The Approval Committee is headed by Convenors who act as the ‘friend, philosopher and guide’ of this exercise and help in evolving consensus on the final draft SOP.

1. Dr. Imron Subhan
   Official Nominee: Society for Emergency Medicine; Consultant & Head: Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad; General Secretary & National Board Member: Society for Emergency Medicine

Lawyers, law professionals, and other prominent persons associated with the healthcare sector or having the requisite expertise in medical negligence form this committee. The Advisory Committee aids and advices the Organising Committee on the legal aspects of the SOP.

1. Adv. Arunava Mukherjee
   Advocate: Supreme Court of India; Associate: The Medlegal Attorneys
2. Adv. Balaji Srinivasan
   Advocate-on-record: Supreme Court of India; Managing Partner: The Medlegal Attorneys
3. Adv. Mahendrakumar Bajpai
   Advocate: Supreme Court of India; Editor: Medical Law Cases For Doctors
4. Adv. Mayank Kshirsagar
   Advocate: Supreme Court of India; Associate: The Medlegal Attorneys
5. Adv. Pratiksha Mishra
   Advocate: Supreme Court of India; Associate: The Medlegal Attorneys
6. Adv. Ranbir Yadav
   Advocate-on-record: Supreme Court of India
7. Adv. Srishti Govil
   Advocate: Supreme Court of India; Associate: The Medlegal Attorneys
8. Adv. Vaishnavi Subrahmanyam
   Advocate: Supreme Court of India; Associate: The Medlegal Attorneys
9. Adv. Yogendra Singh
   Advocate: High Court, Mumbai
10. Dr. Chirag Balyan
    Program Director: PG Diploma in Arbitration and Mediation; Editor-in-Chief: Indian Review of International Arbitration, MNLU

The Approval Committee comprise of doctors only, especially those who are well versed in the Medico-legal space. The Drafting Committee is responsible for making the necessary changes in the draft SOP after considering the comments of all the reviewers and for preparing the final draft SOP after due deliberations.

1. Dr. Anand Mugadlimath
   Professor: Department of Forensic Medicine, S N Medical College, Bagalkot, Karnataka; Forensic Consultant: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Regional Delegation for India, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives; Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Indian Society of Toxicology
2. Dr. Atulkumar Shah
   Past President: Association of Plastic Surgeons of India
3. Dr. Chetan Jani
   MedLegal Expert
4. Dr. Gurbir Singh
   Courageous enough to care, share and teach in the journey of ameliorating medical and social well-being.
5. Dr. Jamunadevi G
   Senior OBGYN Consultant: Yashoda Hospital; Chairperson: Aesthitic Health Committee - IMS; Hon. Secretary:TCOG; BSC Member: FPAI
6. Dr. Manish Nigam
   Professor and Head: Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Government Medical College, MP; Editor: JIAFM
7. Dr. Mukesh Yadav
   Additional Director - Medical Education: Directorate of Medical Education & Training, Lucknow, U.P: President: Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine
8. Dr. Promod Kohli
   Medical Director: Metro Hospital, Rewari
9. Dr. Putul Mahanta
   Associate Professor: Tezpur Medical College, Tezpur, Assam, Editor: Modern Text Book of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology; Editor: Medical Writing - A Guide for Medicos, Educators and Researchers; Editor-in-Chief: International Journal of Health Research & Medico Legal Practice
10. Dr. V P Singh
    Editor: Legal Issues in Medical Practice; Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Indian Medicolegal & Ethics Association

Reviewers comprise of nominees from medical societies, editors of medical journals, medico-legal experts, prominent doctors, and hospitals. They suggest changes in the draft SOP and any new clauses that needed to be added in the SOP.

