Dr. Vijay Pal Khanagwal

Dr. Vijay Pal Khanagwal is currently working as Professor & Head in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Medical Superintendent at Kalpana Chawla Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Karnal (Haryana). He is also the Medico-legal Advisor to the Govt. of Haryana. He has more than 34 years teaching experience in Forensic Medicine and working as Professor in the Specialty for the last 17 years. He passed his MD degree in Forensic Medicine in 1992 from Pt. B.D. University of Health Sciences, Rohtak and did LLB from M.D. University, Rohtak and subsequently, completed Master of Human Rights from Pondicherry University. Till now, he has supervised 10 MD theses and co-supervised 1 PhD thesis. He is an active member of various Scientific Associations like World Association for Medical Law; Global Academy of Forensic and Investigative Medicine & Sciences (GLAFIMS); Indo-Pacific Association of Law, Medicine & Science; Indo-Pacific Association of Forensic Odontology; Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine and Haryana Medico-Legal Society etc. He was elected as President of the Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology for the period 2020-22, President of the Global Academy of Forensic & Investigative Medicine & Sciences (GLAFIMS) for the year 2024 and Vice-President of the Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine consequently for the second time i.e. from 2019-2022 and 2022-2025. He has been awarded several times for his academic activities at various National & International levels as well as for the various social activities by many Organizations. He has attended more than 60 Scientific Conferences and Workshops and presented more than 50 Papers, delivered more than 25 Guest lectures and chaired more than 30 Scientific Sessions in the various National and International Conferences. He has published more than 85 Scientific Research Papers in the various National and International journals.