These Diplomates are distinguished and experienced members in the field. In order to qualify, they had to:

• be a member of the Governing Council in creating the College / Society;
• have achieved distinction in the field and have qualifications far exceeding those proposed as necessary for candidates to take board certification of the College / Society;
• have at least fifteen years’ experience in the specialty;
• have been spending at least 60 percent of his/her time in the laboratory animal specialty;
• have contributed significantly to the field by operations, research, publication, lectures and must be a Ph.D;
• be recognised by their peers as leaders in their field and be uncontroversial to the majority of members;
• are currently working in corporate or government organizations;
• have published as lead author of at least 05 original articles and at least two additional articles as co-author in SCI, SCI-E, NAAS rated or peer reviewed international journals excluding non-peer reviewed review articles and proceedings abstracts;
• be significantly active in India in the specialty of Laboratory Animal Medicine.
• Must agree and provide undertaking to register the candidates under their supervision to fulfill the training and course duration for board examination of the Diplomates ICLAM.

• Founder Diplomate membership fees : INR.10000/-