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Structure of HTAIn

HTAIn consists of a Board, Technical Appraisal Committee(TAC), Regional Resource

Hubs, Technical Partners (TP) and an In-house Secretariat,.,

The HTAIn Board:

The HTAIn Board is its highest authority. It is chaired by member of the Niti Aayog and
its vice-chairman is the Secretary, Department of Health Research, and is made up of nine

senior professionals of the health sector in India, all of whom are nominated by the

government. Currently it is headed by Prof. Vinod Paul from Niti Aayog having Prof. Balram
Bhargava as the Vice-Chairman. Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, Deptt. of Biotechnology,

Ministry of Science & Technnology; Shri Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, AYUSH; Dr. S.

Venkatesh, DGHS, MoHFW; Prof. K. K. Talwar, Ex-Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh; Dr.

Thanjavur S. Ravikumar, Ex-Director, JIPMER; Dr. S.K. Acharya, Ex-Prof. & HOD (Gastro),
AIIMS, New Delhi; Prof. M. Balakrishnan, Deputy Director (Strategy & Planning), IIT, Delhi;

Prof. Rajesh Kumar, Head, School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh; Dr. G. Karthikeyan,

Prof. (Cardiology) AIIMS, New Delhi; Shri Vijay Chauthaiwale, Independent Healthcare &

Biotech Consultant; Prof. S. Ramji, Dean, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi; Shri V.
K. Gauba, Joint Secretary, DHR, MoHFW are the members currently of the HTAIn Board.

The Board issues the policy directions, approves institutional rules and exercises

oversight. The Board is mandated to consider and approve the recommendations from the

Technical Appraisal Committee on all the HTA studies and submit its recommendations to the
user Department for further adoption in the health system of the country.

The Technical Appraisal Committee (TAC)
The two main functions of the Technical Appraisal Committee (TAC) is to approve the

study proposal and the outcomes of the study. Approving the study proposal requires the TAC

to clarify the question that is being taken up for up for study, the scope of the assessment,

and the methods being used. Approving the outcomes includes reviewing the final report and

the recommendations, and ensuring that all considerations ranging from cost-effectiveness,
to safety, feasibility, ethical and equity dimensions of the assessment have all been

considered when arriving at the recommendations. It also includes considering stakeholder

representations and clarifying or modifying the recommendations as necessary. The final
report as approved by TAC are forwarded to the HTAIn Board for approval and forwarding to

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