1. Dr. A K Ravikumar
   Official Nominee; Chairman: Indian Medical Association - Hospital Board of India
2. Dr. A N Venkatesh
   Sr. Consultant & Head: Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, Karnataka Region; Regional Director: MRCEM (UK), FEM (RLA-UK); Immediate Past President: SEMI; Vice Chair: Quality & Patient Safety SIG - IFEM
3. Dr. A Saravanavel
   Official Nominee: President: Society for Emergency Medicine India - Tamil Nadu; Hon. Secretary: IMA - Thanjavur
4. Dr. A V Jayakrishnan
   
5. Dr. Abhishek Basu
   
6. Dr. Abhishek Das
   
7. Dr. Achal Gupta
   
8. Dr. Achint Narang
   Head: Critical Care - Alchemist Hospital
9. Dr. Adhish Basu
   Sr. Consultant Plastic & Aesthetic Surgeon & Chairman: Legal Cell of Central Kolkata Doctors Welfare Association
10. Dr. Ajay Gangoli
    Medical Director: Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital
11. Dr. Ajay Mishra
    Consultant & HOD: Department of Emergency Medicine, Narayana Health, Raipur, Chhattisgarh; Immediate Past President: SEMI - Chhattisgarh
12. Dr. Akash Sud
    Head – Clinical Governance: Medical Processes, Quality & Patient Safety, Medical Strategy & Operations Group, Fortis Healthcare Limited
13. Dr. Alka Kuthe
    Vice-President – Indian Medico-legal and Ethics Association; Member - FOGSI, Ethics & Medicolegal Sexual Med. & Adolescent Health Committee; ALARM International Committee Of India
14. Dr. Alka Subramaniam
    Associate Professor: Nair Hospital
15. Dr. Amit Agrawal
    Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Madhya Pradesh
16. Dr. Amrit Pattojoshi
    
17. Dr. Anand Valu
    
18. Dr. Anil Kumar Chillimuntha
    Executive Vice President for Metas Adventist Group of Hospitals, Surat, Ranchi & Nuzvid
19. Dr. Anil Kumar Paleri 
    
20. Dr. Anil Sant
    
21. Dr. Anjan Trikha
    Official Nominee; Chief & Founding Editor: JOACC
22. Dr. Anju Grewal
    
23. Dr. Anubha Agrawal
    Paediatrician and Hospital Administrator
24. Dr. Arun Seshachalam
    Offical Nominee; President: CMOG; Consultant Medical Oncologist & Clinical Head: Dr. GVN Cancer Institute
25. Dr. Ashish Salim
    Pediatric Emergency Medicine Specialist & Associate Professor: Dr. SMCSI Medical College, Karakonam, Trivandrum; Secretary: SEMI - Kerala
26. Dr. Ashok Bhardwaj
    Professor: Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, HP
27. Dr. Ashok Grover
    Chairman: Vision Eye Centres; Chairman: Department of Ophthalmology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
28. Dr. Ashok Shukla
    Official Nominee: Association of Medical Consultants
29. Dr. Ashwini Kumar Setya
    Adjunct Professor: Gastroenterology, ESIC Medical College, Faridabad; Sr. Consultant: Medanta Institute of Digestive & Hepatobiliary Sciences; Advisor and Consultant in Medical Law and Ethics
30. Dr. Atul Kulkarni
    Official Nominee; Editor-in-Chief: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine; President: Asia Pacific Association of Critical Care Medicine
31. Dr. B D Bande
    
32. Dr. B Krishnamurthy
    Anaesthesiologist; Medico-legal Expert; NABH Assessor
33. Dr. B Narmada
    Lead: Department of Emergency Medicine, STAR Hospital, Hyderabad
34. Dr. Bharat Choudhary
    
35. Dr. Bidita Khandelwal
    Official Nominee; Professor & Former HOD: Department of Medicine, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences; Ex-Director: Directorate of Research, Sikkim Manipal University, Tadong, Sikkim
36. Dr. Boopathy John
    
37. Dr. Chatwal Singh
    CEO - NKS Hospital
38. Dr. Chethana H S
    Healthcare Compliance Audits; Medico Legal Practice; Clinical Due Diligence; Quality Management
39. Dr. Debraj Chanda
    Consultant Emergency Physician
40. Dr. Dhanya Michael
    
41. Dr. Dinesh Thakare
    Medico-Socio-Legal Activist; Member: Steering Committee, World Medical Association; Co-Chairman: IMA HQ's Standing Committee for Medico-Legal Service; National Secretary: IMA Hospital Board Of India; President Elect: IMA Maharashtra State
42. Dr. E Prabhavathi
    Senior Consultant Gynaec Laparocopic Surgeon
43. Dr. E Shanthi
    S J Speciality Clinic (Fertility), Pammal, Tamil Nadu
44. Dr. Ganshyam Jagathkar
    Director : Medicover Hospital , Critical Care, Hyderabad
45. Dr. Gaurav Agarwal
    
