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School of Social Sciences
Department of Criminology
School of Social Sciences
University of Madras
1 Name of the Department
2 Year of establishment
3 Is the Department part of a
School/Faculty of the university?
4 Names of programmes offered
(UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D.,
Integrated Masters; Integrated
Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.)
5 Interdisciplinary programmes
and departments involved
6 Courses in collaboration with
other universities, industries,
foreign institutions, etc.
7 Details of programmes
discontinued, if any, with
reasons
8 Examination System: Annual/
Semester/ Trimester/Choice
Based Credit System
9 Participation of the department
in the courses offered by other
departments
Department of Criminology
Criminology
1983
Yes
1. Ph.D
2. M.A Criminology & Criminal Justice
Administration
3. M.Sc. Cyber Forensics & Information Security
Tamil Nadu Sate Forensic Sciences Department
Nil
PG Diploma in Criminology and Forensic
Sciences & PG Diploma in Cyber crime &
Information Security
Reason- Lack of teaching and supportive staff to
conduct the course
Semester and Choice based credit system
There is participation in the courses offered by
other departments such as Anthropology,
Political Science & Public Administration, Legal
Studies, Hindi, French, Music, Journalism and
Communications, Sociology, History, Economics
etc. through electives and sharing of resource
people and material.
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10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/Associate

Professors/Asst. Professors/others)

Sanctioned Filled Actual (including

CAS & MPS)
Professor 1 1 -
Associate Professors 1 1 -
Asst. Professors 4 2 -
Others

11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,

experience and research under guidance
Name Qualification Designation Specialization No of years No of
experience Ph.D/
M.Phil
students
guided
for the
last 4
years
Dr.R.Thilagaraj Ph.D Professor & Juvenile 31 8
Head Justice, Human
Rights,
Restorative
Justice,
Theoretical
Criminology,
Sociology of
crime,
Penology &
Cyber Crimes
Dr.M.Srinivasan Ph.D Associate Victimology 15 6
Professor and Economic
Crime.

Dr.M.Priyamvadha Ph.D Asst. Juvenile 9 1

Professor Delinquency,
Human Rights
and Elder
Abuse.
Dr.S.Ramdoss Ph.D Asst. Victimology, 10 -
Professor Correctional
Administration
and Crime
Prevention.

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12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, Adjunct Faculty, Emeritus Professors

S.No Name & Qualification Designation Major Area of

specialization
1. Dr.A.Sivamurthy UGC Emeritus Criminal Justice
Professor
2. Dr.Rama.K.Subramaniam Adjunct Professor Information Security,
Information Forensics &
Assurance Services
3. Dr.B.B.Pande Visiting Criminal Law
Fellow
4. Dr. Jianhong Liu Visiting Fellow Restorative Justice
5. Dr. Marty Price Visiting Fellow Restorative Justice

6. Mr.Vivian B Lord Visiting Fellow Victimology

13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty-programme-wise information

· M.A Criminology & Criminal Justice System- 20%

· M.Sc Cyber Forensics & Information Security- 95%

14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio

· M.A – 5:1
· MSc – 20:1

15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff:

sanctioned, filled and actual
· Sanctioned – 3
· Filled -2

16. Research thrust areas as recognized

by major funding agencies
a) Cyber Crime
b) Digital Forensics
c) Information Security
d) Restorative Justice
e) Money Laundering
f) Economic crimes
g) Juvenile Justice
h) Victimology
i) Elder Abuse
j) Crime Prevention

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17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international

funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the funding
agencies, project title and grants received project-wise.
S.No Name of the Title of the Project Sponsored Amount Month & Status
Principal / by Sanctioned Year of
Co-Principal (Rs.) Commenc
Investigator ement &
Duration
1. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Terrorism & UGC 25,00,000 2013- Ongoing
Internal Security 2015

2. Dr.R.Thilagaraj “National Survey UGC 3,00,000 February Ongoing

on Victims of 2012
Cyber Crimes”
3. Dr.M.Srinivasan Extent and Modus BPR&D 4,69,000 June Ongoing
Operandi of Bank 2011-
Frauds: Role of 2013
Police in Handling
Bank Frauds in the
State of Tamil
Nadu
4. Dr.M.Srinivasan Perception of UGC 6,03,700 May Ongoing
Women Victims of 2011-
Crime Towards 2013
Police: A Measure
to Evaluate Police
Performance.
5. Dr.M.Priyamvadha Unheard voices: ICSSR 4,90,200 2010- Ongoing
Detecting Elder 2013
Abuse & Devising
Strategies of
Crime Prevention.
6. Dr.M.Priyamvadha “ The withering UGC 4,94,800 2013- Ongoing
trees,Bearing no 2015
fruits: A study on
Geronticide”

18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received

a. National collaboration - Major Projects funded by UNDP & BPRD

b. International collaboration - Student exchange program with Illinois State
University, U.S.A.

