About Us

The National Forensic Sciences University (erstwhile Gujarat Forensic Sciences University) is the world’s first and only University dedicated to Forensic and allied Sciences. It was established by the Government of Gujarat in 2009 and elevated as an Institution of National Importance by the Government of India in October, 2020 with an objective of fulfilling the acute shortage against increasing demand of forensic experts in the country and around the world. The university offers various courses, scientific programs and training modules and is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to award degrees. The University runs in parallel association with the Directorate of Forensic Science (DFS)-Gujarat State, to provide hands-on training pertaining to various areas of forensic science. DFS Gujarat is a state-of-the-art, NABL accredited, ISO-IEC 17025:2005 certified laboratory, maintaining international standards in terms of infrastructural facilities, experts and technology for Forensic analysis. NFSU currently offers only postgraduate level academic programs. At present the University has two campuses: Gandhinagar campus at Gujarat, India and Delhi campus.

Area of Excellence

Forensic Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, Forensic Psychology, Forensic Odontology, Forensic Food Technology, Forensic Nanotechnology, Forensic Pharmacy, Forensic Accounting, Homeland Security, Humanitarian Forensics, Forensic Toxicology, Forensic Biotechnology, Multimedia Forensics, Forensic Nursing, Forensic Journalism, Forensic Structural Engineering and other allied sciences.

Research Capability and Focus Area

Forensic Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, Forensic Psychology, Forensic Odontology, Forensic Food Technology, Forensic Nanotechnology, Forensic Pharmacy, Forensic Accounting, Homeland Security, Humanitarian Forensics, Forensic Toxicology, Forensic Biotechnology, Multimedia Forensics, Forensic Nursing, Forensic Journalism, Forensic Structural Engineering and other allied sciences.

Notable Research / Publication

1. Sarah L. Shammas, Gonzalo A. Garcia1, Satish Kumar, Magnus Kjaergaard, Mathew H. Horrocks, Nadia Shivji1, Eva Mandelkow, Tuomas P.J. Knowles, Eckhard Mandelkow and David Klenerman. A mechanistic model of tau amyloid aggregation based on direct observation of oligomers. Nature Communication (2015), DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8025. Impact factor: 12.121 ≠ These authors contributed equally to this work. 2. Tharmavaram, M., Pandey, G., & Rawtani, D. (2018). Surface modified halloysite nanotubes: A flexible interface for biological, environmental and catalytic applications. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 261, 82–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2018.09.001 3. Rawtani, D., Tharmavaram, M., Pandey, G., & Hussain, C. M. (2019). Functionalized nanomaterial for forensic sample analysis. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 12, 115661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2019.115661 4. Barot, T., Rawtani, D., Kulkarni, P., Hussain, C. M., & Akkireddy, S. (2020). Physicochemical and biological assessment of flowable resin composites incorporated with farnesol loaded halloysite nanotubes for dental applications. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 104, 103675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.103675 5. Patel, H., Rawtani, D., & Agrawal, Y. K. (2019). A newly emerging trend of chitosan-based sensing platform for the organophosphate pesticide detection using Acetylcholinesterase- a review. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 85, 78–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2019.01.007 6. Kulkarni, P., Rawtani, D., & Barot, T. (2019). Formulation and optimization of long acting dual niosomes using Box-Behnken experimental design method for combinative delivery of Ethionamide and D-cycloserine in Tuberculosis treatment. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.01.004 7. Vivek Sahajpal, Abhishek Singh, Mukesh Thakur, Arun Sharm, Deepika Bhandari, Lalit Kumar Sharma, Kailash Chandra and Satish Kumar. Genetic polymorphism of 20 autosomal short tandem repeats (STRs) in Himachal Pradesh population, India. Int J Legal Med. (2020), (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-020-02254-8) Impact factor 2.22 8. Neelakant Varma, Himanshi Kukrety, Vijay K. Ravi, Satish Kumar*. Bacopa monnieri Inhibit Hen Egg White Lysozyme Fibrillation and Help in Retaining its Activity at Acidic Condition. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics (2019). DOI 10.1080/07391102.2019.1617784 Impact factor 3. 220 9. Drashti Bhuptani, Satish Kumar*, Maarisha Vats, Rahul Sagav. Age and gender related changes of salivary total protein levels for forensic application. Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology (2018), 35, 26-33. 10. Neelakant Varma, Inderbhan Singh, Mohinder Singh Dahiya, Vijay Kumar Ravi, Satish Kumar∗. Structural perturbation by arsenic triggers the aggregation of hen egg white lysozyme by promoting oligomers formation. Int. J. Biol.Macromol (2018). 109, 1108-1114. Impact factor: 5.162 11. Pawan Shankar Singh Rathore, Nigel Fernandes, Bhargav Chamanlal Patel, Mohinder Singh Dahiya, Satish Kumar*. Investigation of meat quality using protein profiling. Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality Archiv für Lebensmittelhygiene. (2018), 69, 99-103 Impact factor 0.308 12. Thakarda, J. Agrawal, B. Anil, D. Jana, A. Maity, P. (2020) Dection of Trace-Level Nitroaromatic Explosives by 1-Pyreneiodide-Ligated Luminescent Gold Nanostructures and Their Forensic Applications. Langmuir, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03117 13. Rathod, R.V. Bera, S. Maity, P. Mondal, D. (2020) Mechanochemical Synthesis of a Fluorescein-Based Sensor for the Selective Detection and Removal of Hg2+ Ions in Industrial Effluents. ACS omega, 5 (10), 4982-4990 14. Maity, P. Sasai, K. Dhital, R.N. Sakai, H. Hasobe, T. Sakurai, H. (2020) Excimer formation of aryl iodides chemisorbed on gold nanoparticles for the significant enhancement of photoluminescence. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 11 (4), 1199-1203. 15. Dave, P. Agrawal, B. Thakarda, J. Bhowmik, S. Maity, P. (2019) An organometallic ruthenium nanocluster with conjugated aromatic ligand skeleton for explosive sensing. Journal of Chemical Sciences, 131 (2), 14.

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