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NATIONAL LEVEL 7-DAY VIRTU-

AL FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PRO-

GRAMME ON ‘EVOLVING RESEARCH

PARADIGMS IN FORENSIC SCIENCE’

The Faculty development programme (FDP) was organised between

12-20 December 2022 over the Zoom platform. The faculty devel-

opment programme was specifically crafted for the discipline of fo-

rensic science and had various topics ranging through the different

disciplines of forensic science. The FDP spanned 7 days and each day

had two technical sessions. The FDP gathered a lot of interest from

delegates from different parts of India from various academic insti-
tutions. The FDP was conducted in the virtual mode over the Zoom

platform.

With 10 sessions, the FDP was rich in substance and diverse in vari-

ety.

Overall, there were 22 external delegates in the FDP from around 8

different institutions spanning 7 different states of India.

INAUGRATION
IN A UGR A T ION
The FDP started with the inauguration on 12th December 2022. The

ceremony was set in motion by the presence of Dr. N P Waghmare,

Director, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Goa who was the chief

guest of the ceremony. Sir delivered a talk on the various research

opportunities in the field of forensic science and the rich scope in the

field of forensic science as of date. Sir’s talk was enlightening and en-
riching and offered many ideas for planning forensic science research.

The ceremony was also graced by the Principal, Kristu Jayanti Col-

lege, Rev. Fr Augustine George. Father emphasised the importance

of forensic science and the need to be updated in the field in order to

sufficiently support the criminal justice system.

The convener of the FDP, Dr. Suchita Rawat, Assistant Professor, De-
partment of Forensic Science presented the prelude to the FDP.

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