Forensic laboratory experience
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Thirty four years of experience of working in Central
(federal) Forensic Science laboratory, India. Served as Director
Incharge and Dy. Director (Ballistics). Head of the Ballistics (Forensic
firearm) Division of central (federal) forensic science laboratory, India
for 25 years.
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Firearm case work
experience
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Examined more than 5000 criminal cases involving
firearms.
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Crime scene
experience
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Visited numerous crime scenes involving firearms and assisted
investigating agencies in the reconstruction of scene of
crime.
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Court experience as firearm expert
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Testified as Firearm expert in several hundreds of criminal
and military courts of India. Besides identifying the involved gun,
assisted the court in the verification of prosecution/defense
version and in the reconstruction of the shooting incident.
**Testimonies rendered on significant issues of
forensic firearm have been published in Indian journals covering exclusively court case judgments ( Criminal Reporter / All India
Reporter ) and referred to as case law.
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Experience of imparting training
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Trained laboratory personnel of the ballistics (forensic
firearm) division of central /state forensic laboratories and rendered
expert guidance to Police officers (Investigators) and Medical
officers (Coroners) on various aspects of forensic ballistics (firearm).
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Teaching and Research
Experience
Academic experience
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18 years postgraduate experience of teaching Forensic Ballistics (Firearms).
Theory and practical
Examiner.
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Visiting Faculty(Forensic Sc) Panjab University,Chandigarh,
India.
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Currently teaching Forensic ballistics, Questioned Documents,
Tool marks, Tire marks etc. ( Post graduate Diploma in Forensic Science
and Criminology)
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Research
Publications
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Published/Presented sixty research papers on forensic
firearm.
Added new dimensions by evolving new identification techniques.
#Identification of projectiles (bullets, pellets& wads)
fired from smoothbore, improvised and home made
firearms [Ph.D.
Thesis]
##Time of firing of fired ammunition and firearms.
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University
supervisor
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Supervised three(3) successful Ph.D. graduates.
Topics:
i) Forensic studies on gunshot residues deposited on clothing layers.
ii) Studies in trajectory parameters of low velocity projectiles of handguns for evaluating problems of forensic
significance.
iii) Chemical studies of soil of Chandigarh and its
application in detection of crime in cases involving explosives.
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Editor
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i) Acted as Editor, Internet ODP (Open Directory
Project)
Category: Science/ Science in Society/Forensic.Science/Firearms
ii) In the panel of referees of forensic journals (India)
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Conference
Committee
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i) Co-chairman ( Forensic Science Session) of the First National
Congress on Forensic Medicine and Sciences, Bangladesh.
(1993)
ii) Award Committee (forensic ballistics), Indian Science Congress.
(2001)
iii) Invited talk in conference, seminar, workshop, forensic Institutes etc
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