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19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT,

ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received.

Programme Grants Duration

received
UGC – SAP Rs 33 lakhs 2011 - 2016
(DRS-I)
UGC Rs 29.5 lakhs 2005 - 2010
Innovative

20. Research facility / centre with -

· State recognition - Centre for Cyber Forensics and Information Security
· national recognition - UGC – SAP DRS-I for researches in cyber crimes and
restorative justice,
· International recognition –nil

21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate

bodies -
One Cyber Forensic laboratory under UGC Innovative programme.The lab is well
equipped with all the latest cyber forensics software, mobile forensics, and remote
forensics and information security tools.

22. Publications:
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international)
: 35
* Monographs : 08
* Chapters in Books : 16
* Edited Books :
* Books with ISBN with details of publishers :
* Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) :
* Citation Index – range / average :
* SNIP :
* SJR :
* Impact Factor – range / average :
* h-index :

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23. Details of patents and income generated - Nil

24. Areas of consultancy and income generated - Nil

25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad

S.No. Name of the Country Visited Period of stay Purpose of visit

Faculty &
Designation
1. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Seoul, Korea 16th – 24th Key Note Speaker in the 4th
August 2012, Asian Criminology
Conference held at Seoul,
South Korea, International
Center for Criminal Justice
of Korean Institute of
Criminology (KIC) during
16th – 24th August 2012.

2. Dr.R.Thilagaraj India 10th June “Recording and

2012. Appreciation of Evidence –
Challenges” in the Tamil
Nadu State Judicial
Academy for the trainee
judges
3. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Bangalore, India 4th May 2012 “Role of Academia in
pursuit of excellence in
indigenization
of Cyber Security systems”
in the international summit
on cyber security organized
by the Department of
Information Technology,
Bio-Technology and S&T
4. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Tirunelveli,India 8th – 10th “Drug Trafficking” in the
March 2012 international conference on
“Exploring the Linkages
Between Drug usage and
Criminal Victimization”
organized by the Department
of Criminology and
Criminal Justice,
Manonmaniam Sundaranar
University,
5. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Taiwan 19 – 21, “GIS and Mapping of
December Property Offenders in the
2011. City of Chennai” in the 3rd

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Asian Criminology
Conference of the Asian
Criminology Society
organized by the National
Taipei University
6. Guest of honour as a part of
Dr.R.Thilagaraj USA 8th – 29th May US Visitor Leadership
2011. programme on Crime
Prevention.
7. Dr.M.Srinivasan Japan 6th August – 12th Asian Postgraduate
10th August Course on Victimology and
2012 Victim Assistance, co-
hosted by the World Society
of Victimology (WSV) and
Tokiwa International
Victimology Institute
(TIVI), Tokiwa University,
Mito, Japan.

8. Dr. M. Srinivasan Germany 26th March – Awarded Max Planck

9th June 2012 Scholarship to do research
on “Combating Money
Laundering: The Experience
of European Countries” at
the Max Planck Institute for
Foreign and International
Criminal Law, Freiburg,
Germany.

9. Dr.M.Srinivasan Odisha, India 6th January – Third International and

8th January, Seventh Biennial
2011 Conference of the Indian
Society of Victimology,
jointly with KIIT Law
School, KIIT University,
Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.

10. Dr. M. Srinivasan University of 5 – 7 October, Victim Support Scotland

Edinburgh, 2010 Conference,
Scotland.

