Organizers

National Forensic Sciences University (erstwhile Gujarat Forensic Sciences University) was established by the Government of India through Act, 2020 (32 of 2020) on 1st October 2020 and also accorded the status of an “Institution of National Importance”. Established under the aegis of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, the objective of NFSU is to promote forensic science in conjunction with applied behavioural science, law, criminology, and other allied areas and technologies. Through its full flagged campus at Gandhinagar, Delhi, Goa, Tripura, Bhopal and academies at Pune, Guwahati, and Manipur, NFSU is producing skilled human resources for the different domains of forensic investigation and promoting research and innovation. University is also providing consultancies and imparting training to different stakeholders of the criminal justice delivery system thus improving forensic capabilities globally. Being as world’s first and only forensic university, NFSU is serving India and helping other countries through its unique courses, state-of-the-art infrastructures, and several Centres of Excellence

The Directorate of Forensic Science Services (DFSS) is a nodal organization of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India to propagate and carry out best forensic science practices in the country to serve the cause of the criminal justice delivery system. It has been established in the year 2002 on bifurcation from the BPR&D, New Delhi. The motto of the Organization is to Provide: High Quality, on-time, and Credible Forensic Services to the nation. The Directorate of Forensic Science formulates plans and policies to promote forensic science services and to regulate the same. The Directorate also provides services to various Law Enforcement agencies of Central and State through its well-established Central Forensic Science Laboratories at Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Pune, Bhopal, and Guwahati.