46. Dr. Gaurav Tripathi
    
47. Dr. Geeta Patil
    Official Nominee; Chairperson: IAP Adolescent Health
48. Dr. Geetanjali Sethy
    Professor of Pediatrics: SCB Medical College, Cuttack; Past President: Academy of Pediatrics, Mayurbhanj; Past Secretary: IAP - Ganjam District Branch
49. Dr. Gitanjali Gupta
    Zydus Hospital Vadodara, Gujarat : Consultant and Incharge - Emergency Medicine department
50. Dr. Goma Bajaj
    VC Academics: SEMI
51. Dr. Gunjan Bajaj
    
52. Dr. H C Raju
    Medico Legal Consultant Services
53. Dr. Haleema Yezdani
    Vice President: HIMSS India; General Physician and Diabetologist; Expert in Digital Health
54. Dr. Hari Venkatramani
    
55. Dr. Hariharan V S
    Consultant: Internal Medicine - Glenangle Global Hospital, Chennai
56. Dr. Harshitha Sridhar
    Manipal hospital Miller's road Bangalore : Consultant and head of emergency department
57. Dr. Hemant Dhusia
    Maxillofacial Surgeon; Ex-Dean Academics, Professor & HOD Dentistry: LTM Medical College & General Hospital, Mumbai
58. Dr. J A Jayalal
    
59. Dr. Jaideep Malhotra
    President: FOGSI (Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India); Director: Rainbow IVF; President Elect: ISPAT (Indian Society of Prenatal Diagnosis & Therapy)
60. Dr. Jamuna Shakthesh
    Dedicated Pathologist committed to shaping policies that enhance the educational journey of medical students
61. Dr. Jigeeshu Divatia
    Professor and Head: Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai; President-Elect: Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists
62. Dr. Jitendra Agrawal
    Professor Anaesthesiology & HOD: Emergency Medicine, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior; President Elect: ISA MP state; Past Hon. Secretary: ISA - MP State; Past President: ISA - Gwalior; Past Hon. Secretary: ISA - Gwalior
63. Dr. K Govind Babu
    Consultant Medical Oncologist: HCG Hospitals, St.Johns Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore; Former Proffessor & Head: Division of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore
64. Dr. K M Venkatagiri
    Hon. Secretary: ISA NHQ Member: Professional Wellbeing Committee - WFSA; Sr. Consultant in Anaesthesia, Kerala Health Services
65. Dr. K Narasimharao
    
66. Dr. Kanwal Sodhi
    Director & Head : Critical Care Department, Deep Hospital, Ludhiana
67. Dr. Karthick Prabhu
    Official Nominee; Secretary: IMA, Tamil Nadu
68. Dr. Kunal Doshi
    
69. Dr. Kush Jhunjhunwala
    
70. Dr. Lalit Shah
    Medico-Legal Cell: Urological Society of India
71. Dr. Lalith Kumar
    
72. Dr. Latif Rajesh Johnson
    Associate Professor: Department of Forensic Medicine, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore
73. Dr. Lavanya Kiran
    Sr.Consultant: OBG, Reproductive Medicine, Minimal Invasive Surgeon
74. Dr. Mahesh Sinha
    
75. Dr. Manas Chatterjee
    
76. Dr. Mandar Sane
    Assistant Professor: Dept of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology - AIIMS, Nagpur
77. Dr. Mangesh Tiwaskar
    Offical Nominee; Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Association Physicians of India; Past General Secretary: API / ICP / PRF
78. Dr. Manisha Ghate
    
79. Dr. Manisha Singh
    
80. Dr. Minal Jariwala
    Chief Intensivist : Nanavati Max Superspeciality Hospital
81. Dr. Monoj Das
    Department of FMT, Jhargram Government Medical College Hospital
82. Dr. MRC Rajeswari
    Official Nominee; Oral Pathologist; 27years of teaching UG & PG Dental Students; Interested in Research Activities
83. Dr. Mukul Chandra Kapoor
    
84. Dr. MVS Satya Prakash
    Official Nominee; Secretary: Indian Society of Anaesthesiology, Puducherry; Professor: Department of Anaesthesiology & CC: JIPMER
85. Dr. N Babu
    
