Fr

om,

TheFor
ensi
cSci
enceSt
udent
s,

Mahar
asht
raSt
ate.

To,

Shr
i.Ani
lDeshmukh,

Hon’
bleMi
nist
er

HomeDepar
tment
,Mahar
asht
raSt
ate

Subj
ect
:-I
ssueofPl
acement
s,LackofOppor
tuni
ti
esandt
he
i
njust
icehappeni
ngwi
thFor
ensi
cSci
enceSt
udent
s.

Respect
edSi
r,

Thet
erm For
ensi
cSci
encehasal
way
sbeen l
i
nked wi
th Cr
ime and Cr
imi
nal

behav
ior
.Ithasel
evat
edt
heModusOper
andiofr
esol
vi
ngcr
imi
nalcases.Theconv
ict
ion

r
atei
nMahar
asht
rahasi
ncr
easedf
rom 42%i
n2015t
o51.
49%i
n2016.Thest
udent
sof

I
nst
it
uteofFor
ensi
cSci
encear
eunder
goi
ngt
hest
ressr
elat
edt
oUnempl
oymentt
heyar
e

f
aci
ngbecauseofcer
tai
ncour
sesi
nit
iat
edbyt
heGov
ernment
.

I
nst
it
uteofFor
ensi
cSci
enceMumbaiandGov
ernmentI
nst
it
uteofFor
ensi
cSci
ence

Aur
angabadwer
eini
ti
atedi
n2009andar
erunni
ngt
il
ldat
ewi
thBachel
or'
sandMast
er'
s

pr
ogr
amme i
nfor
ensi
c sci
ence.The I
nst
it
ute of For
ensi
c Sci
ence Nagpur was

est
abl
i
shedi
n2011.Thei
ntakecapaci
tyofeachi
nst
it
utef
orunder
graduat
epr
ogr
amme

i
s50st
udent
sandf
orpost
graduat
eis20st
udent
ssot
il
ldat
ear
ound3000st
udent
shav
e

beenpassedoutandar
efaci
ngt
hei
ssueofUnempl
oymentev
enaf
tert
aki
ngupacour
se

i
nit
iat
edbyt
hegov
ernment
.

Thei
ssueofpl
acement
soff
orensi
csci
encest
udent
shasbeenont
he

headl
i
nesi
nrecentmont
hs.St
udent
swhohav
ecompl
etedt
hei
rgr
aduat
ionandPost
-
gr
aduat
ioni
nFor
ensi
cSci
encear
efaci
ngpr
obl
emsofunempl
oymentduet
olackofJob

oppor
tuni
ti
esandt
hel
ackofawar
enessamongstt
heGov
ernmentdepar
tment
s.The

I
ssuesar
eaddr
essedbel
ow:
-

1.Thet
hreeI
nst
it
utesofFor
ensi
cSci
encei
nMumbaiwer
eest
abl
i
shedsoast
oget

Exper
ti
sest
affi
nthef
iel
doff
orensi
csci
encef
ort
heef
fi
cientr
unni
ngofFor
ensi
c

Sci
enceLabor
ator
ies.(
Ref
:-GRNo.NGC 2009/(
134/
09)
/Mashi ed17th
-4dat

August2009)
.Howev
erev
enaf
ter11l
ongy
ear
soft
hei
nst
it
uter
unni
ng,t
he

degr
eeofFor
ensi
cSci
encehasnotbeeni
ncl
udedi
ntheRecr
uit
mentRul
eof

v
ari
ouspost
sinDFSLMahar
asht
ra(
Ref
:-Fi
leNo.FSL/
04/
4/CR490)
.Hencei
tis

hi
ghl
yrequest
ed t
oini
ti
ate"
DIRECT RECRUI
TMENT"oft
hese st
udent
s wi
th

exper
ti
sei
nthef
iel
d ofFor
ensi
cSci
encei
n Di
rect
orat
eofFor
ensi
cSci
ence

Labor
ator
ies,
Mahar
asht
raast
hecour
sei
srunbygov
ernmenti
tsel
f.

