24@gmail.com
pkr2039@gmail.com		9851010296
9849083461
20Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital (KMCTH)Sinamangal KathmanduDr. Sunil Kumar Joshi Chairperson Dr. Deepak Regmi Member Secretarydrsunilkj@gmail.com drdeepakregmi@hotmail.com9851056859 9851087550
21Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences (KUMS)Dhulikhel, KavreProf. Dr. Ranjeeta Shijagurumayum Acharya Chairman Dr. Dipesh Tamrakar Member Secretary ranjeeta@kusms.edu.np
dipesht@kusms.edu.np		9841652528
9801002404
22KIST Medical Collge and Teaching HospitalGwarkhu, LalitpurDr. Neeti Singh Chairperson
Ms Srijana Pandey Member Secretary 		neetiis@gmail.com
sirupandey@gmail.com		9851033211
9851086235
23Lumbini Medical College & Teaching Hospital LTDParvas, PalpaDr. Samata Nepal Chairperson
Dr. Manish Shrestha Member Secretary 		samata.kool@gmail.com
dr.shresthamanish@gmail.com
9841304034
9860830724
24Manipal Medical College of Medical SciencesPokhara, NepalProf. Dr. Niranjan Nayak Chairman Dr. Krishna Prasad Koirala Member Secretarynirajan.nayak@manipal.edu.np gaukrishna@yahoo.com 9846053316 9856034347
25Nepal Health Care Corporative Ltd.KathmanduDr. Poojan Sharma Chairman Dr. Anit Lamichhane Member Secretarypoojan42@gmail.com anit.mmu@gmail.com9848299934
9866539881
26National Academy of Medical Sciences(NAMS)Bir Hospital , KathmanduProf. Dr Ajit Raymajhi Chairman ajitrayamajhi@gmail.com
membersecretary.irb@gmail.com		9851055305
27Norvic International Hospital & Medical College Ltd.KathmanduDr. Laxman Rijal Chairperson
Member Secretary
Dr. Abirodh Ranabhat		laxmanrijal@gmail.com
abirodh@gmail.com		9841138138
9841508600
28National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences Pvt. LtdBasbari, KathmanduDr. Dinesh Nath Gongal Chairperson Dr. Rachana Nakarmi Member Secretarysudesh@ccsl.com.np nakarmirachana@gmail.com rachana@neuro.org.np9801097856
29National Medical College Pvt. LtdBirgunj, ParsaDr. Anand Kumar Chaurasia
Chairman Dr. Dayaram Ghimire Member Secretary 		akchaurasia378@gmail.com
dayaramghimire@gmail.com		9855036248
9849243699
30Nepal Army Institute of Health Sciences (NAIHS)Sano Bharangang, KathamanduAssoc. Prof. Dr. Sammodavardhana Kaundinnyayana Chairman Prof.Dr. Saraswati Sharma Paudyal Member Secretaryircnaihs@naihs.edu.np
31Nepal Cancer Hospital & Research Center Pvt. Ltd.Harisiddhi, LalitpurDr. Hari Prasad Dhakal Chairman Dr. Anju Shrestha Member Secretarydr.hari.dhakal@nch.com.np anjushr2002@yahoo.com9851225505 9851010838
32Nepal Netra Jyoti SangTripureshworProf. Dr. Meeru Chaudhary Chairperson Mr. Ranjan Shah Member Secretary ranjanshah78@gmail.com irc@nnjs.org.np 9845325650
33Nepalgunj Medical College and Teaching Hospital (NMTH)Kohalpur, BankeProf Dr. Piush Kanodia Chairman Dr. Merina Shrestha Member Secretarypiushkanodia@yahoo.com
drmerycom@gmail.com		9858024990
9841415872
34Nobel CollegeSinamangal, KathmanduProf. Ramjee Prasad Pathak Chairman nobelirc@nobelcollege.edu.np
35Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital ( P) LTDBiratnagarDr. Dilliram Kafle Chairman Dr. Ragini K Yadav Member Secretary dillikafle@yahoo.com raginiy385@gmail.com9841318315
9852678968
36Paropakar Maternity and Women's HospitalThapathali, KathmanduDr. Sapana Amatya Vaidya Chairperson
Dr. Tara Gurung Member Secretary
vaidyasapana@gmail.com
grgtara@gmail.com		9851124109
9841379504
37Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS)LalitpurDr. Nabees MS Pradhan Chairperson
Dr. Ashis Shrestha Member Secretary		nabeesman@gmail.com ashisshrestha@pahs.edu.np irc-pahs.edu.np 9851094037
9851061846
38People's Dental College & Hospital Pvt. LtdNayabazar, KathmanduDr. Rinky Nyachhyon Chairperson Dr. Amita Rai Member Secretary docrinky@gmail.com
amitarai2013@gmail.com		 9851050297
9819203326
39Pokhara Academy of Health SciencesPokhara, NepalDr. Leepa Vidya Chairperson
Dr. Laxman Banstola
Member Secretary
lipavaidya@gmail.com
lbanstola@hotmail.com		9856031242 9846154078
40Pokhara UniversityPokhara, KaskiDr. Suresh Jaiswal
Chairperson
Mr. Chiranjivi Adhikari
Member Secretary
suuress@gmail.com
chiran.adhikari@pu.edu.np
9843019151
9819046979
061-504095
