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FORENSIS – CURRICULUM

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY (Session 1)

The first session of Forensis - the curriculum enrichment programme

for the academic year 2022-23 - was organised by the Forensic Sci-
ence Club at Kristu Jayanti College on 5th November 2022. The ses-

sion was conducted online over the Zoom platform with all the un-

dergraduate students of the 1st, 3rd, and 5th semester BSc. Forensic

Science being the organisers and participants. The session began with

a brief introduction about the department-initiated Forensic Science

Club and the activities planned annually by the club for the students.

The session was then taken over by Ms. Elizabeth Deepika Ponnu-
raj, of Vth semester BSc. Forensic Science, where she presented an

e-poster on the topic “Working of Breath-Analyzer”. The poster con-

tained a detailed explanation of the working of the breath analyzer as

well as its pros and cons. The poster also contained a graphical repre-

sentation of accidents vs age ratio stating its seriousness.

The second session was handled by Ms. Shreya Katti, Ms. Siddhi

Pant, and Ms. Nishani Sahoo of 3rd semester BSc. Forensic Science.
They presented a case study on the title “Use of fingerprint surger-

ies to fraudulently send people to Kuwait for jobs”. The presentation

extensively covered the principles of fingerprinting, fake and altered

fingerprints, and also the methods of alteration of fingerprints. The

presentation concluded with a case study as well as punishments list-

ed under various criminal laws.

After each session, a question-and-answer session was held, and each
and every question was positively received, and appropriate answers

were provided. Finally, a quiz session was organised by Ms. Kavya

Priya L and Ms. Akshara B of 5th semester BSc. Forensic Science

on the topic “Technologies in Forensic Science”. The quiz was in-

novative and informative, with questions from in and out of the BSc

curriculum.

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