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Download Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB): Minutes of meetings
This division deals with organizing and convening meetings of ‘Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB)’.
The recommendations of DTAB on the matters that rose out of the administration of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules thereunder shall be done by amending the relevant particulars of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules thereunder.
DTAB meetings 2024
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 14-09-2024. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 25-01-2024. Click the below link to read.
DTAB meetings 2023
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 10-05-2023. Click the below link to read.
DTAB meetings 2022
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 26-09-2022. Click the below link to read.
DTAB meetings 2021
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 08-11-2021. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 13-04-2021. Click the below link to read.

DTAB meetings 2020
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 29-07-2020. Click the below link to read.
DTAB meetings 2019
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 27-08-2019. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 11-06-2019. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 02-04-2019. Click the below link to read.
DTAB meetings 2018
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 29-11-2018. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 25-07-2018. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 16-05-2018. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 12-02-2018. Click the below link to read.
DTAB meetings 2017
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 16-06-2017. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 31-01-2017. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 03-01-2017. Click the below link to read.
DTAB meetings 2016
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 15-11-2016. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 01-08-2016. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 27-06-2016. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 13-05-2016. Click the below link to read.
DTAB meetings 2015
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 18-08-2015. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 22-04-2015. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 16-02-2015. Click the below link to read.
DTAB meetings 2014
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 01-04-2014. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 16-01-2014. Click the below link to read.
DTAB meetings 2013
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 25-11-2013. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 19-07-2013. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 16-05-2013. Click the below link to read.
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 30-01-2013. Click the below link to read.
DTAB meetings 2012
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 27-07-2012. Click the below link to read.
DTAB meetings 2011
Minutes of the DTAB meeting held on 10-10-2011. Click the below link to read.
List of DTAB Members
Notified vide notification No. S.O. 1159(E) dated 12-03-2025
Serial Number. | Name/Official designation of the Member. | Status in Drugs Technical Advisory Board. | Section of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 under which appointed, nominated or elected. |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
1. | The Director General of Health Services, New Delhi. | Chairman ex- officio | Appointed under clause (i) of sub section (2) of section 5 of the Act. |
2. | The Drugs Controller, India, New Delhi. | Member ex- officio | Appointed under clause (ii) of sub section (2) of section 5 of the Act. |
3. | The Director, Central Drugs Laboratory, Kolkata. | Member ex- officio | Appointed under clause (iii) of sub section (2) section 5 of the Act. |
4. | The Director, Central Research Institute, Kasauli. | Member ex- officio | Appointed under clause (iv) of sub section (2) section 5 of the Act. |
5. | The Director, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. | Member ex- officio | Appointed under clause (v) of sub section (2) section 5 of the Act. |
6. | The Chairman, National Medical Commission, India. | Member ex- officio | Appointed under clause (vi) of sub section (2) section 5 of the Act. |
7. | The President, Pharmacy Council of India. | Member ex- officio | Appointed under clause (vii) of sub section (2) section 5 of the Act. |
8. | The Director, Central Drugs Research Institute, Lucknow. | Member ex- officio | Appointed under clause (viii) of sub section (2) section 5 of the Act. |
9. | Director, Directorate of Food and Drugs Administration, Goa. | Member | Nominated under clause (ix) of sub section (2) section 5 of the Act. |
10. | State Drugs Controller, Drugs Control Administration, Himachal Pradesh. | Member | Nominated under clause (ix) of sub section (2) section 5 of the Act. |
11. | Dr. Atul Kumar Nasa, Member, Executive Committee, Pharmacy Council of India. | Member | Elected under clause (x) of sub section (2) section 5 of the Act. |
12. | Dr. Vijay Oza, Member, Post Graduate Medical Education Board, National Medical Commission. | Member | Elected under clause (xi) of sub section (2) section 5 of the Act. |
13. | Shri Sudarshan Jain, Secretary General, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance. | Member | Nominated under clause (xii) of sub section (2) of section 5 of the Act. |
14. | Dr. Jerin Jose Cherian, Scientist- E, Indian Council of Medical Research. | Member | Elected under clause (xiii) of sub section (2) of section 5 of the Act. |
15. | Dr. Bhavesh Vyas, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Narendra Modi Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Member | Elected under clause (xiv) of sub section (2) of section 5 of the Act. |
16. | Dr. R.N. Gupta, National President, Indian Pharmaceutical Association. | Member | Elected under clause (xv) of sub section (2) of section 5 of the Act. |
17. | Government Analyst, Drugs Control Laboratory, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. | Member | Nominated under clause (xvi) of sub section (2) of section 5 of the Act. |
18. | Government Analyst, Government Public Analyst Laboratory, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. | Member | Nominated under clause (xvi) of sub section (2) of section 5 of the Act. |
Click below link to download notification No. S.O. 1159(E) dated 12-03-2025
S.O. 1159(E) dt 12-03-2025 Section-5 of DC Act Reconstitution of DTAB
List of DTAB Members
Notified vide notification No. S.O. 4326(E) dated 18-10-2021
S. N. | Name/Official Designation of the Member | Status in DTAB |
(1) | (2) | (3) |
1. | The Director General of Health Services, New Delhi | Chairman ex-officio |
2. | The Drugs Controller, India, New Delhi | Member ex-officio |
3. | The Director, Central Drugs Laboratory, Kolkata | Member ex-officio |
4. | The Director, Central Research Institute, Kasauli | Member ex-officio |
5. | The Director, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, U.P. | Member ex-officio |
6. | The Chairman, National Medical Commission, India | Member ex-officio |
7. | The President, Pharmacy Council of India | Member ex-officio |
8. | The Director, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow | Member ex-officio |
9. | Commissioner, FDA, Madhya Pradesh | Member |
10. | Commissioner, FDCA, Gujarat | Member |
11. | Prof. (Dr.) Shailendra Saraf, University Institute of Pharmacy, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University | Member |
12. | Dr. Vijay Oza, Member (PGMEB), NMC | Member |
13. | Shri Sudhir Mehta, Chairman, Torrent Pharmaceuticals | Member |
14. | Dr. Jerin Jose Cherian, Scientist D, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, ICMR | Member |
15. | Dr. J.A. Jayalal, National President, Indian Medical Association | Member |
16. | Dr. T.V. Narayana, President, Indian Pharmaceutical Association | Member |
17. | Government Analyst, Drugs Testing Laboratory, Bengaluru, Karnataka | Member |
18. | Government Analyst, Food & Drugs Laboratory, Vadodara, Gujarat | Member |
Click below link to download notification No. S.O. 4326(E) dated 18-10-2021
S.O.-4326E-dt-18-10-2021-Section-5-of-DC-Act-Reconstitution-of-DTAB
Constitution of DTAB
S.O. 722(E) dt 08-04-2011 – Section 5 – Constitution of DTAB – Drugs and Cosmetics Act
S.O.-722E-dt-08-04-2011-Section-5-Constitution-of-DTAB-Drugs-and-Cosmetics-Act
Compiled by:
Rakesh Dahiya, SDCO cum Licensing Authority, FDA Haryana
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