86. Dr. N K Aggarwal
    
87. Dr. N K Venkataramana
    
88. Dr. Nagendra Swami
    Official Nominee; President: Ramaiah Memorial Hospital
89. Dr. Naresh Shetty
    Chief Executive: Akash Institute of Medical Science & Research Centre, Bangalore; Ex. President: Health Care Quess Corp. Ltd.; BOS, KOA, OASIS; AHPI(Kar) & AMC (Kar)
90. Dr. Navin Goyal
    Laparoscopic Surgeon : GBH American Hospital, Udaipur
91. Dr. Neeta Pole
    
92. Dr. Nirmal Fredrick
    President: Tamilnadu Ophthalmic Association; Chairman: Insurance Committee, IMA - TNSB
93. Dr. Nirupam Prakash
    
94. Dr. Nitin Dhande
    Consulting Orthopedic Surgeon; Trustee: Medico-Legal Society of India
95. Dr. Padma Rekha Jirge
    Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences; Executive Vice-Chairperson: MSR (Maharashtra Chapter of ISAR); President Elect and Founder Member: Fertility Preservation Society
96. Dr. Parmod Goyal
    Professor & Head: Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology - Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Bathinda
97. Dr. Parul Jindal
    Official Nominee; President: ISA - Uttarakhand; Professor & Incharge: Pediatric Anesthesia Department Of Anesthesiology. HIMS, SRHU, Dehradun
98. Dr. Parul Kotdawala
    
99. Dr. Pavankumar Patil
    Convenor: National IMA Standing Committee for Medicolegal Servives
100. Dr. Pradeep Kumar
     
101. Dr. Pradeep Thomas
     
102. Dr. Pragnesh Parmar
     Professor & HOD: Forensic Medicine Department - Gujarat Medical Education & Research Society (GMERS) Medical College
103. Dr. Pragnesh Shah
     Official Nominee: President: Federation of Family Physicians' Association of India
104. Dr. Pramod Paharia
     
105. Dr. Prashanth Prabhu J
     Passionate about medical education and spreading knowledge of law to keep the young doctors updated
106. Dr. Pratibha Kane
     HOD: Dept. of Anaesthesiology - Jehangir Hospital, Pune
107. Dr. Pratibha Pereira
     
108. Dr. Pushparaja
     Radiological Protection Specialist; Ex-Editor: Radiation Protection and Environment Journal
109. Dr. R Ashok
     
110. Dr. R Chandni
     Professor of Medicine & HOD: Emergency Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala
111. Dr. R Ganesh
     Professor & Head: Department of Public Health Dentistry
112. Dr. R Kannan
     
113. Dr. R N Tandon
     
114. Dr. R V Asokan
     
115. Dr. Rahul Wani
     President : Navi Mumbai Obstetric and Gynaecological Society (NMOGS); Medicolegal Consultant & Lead Assessor: Lakshya Manyata Program, FOGSI
116. Dr. Raj Shekhar Yadav
     State Convenor: United Private Clinics and Hospitals Association of Rajasthan (UPCHAR)
117. Dr. Rajeev Jaydevan
     Past President IMA - Cochin Branch; Co-Chairman: National IMA COVID-19 task force
118. Dr. Rajeev Joshi
     Member : Society of Anesthesiologist (Pune)
119. Dr. Rajesh Babu Velmurugan
     IMA Coimbatore; Immediate Past President: IMA Coimbatore; Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon : Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore
120. Dr. Rajesh Mishra
     President : Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
121. Dr. Rakesh Garg
     Editor-in-Chief: Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
122. Dr. Ramakrishna Ch. S
     
123. Dr. Ramalingam S
     Senior Assistant Professor: Institute of Forensic Medicine, Madras Medical College, Chennai
124. Dr. Ranjan Agarwal
     Professor & Head: Pathology, Rajshree Medical Research Institute, Bareilly
125. Dr. Ranjit Immanuel James
     Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
126. Dr. Ravi Wankhedkar
     Past National President: Indian Medical Association; Past Treasurer: World Medical Association
127. Dr. Ravindra Kute
     Official Nominee; President: IMA - Maharashtra; Consulting Gastrointestinal & Oncosurgeon
128. Dr. Rayapu Ramesh Babu
     