11. Dr.M.Priyamvadha Illinois State May 2011. Academic Exchange

University, USA Program, Presented a paper
& other agencies titled “ Elder Abuse in

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of Criminal India”
Justice
Administration
of USA
26. Faculty serving in
Sl no Faculty Designation Committee/Board
Dr.R.Thilagaraj Member Working Party on
Restorative Justice, The
Alliance of Non-
Governmental
Organizations (NGOs) on
Crime Prevention and
Criminal Justice, United
Nations Headquarters,
New York, USA.
1. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Standing Group European Consortium For
Member Political Research (ECPR)
Group on Organized
Crime.
2. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Member Presidium of the General
Assembly of the Asian
Criminological Society,
Macau, China.
3. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Member Asia Pacific Forum of
Restorative Justice
(APFRJ), Australia for
collaborative research.
4. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Vice President International Society of
Criminological
Psychology, Mexico
5. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Member Editorial Board,
International Journal of
Criminal Psychology,
Ireland.
6. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Editor Indian Journal of
Criminology
7. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Non-official Lok Adalat,State Legal
Services Authority
member
8. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Visiting Faculty Department of Law,
University of Kashmir
9. Dr.R. Thilagaraj Visiting Faculty Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya
National Law University

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27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,

workshops, training programs and similar programs).
Faculty Program
Dr.M.Priyamvadha Faculty and Student 2011 Summer Scholar Program for 21 days
sponsored by The Department of Criminal Justice Sciences (CJS)
College of Applied Science and Technology, Illinois State
University, US
Refresher Course in Research Methodology for Social Sciences &
Humanities, Batch – IV (Interdisciplinary subject) held from
16.07.2009 to 05.08.2009 by the Academic Staff College,
University of Madras, Chennai

Dr.S.Ramdoss Refresher Course in Women Studies,batch-II for Social Sciences

& Humanities, held from 07.02.2012 to 27.02.2012 by the
Academic Staff College, University of Madras, Chennai

28. Student projects

Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental
projects –

· M.A Programme- 90%

· M.Sc Programme- 10%

Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities / industry /

institute –

· M.A Programme- 10%

· M.Sc Programme- 90%
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
· Faculty –
Dr. R. Thilagaraj
1. “Academic Achievement Award”-
University of Madras, 2012
2. ISC Kumarappa Reckless Award for
outstanding research and teaching in the
field of Criminology, 2011

Dr. M. Srinivasan
1. Awarded Max Planck Scholarship to
do research on “Combating Money
Laundering: The Experience of European Countries” at the Max Planck Institute
for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany, 2012
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Doctoral / post doctoral fellows:

1. K.Sowmya- Gold Medal for Best Research Paper in 32nd All India Criminology
Conference held at University of Kashmir in 2009.
2. Remya Mariam Raju- Gold Medal for Best Research Paper in 36th All India
Criminology Conference held at National Law University, Delhi in 2013.
3. A.Michael Loordhu Valan- Silver Medal for Best Research Paper in 36th All India
Criminology Conference held at National Law University, Delhi in 2013.

· Students -
Nil
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding
(national / international) with details of outstanding participants, if any.
Details furnished in Appendix II

31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments -

UGC Regulation on minimum standards and procedure for the award of M.Phil/
Ph.D degree – 2009 are followed.

32. Student profile programme-wise:

Year Name of the Applications Selected Pass percentage
Programme received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question
no. 4)
2007-08 M.A. 51 08 05 07 05
2008-09 M.A. 38 09 02 06 02
2009-10 M.A. 44 14 06 11 06
2010-11 M.A. 71 17 04 10 04
2011-12 M.A. 69 25 05 16 04
2012-13 M.A. 61 15 05 - -
2007-08 M.Sc. 146 12 06 10 06
2008-09 M.Sc. 55 17 03 16 03
2009-10 M.Sc. 124 13 08 11 06
2010-11 M.Sc. 199 14 06 10 04
2011-12 M.Sc. 223 25 04 19 04
2012-13 M.Sc. 147 14 05 - -
2007-08 Ph. D. 09 03 04 03 -
2008-09 Ph. D. 12 07 01 02 01
2009-10 Ph. D. 14 07 03 04 -
2010-11 Ph. D. 09 02 04 - 02
2011-12 Ph. D. 11 05 05 01 -
2012-13 Ph. D. 08 02 02 02 01

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33. Diversity of students:

Name of the % of % of students % of students % of students from
Programme students from other from other
(refer to Q.4) from the universities universities countries(2009-12)
Same within the outside the
university state state (2009-
(2009-12) (2009-12) 12)
M.A 55 30 12.5 3
MSc 44 46 3 1

34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defence Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise.
S No Name of Examination Number of students Cleared
1. UGC-JRF 15
2. UGC-NET 9
3. TNPSC – Group – II 2
4. Bank Exams 5
5. Civil Services (Various levels) 2
35. Student progression
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG -
PG to M.Phil. -
PG to Ph.D. 10%
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral -
Employed
· Campus selection M.A-50%, MSc-90%
· Other than campus recruitment M.A-30%.MSc- 8%
Entrepreneurs 2%

