Dr. Surender Kumar Pal
Directorate of Forensic Science Services, Surender Kumar Pal
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About
Brief profile of Dr. Surender Kumar Pal
Dr. SK Pal graduated from the Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1985. He worked as Research Fellow and Coordinator during his service at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India-an institution of national importance from 1997 - 2007. From October 2010 he has been serving as Assistant Director at the Forensics lab, Dharamshala and Junga.
Dr. Pal has earned Doctorate in Biological Anthropology from Panjab University, Chandigarh in collaboration with Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India in 2003 and Masters in Biological Anthropology with specialization in Forensic Anthropology in 1995. He is member of CSIWG of Asian Forensic Science Network (AFSN) since 2019.
Dr. Pal began his career in 2010 as Assistant Director with Forensic Biology Unit of Directorate of Forensics Services, Himachal Pradesh, India. Dr. Pal is Head of the Biology and Serology Division and handling all scientific and administrative matters of the division. He role in the lab is to assign laboratory duties, manage and supervise case work, reporting results, testifying and explaining procedures to scientific staff, and evaluate performance of the subordinates.
Dr. Pal is also part of his lab’s CSI team and responses to various types of scenes including homicides, sexual assaults, drowning deaths to assist in the documentation, collection, and preservation of biological and trace evidence. He has visited and examined about 300 scenes of crime (SOC) spots, collected clues/physical evidences from the crime scenes, and written and submitted detailed forensic reports to the investigation agencies.
Dr. Pal is performing routine scientific/technical experiments in the laboratory by examining cases of sexual assaults/rape, homicide, suicide/suicidal hanging, blood, semen, bones for age, sex, stature, wood examination, wild life forensics, and diatoms (ante-mortem and postmortem drowning), hair/fiber pertaining to crime cases of varied nature. He has deposed expert testimony in the Courts of law on the results of the analysis and scientific reports submitted and signed by him and subsequently to keep liaison with law enforcement agencies. He is well conversant with criminal trends and advanced forensics techniques and technologies. Being an anthropologist, Dr. Pal is having the potential and qualities to maintain effective working relationships and channelize their energy towards best pursuits besides ability to interact effectively in a multicultural setting and working with highly diverse communities.
Dr. Pal has solved many crime mysteries for which he had been awarded appreciation letter from the Director, Directorate of Forensic Science, Himachal Pradesh, India. Dr. SK Pal gained fifteen plus years of experience in teaching and training (theoretical and practical demonstrations) to the Graduate, Post-graduate students of College and Universities, and Investigation Officers of the Police, Judiciary and Public Prosecutors. Dr. Pal has more than 50 national and international publications. He has avid interest in the field of forensic biology/serology and anthropology. Dr. Pal has ability of writing grants, writing and editing scientific communications, reports, manuscripts, seek and secure external funding including the preparation of research proposal submissions to external funding bodies. He has the experience of presenting research at academic seminars and national and international conferences, and collaborates with other research staff both within and outside the University. Dr. Surender has published extensively in the field of forensic biology and diatomology in international journals and chapters to books. He has also been recognized in Marquis Who’s Who in the World publication. He has the potential to undertake independent scholarly research and professional activities, with a view to publishing original and innovative findings through national and international refereed journals.
Dr. Pal had been Media Officer, Nodal Officer, Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Cell of RFSL, Dharamshala. Dr. Pal had been the Public Information Officer (PIO) for Right to Information (RTI) Act of RFSL for two years. He delivered regular Radio Talk to All India Radio (AIR), Dharamshala, India regarding importance of forensics.
Surender is currently the member of editorial boards and reviewer of many high profile national and international acclaimed scientific journals. Dr. Pal has been awarded with many national awards in the field of forensics. He was bestowed with Best Forensic Expert Award from Legal Desire Media & Insights, Department of Forensic Science, & Criminal Investigation, 2020, Forensic Investigator Excellence Award from Legal Desire Media & Insights, Department of Forensic Science, & Criminal Investigation, 2021, Forensic Tiger-2021 award for best Criminalist/Jurists of the world for great contribution in Forensic matters.
Employment
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Directorate of Forensic Science Services Assistant Director
Education
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Surender Kumar Pal Ph.D
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Publications (13)
- Forensic DNA phenotyping: the need for proportionate regulation and judicial clarity in law enforcement Save
- Identification of diatoms from different rivers in Chhattisgarh Save
- Role of Diatoms in Forensics: A Molecular Approach Save
- Impact of biological evidences on DNA profiling of sexual assault cases. Save
- Potential of photoautotrophic microbial organisms in deciphering forensic issues. Save
- Forensic and pharmacogenetic study of Asparagus Officinalis of Bundelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh, India Save
- Diatomological mapping of water bodies of Delhi region for forensic consideration Save
- Effects of oils, lotions, hand sanitizers and mehendi on fingerprints captured through digital fingerprint scanner Save
- Reverse Aqua Regia: A new method for extraction of diatoms from Human tissue Save
- A forensic analysis of ligature material in suicidal hangings Save