129. Dr. Revati Deshmukh
     Professor & Head : Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology & Oral Microbiology , Bharati Vidyapeeth , Dental College & Hospital Pune - India
130. Dr. Rishi Bhatia
     General and Laparoscopy Surgeon; Medicolegal Advisor, Meerut, UP
131. Dr. Rooban Thavarajah
     
132. Dr. Roshni Jhan Ganguly
     Official Nominee
133. Dr. Rubi Dey
     
134. Dr. Ruckmani Arunachalam
     Professor & Head: Department of Pharmacology; Former Member Secretary: Institutional Ethics Committee, Chettinad Hospital & Research Institute, Tamil Nadu
135. Dr. S Arulrhaj
     Past President: Association of Physicians of India
136. Dr. S K Verma
     Proctor, Director, Professor & HOD: Forensic Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi
137. Dr. S Lakshmi Sowjanya
     Associate Professor: Department of General Medicine, GMC, Vizianagaram, AP
138. Dr. S S C Chakra Rao
     Chairman: Indian Resuscitation Council Federation; Former Additional Director: Medical & Health Services, AP
139. Dr. S Saravana Kumar
     President: Society for Emergency Medicine India; Chair: Quality and Patient Safety Special Interest Group; Vice Chair: Specialty Implementation committee
140. Dr. S Senthilkumaran
     Official Nominee: President, Asia Oceanic Association of Medical Toxicology; President: Indian Society of Clinical Toxicology ; Secretary: The Indian of Emergency Medicine
141. Dr. Sachin Narvekar
     Consultant: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
142. Dr. Santosh Kumar Singh
     Ramkrishna Care Hospital, Raipur
143. Dr. Shaukatali Panjawani
     Consultant Pediatrician & Neonatologist: Olive Multispecialty Hospital, Vapi
144. Dr. Shivkumar Utture
     
145. Dr. Shobana Srinivas
     Consultant Microbiologist: Madras Medical College
146. Dr. Shreekant Shetty
     Editor: Medical Law Cases – For Doctors; Member: Board of Collaborative Reviewers - MedLegal Year Book
147. Dr. Smeera Churi
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148. Dr. Srinivasa Raju
     
149. Dr. Sukhminder Jit Singh Bajwa
     
150. Dr. Sundeep Mishra
     Vice Chancellor & President: NIMS Medical University, Rajasthan; former Director & Professor of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi
151. Dr. Sunil Shenvi
     Consultant Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery (HPB) and Multiorgan Transplantation
152. Dr. Suvin Shetty
     
153. Dr. Swathi Reddy
     Managing Director: Hospitals, Punjagutta, Hyderabad
154. Dr. T K Bose
     Head: Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College; Medico Legal Expert; Attended & Presented papers in many National & International Conferences
155. Dr. T K K Naidu
     Prof. & Head: Dept. of Forensic Medicine, PIMS, Telangana
156. Dr. Tanmoy Roy
     Official Nominee; President: Association of Armed Forces Surgeons
157. Dr. Udit Narang
     
158. Dr. Uma Kumar
     Associate Professor: Anesthesiology, Karpagavinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Tamilnadu
159. Dr. Vamshi Krishna Kondle
     Vice Principal: RVMIMS & RC; HOD & Professor Paediatrics; President: IMA & Hon. Secretary General: IAP - Telangana State
160. Dr. Vijaya Ganesh
     
161. Dr. Vinay Goyal
     Editor-in-Chief: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology; Member: World Association of Medical Editors; Past President: Movement Disorder Society of India
162. Dr. Vishal Koulapur
     Associate Professor: Dept of Forensic Medicine, Kahers J N Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka
163. Dr. Vishwanath kkrishnamurthy
     Official Nominee; Hon. Secretary: Association of Physicians of India, Karnataka
164. Dr. Yash Javeri
     Official Nominee: Indian Sepsis Forum & Intensive Care Education Foundation
165. Dr. Yogesh Parikh
     Official Nominee; Secretary General: Indian Academy of Pediatrics; Professor & Head: Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Surat
166. Prof. (Dr.) Narayan Prasad
     
167. Prof. (Dr.) Subhrojyoti Bhowmick
     Official Nominee; Clinical Director: Academics, Quality & Research Depatments, Peerless Hospital, Kolkata
168. Sandeep Grover
     

1. Dr. Ravindra Mangal