How to obtain operative approval/project code number

Once the project is sanctioned by the funding agency, operative approval must be obtained from the competent authority at AIIMS (Dean Research followed by the Director).
The faculty/scientist should send a letter addressed to Dean (Research) requesting registration of the project and grant of operative approval/project code number. This request must be accompanied by a copy of the project proposal, sanction order of the funding agency and ethical clearance certificate(s) / any other clearances. The date of start of the project and duration of the project must be mentioned too. It must be noted that operative approval is not granted without ethical clearance certificate from the ethical committee. If the applicant feels that ethical clearance is not required for a research project, then waiver must be sought from ethics committee and submitted. Once the approval is given by Dean (Research) followed by Director, AIIMS, a “Project Code Number” is allotted to the applicant to initiate the project, which is to be cited in all subsequent correspondences related to that project. The applicant should not start the work on the project or, employ staff without obtaining the operative approval of the competent authority.