2.AsFor
ensi
cSci
encei
sanappl
i
edcour
set
hesest
udent
scannotappl
yforany

ot
herv
acanci
esoft
hest
ateandcent
ralgov
ernmentast
hedegr
eeofFor
ensi
c

Sci
encedoesn’
tmeett
her
equi
redel
i
gibi
l
itycr
it
eri
ahencei
tisahumbl
erequestt
o

gi
vet
hest
udent
soff
orensi
csci
encea50%Reser
vat
ionf
ort
hev
ari
ouspost
sin

t
heDFSL,
Mahar
asht
ra.

3.Fur
ther
mor
etheMobi
leFor
ensi
cUni
thasal
sobeenl
aunchedbyt
heMahar
asht
ra

Gov
ernmentbutt
her
ecr
uit
ment
sar
eyett
o bedone.Thest
udent
sofMsc.

For
ensi
c Sci
ence ar
e exper
ti
se i
nthe pr
act
icalappr
oach ofCr
ime Scene

I
nvest
igat
ion and Management
,Ev
idence Col
l
ect
ion and Packagi
ng et
c. an

i
ntegr
alpar
toft
heI
nvest
igat
ionpr
ocedur
e.Ther
efor
eiti
srequest
edt
oki
ndl
y

makeuseoft
hisal
readyav
ail
abl
emanpoweri
nCr
imeSceneI
nvest
igat
iont
o

bet
tert
heConv
ict
ionRat
eandr
ecr
uitt
heFor
ensi
cSci
encest
udent
sint
hebest
 f
unct
ioni
ngofMobi
l
eFor
ensi
cUni
ts.

4.The Cr
imi
nalI
nvest
igat
ion Depar
tment(
CID)has t
wo mai
n depar
tment
s of

Fi
nger
pri
ntandQuest
ionedDocument
s.Ther
ear
etwoi
mpor
tantpost
sint
his

depar
tmentnamel
ySub–I
nspect
orFi
nger
pri
ntsandAssi
stantSt
ateExami
nerof

Document
s.Theel
i
gibi
l
itycr
it
eri
onf
ort
hesepost
sisanygr
aduat
ewhi
chwhen

r
ecr
uit
edar
etr
ainedf
oraper
iodof01y
earandt
henappearf
oranent
ranceex
am

t
ogetappoi
nted.I
nst
eadofwast
ingmoneybehi
ndt
hei
rtr
aini
ngi
tisr
equest
ed

t
hatt
hegov
ernmentshoul
ddi
rect
lyr
ecr
uitt
hef
orensi
csci
encest
udent
swhoar
e

exper
ti
sei
nthi
sfi
eld.

5.Ther
ear
evar
iousent
ranceex
amsf
ort
hepur
sui
ngofPhDconduct
ednamel
ythe

Nat
ionalEnt
ranceTest(
NET)ex
am conduct
edbyNTA,St
ateEnt
ranceTest(
SET)

andt
hePhDEnt
ranceTest(
PET)exam conduct
edbyt
heMumbaiUni
ver
sit
y.But

t
her
eisnotasi
ngl
eper
sonwi
thagui
deshi
pinFor
ensi
cSci
ence.Manyst
udent
s

hav
ecl
ear
edt
heexamsandar
ehel
plessi
npur
sui
ngwi
tht
hei
rPhD.Soi
t’
sa

r
equestt
oki
ndl
ylooki
ntot
hisi
ssueasear
lyaspossi
bleandpr
ovi
degui
deshi
pst
o

t
heel
i
gibl
eanddeser
vingones.

6.Ther
e ar
evar
ious post
svacanti
n al
lthe For
ensi
cInst
it
utes f
orAssi
stant

Pr
ofessori
nFor
ensi
cSci
enceandi
tsr
elat
eddi
sci
pli
nes.Ther
ecr
uit
menti
sdone

ofPr
ofessor
swhoar
equal
i
fiedf
orpl
ainsci
encesl
i
kePhy
sical
Sci
ences,
Chemi
cal

Sci
encesandBi
ologi
calSci
enceswhodonothav
esoundknowl
edgeofFor
ensi
c

Sci
encehencei
tisher
ebyr
equest
edt
oki
ndl
yrecr
uitonl
ytheCandi
dat
esof

For
ensi
cSci
encewhoar
especi
ali
zedi
nther
espect
ivef
iel
ds.