36. Diversity of staff

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 100%
from other universities within the State Nil
from universities from other States Nil
from universities outside the country Nil

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during
the assessment period

Nil

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38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to

a) Library - yes

b) Internet facilities for staff and students – yes

c) Total number of class rooms - 3

d) Class rooms with ICT facility - 2

e) Students’ laboratories -1

f) Research laboratories - 1

39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates :

a) from the host institution/university

b) from other institutions/universities

Sl No Name Designation University

1. Vijo Varghese Vincent Research Scholar University of Madras
2. Sowmya.K Research Scholar University of Madras
3. Deepak Raj Rao Research Scholar University of Madras
4. Rajendran V Research Scholar University of Madras
5. Mala.G Research Scholar University of Madras
6. Sharon.P.Thomas Research Scholar University of Madras
7. R.Stalin Research Scholar University of Madras
8. Gayathri.R Research Scholar University of Madras
9. Remya Mariam Raju Research Scholar University of Madras
10. A Michael Loordhu Valan Research Scholar University of Madras
11. Vaishnavi. V Research Scholar University of Madras
12. Amrutha Karayil Research Scholar University of Madras
13. S.A Deepak Research Scholar University of Madras
14. Geni Philipose Research Scholar The Tamil Nadu
Dr.Ambedkar Law
University
15. Henry Jerome Research Scholar University of Madras
16. Kannan.B Research Scholar University of Madras
17. M.Chinthana Research Scholar University of Madras
18. Mr.K.Manoharan Part –time University of Madras
Research Scholar
19. Mr.Abishek Awadh Part –time Guru Gobind Singh
Research Scholar University, Delhi
20. Ms.Beulah Muthu Lakshmi Part –time University of Madras
Research Scholar

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21. Ms.C.Sushmita Part –time University of Madras

Research Scholar
22. Mr.E.Mariappan Part –time University of Madras
Research Scholar
23. Mr.D.Dhayanand Part –time University of Madras
Research Scholar
24. Mr.A.Vijayakumar Part –time University of Madras
Research Scholar
25. Mr.A.J.Vijayakumar Part –time University of Madras
Research Scholar
26. Mr.Saravanan Part –time University of Madras
Research Scholar
27. Mr.R.Arunachalam Part –time The Tamil Nadu
Research Scholar Dr.Ambedkar Law
University
28. Mr.M.Ebthihar Hussain
Part –time University of Madras
Research Scholar
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university. -
3 for each Post graduate programme
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology.
Yes. A need development programme was experimented with the students who
wished to undertake PG Diploma programme in Cyber Crimes and Information
Security and stake holder industries and based on which the Master’s degree
programme on Cyber Forensics and Information Security programme is designed.
Also based on the assessment with the interest of takers who work in the industry,
a Master’s degree programme in digital forensics is also introduced in the distance
education mode.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a) Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback?

Yes. The feedback is utilized to improve the presentation techniques and content
development.

b) Students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how

does the department utilize the feedback?

Students on staff – every academic year feedback is obtained by the IQAC and
the findings are communicated to the faculty individually every year. The
feedback is taken into account for confirmation/ promotion.

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c) Alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback?

Yes. The Department utilizes the feedback to reframe the syllabi and to develop
the scope of research and employment.

43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10)

1. Dr. GandhiRajan- Indian Police Service
2. Dr C.Sylendra Babu–Indian Police Service
3. Dr K.Radhakrishnan–Indian Police Service
4. Dr Annie Vijaya – Indian Police Service
5. Mr. Mathivanan, Director, Ministry of Human Resources
development, Government of India, Delhi.
6. Justice Dr P.Jyothimani-Former Judge, Madras High Court
7. Justice Mr M.Jeyachandran – Judge, Madras High Court
8. Mr.N.Mathivanan-Indian Administrative Service
9. Mr.Hariharan- Indian Administrative Service
10. Mr.Tharpagaraj- Indian Administrative Service

44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

seminar) involving external experts.