41Public Health Concern Trust (phect-NEPAL)Pradarsanimarg KathmanduProf. Dr. Ganesh Dangal Chairman Dr. Puja Lama Member Secretary ganesh.dangal@gmail.com drplama@phectnepal.org9851055036
42Rapti Academy of Health SciencesGhorahi, DangDr. Binaya Shrestha Chairperson
Ms. Radha Darlami
Member Secretary		binayas110@gmail.com
radhadarlami23@gmail.com 		9841471602
9851210907
43Scheer Memorial Hospital Medical Institute College of NursingBanepa, KavreDr. Tara Jung Gurung Chairperson Ms. Pratima Manandhar Member Secretarygurungt@aiias.edu manandhar.p@hotmail.com9808478880 9841495254
44Shahid Gangalal National Heart CentreBansbari, KathmanduDr. Sujeeb Rajbhandari Chairman Dr. Dipanker Parjapati Member Secretarysujeebr@hotmail.com topjhap@gmail.com9851066122 9851212111
45Kathmandu Cancer Center Tathali, Nala Road, Bhaktpur Dr. Abish Adhikari, Chairperson
Mr. Sunil Shrestha 		abish@kccrc.org
sunilcresta@gmail.com		9851140686
9851220488
46Shree Medical and Technical CollegeChitwanMs. Babita Ghimire Bijay Laxmi Giri Member Secretary babitaghimire299@gmail.com
giribijaya2023@gmail.com		 9855054928
9841320460
47Shree Rana Ambika Shah Eye Hospital, Lumbini Eye InstituteBhairahawaProf. Dr. Kabindra Bajracharya Chairperson
Dr Hari Bahadur Thapa Member Secretary
kabindra_baj@yahoo.com haribadr2005@yahoo.com9841302529
9847044927
48Tilganga Institute of Opthalmolohy (TIO)Gaushala, KathmanduDr.Mohan Krishna Shrestha Chairperson Mr. Manish Poudel Member Secretary mohan.shrestha@tilganga.org
manish.poudel@tilganga.org		9813665961
9813665961
49Universal College of Medical SciencesBhairahawaProf. Saraj Gurung
Chairman Member Secretary
Dr. Anup Acharya		 g.saraj@gmail.com 9841297161
50Yeti Health Science Academy Maharajganj, Kathmandu Mr. Shambhu Jnwali, Chairperson
jnwalisham@gmail.com
9851237099
51Star Hospital Pvt. Ltd. Sanepa Prof. Keshab Parajuli, Chairperson
Dr. Ronak Shrestha, Member Secretary		drkparajuli@iom.edu.np
ronakshrestha@gmail.com		9841401038
9841600604
52Nepal Medicity Hospital Lalitpur Prof. Dr. Umid Kumar Shrestha, Chairperson
Dr. Suchita Shrestha Joshi, Member Secretary		umidshrestha@gmail.com
suchita.joshi@nepalmedicity.com		9814109409
9813256060
53Nepal Police HospitalMaharajganj, KathmanduSSP Dr. Damodar Poudel, Chairperson
DSP Dr. Nabin Lageju, Member Secretary		damodarpoudel@gmail.com
lagejunabin@gmail.com		9851280510
9841985708
54Madan Bhandari Academy of Helath ScienceHetauda, Makwanpur
Ms. Sagun Kharel
Member Secretary		sagun.kharel@mbahs.edu.np9849543317
55Birat Medical College Teaching HospitalBiratnagar, MorangDr. Mrinalini singh Chairman
Dr. Tara Kumari Kafle Member Secretary		sdrmrinalini@gmail.com
tara.kafle@gmail.com
9842041222
9851215338
56Kantipur Dental College Teaching Hospital and Research CentreDhapasi, Ring RoadProf. Dr. Rabindra Man Shrestha
Chairperson
Dr. Sujita Shrestha Member Secretary 		rabindraortho@gmail.com
shresthasujita@hotmail.com		 9851001414
9841255972		Inactive
57National Ayurveda Research and Training CenterKritipur, KathmanduDr. Sarita Shrestha Chairperson Dr. Siddhartha K.Thakur Member Secretary kay@growingedge.org dr.sidhu1967@gmail.com irc.nartc@gmail.com9851213360Inactive
58Nepal Medical CollegeJorpati, KathmanduDr. Shekhar Babu Rizyal Coordinator Prof. Dr. Shiba Kumar Rai Member Secretarydrshibakrai.nepal@gmail.com nmcrc@nmcth.edu9851040480Inactive
59Purbanchal University College of Medical and Allied ScienceMorangDr. Anil Kumar Sah Chairman Mr. Nabin Lamichhane Member Secretary anilsahnp@gmail.com lamichhanenabin@gmail.comInactive
60Madhesh Institute of Health ScienceJanakpurdham, Madhesh ProvinceDr. Rameshwor Mahaseth
Chairperson
Dr. Rajeeb Chaulagain
Member-Secretary		ramdesh@gmail.com
drrajibchaulagain@gmail.com		9843076992
9860199335
61Nepal Eye HospitalTripureshwor, KathmanduDr Suman Thapa Chairperson
Dr. Diwa Hamal Member Secretary		sumanthapa.ekekpaila@gmail.com
diwa222@hotmail.com
9813665961
9851182704
62B & C Medical CollegeBirtamode, JhapaDr. Pramod M. Shyangwa
Chairman
Dr. Ujwal Rai
pramodshyangwa1@gmail.com
ujwal1235@gmail.com		9842055578
9861089260
63Shahid Dharma Bhakta National Transplant
Center		Dudhpati-17, BhaktapurDr. Sumit Acharya
Chairperson
Ms. Chahana Bogati
Member Secretary		sumitacharya2@gmail.com
researchsdntc.irc@gmail.com
9851125121
9843228798