Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science

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National Forensic Science University, Delhi (Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science)
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TypePublic
Established1972;51 years ago (1972)
Principal Dr. J. M. Vyas is Vice Chancellor, and Dr Purvi Pokhariyal is Campus Director [1]
Location
Delhi
,
India
Affiliations National Forensic Sciences University
Website www.nicfs.gov.in

National Forensic Science University, Delhi (Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science) [2] [3] is the Delhi Campus of the National Forensic Sciences University and an Institution of National Importance under the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA), Government of India as recognised by an act of the Parliament of India. It is one of the Central Police Organization(CPO) of the country. It specializes in teaching criminology, cybersecurity, digital forensics and forensic science and is located in New Delhi, India. The institute was established by Government of India in 1972 within the Bureau of Police Research and Development following recommendations of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

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The institute was formerly known as "Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science" and came into existence on 4 January 1972. The institute has trained around 41,000 officers from Police, Judiciary, Prisons, Prosecution, Defence, Customs, Forest, Medical, Public Sector Undertakings, Nationalized Banks as well as Scientists from Central and State Forensic Science Laboratories. It was renamed after Indian independence activist Jayaprakash Narayan in 2003. On 1 October 2020 it became Delhi campus of NFSU, Gandhinagar. Dr. J. M. Vyas is the Vice Chancellor and Dr Purvi Pokhariyal is the Campus Director.

History

The UGC set up an expert committee to suggest steps to bring Criminology and Forensic Science into the general stream of university education, based on the resolution taken at a Symposium organized by UNESCO in London in 1955. It suggested that systematic understanding of Criminology and Forensic Science was necessary for Law Enforcement Officers and the Universities should be encouraged to include these disciplines in their curriculum.

Following recommendations of the UGC to set up a Central Institute for teaching Criminology and Forensic Science, Government of India established the institute in 1972 within the Bureau of Police Research and Development. In 1976 it became an independent Department directly under the Ministry of Home Affairs with a wider mandate which included promotion of Criminology and Forensic Science. The Institute was upgraded as a National Institute in 1991 and in 2003 the Institute was renamed after Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan. [4]

Over the years, NICFS has trained more than 40,000 officers from Police, Judiciary, Prisons, Prosecution, Defence, Customs, Forest, Medical, Public Sector Undertakings, Nationalized Banks as well as Scientists from Central and State Forensic Science Laboratories. [5]

Vision

The Vision of the Institute is To be a world class Academic Institution

Mission

Objectives

Institute

The LNJN National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science is located in Rohini locality of the National Capital of New Delhi. The institute has 8 acres of campus housing administrative wing and teaching areas. The main building accommodates several lecture theaters, seminar rooms and an auditorium. There are residential facilities for faculty and staff. The institute also has an instrumentation wing and several laboratories with state of the art equipment. An Indian Police Service Officer of the rank of Director General of Police is the Director of the Institute.

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