Prof. Rajinder Singh Chandel

Dr. Rajinder Singh Chandel, did his Masters in Forensic Science with Gold medal from Department of Forensic Science, Punjabi University, Patiala in 2001. He carried out his Ph.D research work on “Hair Characterization of Schedule-1 Felids of Wildlife (Protection) Act-1972” in collaboration with Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, which led him attain Ph.D. in 2008 from Punjabi University, Patiala. He has been actively involved in the research work related with forensic characterization of body fluids, trace cosmetics evidence, inks, paints, diatoms, grasses, poisonous plants, hair of various species protected under Wildlife (Protection) Act-1972 and other evidentiary materials of biological origin using morphological, chromatographic, spectroscopic and DNA based techniques. He has been involved in regular teaching and research in the area of Forensic Biology and Forensic Chemistry since 2003 at Punjabi University, Patiala. He has also served as founder professor & Dean, Academic at Uttar Pradesh State Institute of Forensic Science, Lucknow on deputation basis.  He has published 86 research papers in various international and national journals. He has also contributed reference mtDNA sequences for the identification of highly endangered and protected cats of India in the NCBI (GenBank). He has supervised the research work of 11 Ph.D. research scholars and 87 M.Sc. students.  He has been involved in many training courses on wildlife forensics and illegal wildlife trade to Judges/ Magistrates, Prosecution officers, Deputy SP/ ACP or above, Forest officers, SSO or above from CFSL’s and FSL’s across the country at erstwhile LNJN National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science (NICFS), Central Detective Training Institutes (CDTI) Jaipur & Chandigarh, and Central Academy of Police Training (CAPT), Bhopal, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi. He has also been a resource Person in around 65 conferences/symposia/workshops of national and international repute. He is also a reviewer in many leadings research journals in Forensic Science including the Journal of Forensic Science, Science & Justice, International Journal of legal Medicine, Forensic Science International etc. In recognition to his contribution and vision in the field of Forensic Science, he has been appointed as Visiting Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi and Chair Professor at East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai in China (2017-2020). He is also serving as expert consultant at the Advanced Institute of Wildlife Conservation (AIWC), Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Vandalur, Chennai.