Dr. Vivek Sahajpal

Dr. Vivek Sahajpal is presently serving as the Assistant Director at the Directorate of Forensics Services, Himachal Pradesh.  He attained his Masters in Forensic Science from Punjabi University, Patiala, and undertook various pioneering research in the field of wildlife forensics at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, and attained his Ph.D. He later worked as Research Associate at the Advanced Biotechnology Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He has carried out DNA analysis of more than 2500 cases pertaining to DNA profiling and has also published more than 30 papers in International Journals while contributing to several books. His paper presented at Imperial College London won the best paper award in 2006. With this, he is a member of the International Society for Forensic Genetics. He has also worked in the field of quality management and created the quality management system at State Forensic lab Himachal Pradesh.