1. Chairman AERB is the competent authority to regulate the supply, transport and disposal of radio-isotopes used in Nuclear Medicine in our country. The current chairman is:

Shri S.K. Sharma
Chairman AERB 
Niyamak Bhaven
AnuShakti Nagar
Mumbai- 400 094
Fax: 022- 2556 2344 / 2556 5717

2. The chairman is advised by a Board which is represented by various sections of radiation fields. Normally there will be one expert to represent medical applications of radiation. (Dr RD Lele and Dr Valiathan were members of the Board earlier). Right now the member to represent the medical field is:

Dr KA Dinshaw
Director 
Tata Memorial Centre
Mumbai

3. There are two committees which report to the Chairman AERB on matters related to Nuclear Medicine:
One is SARCAR “Safety Review Committee for Applications of Radiation”

The Chairman of SARCAR is:

Dr AR Reddy
Chairman SARCAR
Emeritus Scientist DRDO
Plot 162, Gautham Enclave
Sector A, AWHO Colony
Secunderabad 500 009
Phone: 040 – 2781 1047
Email: allarreddy_11@yahoo.com

Recently there is reconstitution of the committee with induction of one member to represent Nuclear Medicine. The new member is:
Dr Vikram Lele
Chief of Nuclear Medicine
Jaslok Hospital 
Mumbai.

The second committee is ACRS “Advisory Committee on Radiological Safety”

Dr. U.C. Mishra Chairman Ex-Director, HSEG, BARC
Dr. A.R. Reddy Member Ex-Director, Defence Laboratory, DRDO, Jodhpur
Dr. Gursharan Singh Member Head, Isotope Applications Division, BARC
Dr. B.C. Bhatt Member Ex-Head, RP&AD, BARC
Dr. S.K. Srivastava Member Head, Dept of Radiation Oncology. TMH, Mumbai 
Dr. Meera Venkatesh Member Head, Radiopharm Division, BARC
Shri SP Agarwal Member-Secy. Head, RSD, AERB 

TERMS OF REFERENCE 
• To advise on generic safety issues concerning radiological safety. 
• To conduct the final review of the safety documents like Safety Codes, Guides and Manuals developed by AERB on safety in application of radiation sources in medicine, industry, education and research and;
• To advise on specific matters that may be referred to it by Chairman, AERB. 


Members of ANMPI are advised to submit their in put regarding regulatory issues to the following:
Dr S K Sharma Chairman AERB
Dr (Mrs) K A Dinshaw Member AERB
Dr AR Reddy Chairman SARCAR
Dr Vikram Lele Member SARCAR
Dr UC Mishra Chairman ACRS

With a copy to: Dr K Kumaresan, Convenor ANMPI Task Group on Govt Relations