The original research by Dr. R. Venkitachalam, Second-year Postgraduate Resident in Public Health Dentistry, Amrita School of Dentistry, was awarded Best Scientific Paper Award at the 3rd National Conference of the Forum of Ethics Review Committees in India (FERCI) held at Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Postgraduate Medical Sciences, Lucknow from December 10-11, 2015. The paper was titled- Profile of Institutional Ethics Committees in Dental colleges in Kerala- An Exploratory Study.