S.No Name & Dates Experts with Designation Topic

of the special
lectures
1. Parthasarathy Mr.Sukumar Mukopadyaya Criminal Justice
Endowment System- the laws
Lecture- Former Chairman, Central Board of &punishments
10 Feb 2013 Customs &Excise, Delhi relating to our
taxation in India
2. Krishna Iyer Dr.Natti Ronel The Criminal Spin
Endowment Professor, Bar-ilan University,
Lecture- Faculty of Social Sciences, Dept. of
18 Jan 2013 Criminology, Israel
3. Krishna Iyer Dr.Jianhong Liu, Professor of Restorative Justice
Endowment Criminology, University of & Chinese
Lecture- Macau,Taipei. traditional Legal
17 March 2012 culture
4. Parthasarathy Mr.S.P.Talukdar, I.P.S, Current Security
Endowment Former Special Director, Intelligence scenario in the
Lecture- Bureau country &emerging
29 Feb 2012 trends
5. Parthasarathy Dr.C.Ramakrishnan,I.P.S Probity in public life
Endowment Former DGP Anti-Vigilance
Lecture- &Corruption
March 30,2011

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6. Krishna Iyer Dr.Ronald.V.Clarke,Professor,Crimin Introduction to

Endowment ology&Criminal Justice,Rutgers situational Crime
Lecture- University,New York,USA Prevention
Feb 1,2011
7. Parthasarathy Dr.Justice.A.R.Lakshmanan,Former Criminal Justice-
Endowment Judge,Supreme Court&Former Delays-some
Lecture- Chairman,Law Commission perceptions
March 31,2010
8. Krishna Iyer Dr.David.T.Johnson,Professor,Sociol Death Penalty in
Endowment ogy,University of Hawaii,USA Asia
Lecture-
March 2, 2010
9. Parthasarathy Hon’ble Justice Values in the
Endowment Mr.T.S.Arunachalam,Former Criminal Justice
Lecture- Judge,Madras High Court System
March 26,2009
10. Krishna Iyer Dr.David.H.Bailey,Professor,School Policing Terrorism
Endowment of Criminal Justice,University of New
Lecture- York,USA
23 Feb 2009

45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.

· Participative teaching
· Seminar
· Group Discussion
· ICT Methodology

46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored?
· Through the constant monitoring by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell of the
University and thereby improving the quality and standards of the Department.
· Feedback from students about the faculty and the Department
· Performance reports of the students submitted by the industries and criminal
justice agencies.
· Periodical review of the syllabus and updating the curriculum

47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities.

Students constantly participate in many extension activities of the NSS, University
of Madras.

Also a student INFOSEC club is created in co-ordination with ISACA Chennai

chapter and the club members create awareness among college students on cyber
crimes and cyber crime prevention.

Apart from that they have the following extension activities:

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Practical Visits

· Central Forensic Sciences Department, Hyderabad

· C-DAC, Trivandrum
· Central prisons- Puzhal, Vellore, Bangalore etc
· Tamil Nadu State Forensic Science Department
· Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court , Egmore
· Forensic Medicine Department- Government Hospital, Kilpauk Medical
College
· Karunalaya Social Service Society
· State Human Rights Commission

Internships

· Cyber Crime Cells

· CBCID
· Chennai Police stations
· Security Agencies
· Information Security Wings of corporate sectors and banks
· NGOs
· Security Agencies
· Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department.

· Faculty, Doctoral fellows and students publishing research articles in
reputed National/International Journals
· Providing special lectures to the students by external experts periodically
· Participation in Regional/National/International Conferences/Workshops
by faculty, Doctoral fellows and students.
· Excellent Department-Industry Interaction
· Participation in media programmes

49. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other

agencies? If yes, give details.
Nil

50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new

knowledge, basic or applied.
The department is focusing on new thrust areas such as Cyber Crime, Digital
Forensics, Restorative Justice, Financial Crimes etc.

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51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department.
Strengths Weaknesses
· Faculty · Shortage of staff
· Curriculum · Less Infrastructure
· Laboratory · Lack of extracurricular activities
· Department-Industry
Interaction
· Placement
Opportunities Challenges
· Interaction with the Corporate · Lack of employment in the Government
Sector Sector ( State/Centre)
· Outstanding foreign scholars as · Gaining International knowledge on the
visiting fellows changing trends
· Faculty to represent and · Meeting the International Standards
participate in
National/International
Conferences/workshops
· Utilization of resource materials
from the Library

52. Future plans of the department.

a. To introduce M.A in Security &Vigilance Management

b. To establish Information Security lab
c. To collaborate with International forums on Restorative Justice and
organize programmes
d. To introduce more internship programmes in industries specialized in
Information Security
e. Continuous training programmes to Criminal Justice professionals on
Digital Forensics, Information Security, Restorative Justice and
Community policing.

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