No DFS/18(4)/2008

Directorate of Forensic Science

Ministry of Home Affairs

8^th Floor, 9^th Block, CGO Complex,

Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003

(Tel  No:011-24366781 Fax No: 24362819)

10^th June 2008

Subject: XIX All India Forensic Science Conference 2008

          All India Forensic Science Conference, the mega annual event of Directorate of Forensic Science, MHA, Govt. of India is proposed to be held in the last week of Dec.08 or first week of Jan. 2009. The Conference is likely to be held at Forensic Science Laboratory, Gujarat The Conference is likely to be held at Forensic Science Laboratory, Gujarat.  (Confirmed venue and date will be informed in due course of time). The central theme of the Conference will be “Forensic Management.”. The programme will include invited talks on the Central theme of the conference, other forensic related key issues and technical sessions for oral and poster presentation on research work, case examination/ findings.

3.       Full papers  will only be accepted for the ensuing conference. The last date for receipt of paper(s) is August 31, 2008. Please send two hard copies of full paper(s) and a soft copy in a floppy disk – 3.5” or CD (Window 98/2000) to enable us to process, evaluate and include it in the proceedings, if accepted. Before sending the papers, authors must read the instructions and submit the papers accordingly. Please ensure that only full papers are sent for presentation in the conference in the conference on the subjects related to forensic science which are briefly given as under:-

1. Forensic Biological sciences*
2. Forensic Chemical sciences*
3. Forensic Document sciences*
4. Forensic Physical sciences*
5. Forensic Interrogation sciences*
6. Forensic Fingerprint sciences*
7. Crime Scene Management*
8. Best Photograph of the crime scene- with appropriate caption ( for poster presentation only)
9. Best Crime Scene Investigation, based on scientific methods by Police Investigating Officer (IO) (oral & Poster presentation)

* (Oral & Poster presentation)

4.       The best paper/ presentation in each discipline will be given an award of Rs. 2500/-. For the selection of best photograph of the scene of crime, the photograph should be in natural colour printed in A3 size paper, depicting scientifically significant aspects of the particular crime scene findings with most suited caption.

6.       The Conference is scheduled for three days for presentation of scientific papers, invited talks and other scientific presentations and the Directors’ Conference.

7.       We seek your full support and kind co-operation to make the conference a Grand Success.

Yours sincerely,

Sd/-

(K V Ravi Kumar)

Senior Scientific Officer Gr-I (FS)

Note: You may also submit your paper through email latest by 31^st August 2008. The email address for this purpose is aifsc2008@dfs.gov.in