7.Aspert
heconv
ict
ionr
atest
atst
hei
nvest
igat
ionofmanycasesar
ehal
tedduet
o
 t
he l
ack of i
nfor
mat
ion of Cr
ime Scene management
,Ev
idence handl
i
ng,

Col
l
ect
ionofEv
idenceset
c.Toi
mpar
tspeedyI
nvest
igat
ionandt
her
ebyi
ncr
ease

t
heconv
ict
ionr
ateaFor
ensi
cExper
tshoul
dber
ecr
uit
edi
neachandev
erymaj
or

Pol
i
ceSt
ati
onst
oaccompanyt
heI
nvest
igat
ingOf
fi
cer
.

8.I
nvest
igat
ioni
sapr
imeaspecti
nCr
imeact
ivi
ty.Thet
rai
ningoft
henewl
yrecr
uit
ed

pol
i
ceper
sonneli
sequal
l
yimpor
tantwhi
chi
sdonebyt
hev
ari
ousPol
i
ceTr
aini
ng

Cent
ersi
nthecount
ry.Ther
ear
epost
sforFor
ensi
cInst
ruct
oratt
hesecent
ers

whi
char
evacantf
rom l
ongandi
t’
shi
ght
imet
hatt
hesepost
sar
efi
l
led.The

For
ensi
cSci
encest
udent
sexact
lyf
itf
ort
hepost
.

GI
STOFI
SSUES

Sr
.No. I
ssues Desi
redChanges

1. El
i
gibi
l
ityi
n DFSL and changes i
n a)Di
rectRecr
uit
mentofSt
udent
s

Recr
uit
mentRul
e f
rom For
ensi
cSci
enceI
nst
it
utes

b)50% Reser
vat
ion f
or For
ensi
c

Sci
encest
udent
s

2. Vacantpost
sforMobi
l
e For
ensi
c Recr
uit
ment of For
ensi
c Sci
ence

Uni
t PostGr
aduat
esf
ort
hispost
.

3. El
i
gibi
l
ityandpl
acement
sinCr
imi
nal I
nst
eadofpr
ovi
dingt
rai
ningt
oNon

I
nvest
igat
ionDepar
tment(
CID) For
ensi
caspi
rant
sdi
rect
lyr
ecr
uitt
he

Exper
ti
semanpowerav
ail
abl
e
4. No Gui
des f
or PhD candi
dat
es Pr
ovi
dinggui
deshi
ptot
hedeser
ved

pur
sui
ngPhDi
nFor
ensi
cSci
ence candi
dat
es.

5. El
i
gibi
l
ityofAssi
stantPr
ofessor
s To be changed onl
yto Msc i
n

For
ensi
c Sci
ence wi
th r
espect
ive

speci
ali
zat
ion.

6. VacantPost
sofFor
ensi
cInst
ruct
or Al
lPol
i
ceTr
aini
ngCent
erst
oini
ti
ate

r
ecr
uit
mentf
ort
hev
acantpost
sof

For
ensi
cInst
ruct
ors

7. Lackofknowl
edge i
n Cr
imeScene Recr
uit
mentofaFor
ensi
cExper
tin

ManagementandEv
idenceHandl
i
ng eachandev
eryMaj
orpol
i
cest
ati
ons

oft
hest
ate.

I
nst
it
uteofFor
ensi
cMumbai
,Aur
angabadandNagpurhav
eal
readypr
oposedt
hedesi
red

qual
i
ficat
ionsf
ort
hedi
ff
erentpost
sint
heGov
ernmentsect
orwhi
char
eat
tachedbel
ow.

Pr
oposedAmendment
stobedonef
orv
ari
ouspost
sindi
ff
erentdepar
tment
s