Forensic science department specific Highlights in Lovely Professional University is mentioned below,
The Forensic Science domain promises to create a research and placement oriented environment. The department regularly works on student research projects with novel ideas of applied value.
The highlights include:
1) Faculty: Highly experienced faculty excellent in terms of their educational background, research and teaching.
2) Fields of study: Forensic Chemistry, Forensic Toxicology, Forensic Anthropology, Ballistics, Explosives, Forensic Biology, Serology, DNA, Fingerprinting and Questioned Documents, Cyber
3) Thrust Areas of research: Analysis of drugs by conventional and modern techniques, security feature analysis, Fingerprinting analysis, studies on dentures for disaster victim identification and forensic wildlife analysis.
4) Innovative Pedagogy: Academic tasks such Class Participation, Design Problem, Term Paper, Assignment, Live examples, AV-aids. Test and Quiz based on various competitive examinations, Case studies on Current research scenario, moot court sessions and CSI activities
Unique features: Involvement of multidisciplinary area, such as Pharmaceutical analysis, biochemistry, Biotechnology, chemistry and many more along with forensic structural engineering, makes it very challenging.
Career Prospects: Lectureship in College, Junior/senior research fellow, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Central Govt. Forensic Sciences Labs, Hospitals, Private Detective Agencies, Dope testing labs, CSIR Labs, pathology labs, agriculture, quality assurance divisions in industries, Self Employed (Establishing small scale industries – Production and manufacturing of various CSI kits), Private Consultants for giving Expert opinions.
Last Year Placement record of LPU in the field of Forensic Science:-
Highest Package offered is 6.6 LPA with average of 3.8 LPA. 100% students got placed.
Student were placed in renowned brands like Truth labs, Sherlock Institute of Forensic Science (SIFS, Delhi), J.K. Consultancy, IFS (Pune), Panacea Biotech (Chandigarh), Reddy’s Laboratories, Government organizations.