PU PROFESSOR
TO PRESENT RESEARCH PAPERS AT USA
National Tele24 News
Vinay Kumar
Chandigarh
Dr. J. S. Sehrawat, Assistant Professor, Department of
Anthropology, Panjab University, Chd. has been awarded full Travel Grant by Science and Engineering
Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of
India (SERB-DST), to present his Three research papers at 71st
Annual Conference of American Academy of Forensic sciences
at Baltimore, Maryland, USA from 18th to 23rd February, 2019. It
may be recalled that Dr. Sehrawat is working as principal investigator for the biological
profiling of Ajnala skeletal remains excavated from an abandoned well at Ajnala
(Amritsar), and DST has provided him financial support to carry out this research
project. Thousands of unknown human skeletal remains along with contextual items
of identity were unearthed from an abandoned well situated underneath a religious
structure at Ajnala in early 2014 and these remains were handed over to Dr. Sehrawat
for establishing their identity. Dr. Sehrawat has research collaborations with
St. John’s University, Canada, Max Planck Institute, Germany, BSIP, Lucknow,
IIT Roorkee and SDM Dental Institute, Dharwad towards
identification strategies of Ajnala skeletal remains. Keeping in
view of his contributions in diverse fields of forensic sciences,
he has been credited with the Associate Member of American Academy of Forensic
Sciences in Forensic Anthropology section. Forensic experts of diverse sub-disciplines
from all across the world will deliberate their research results and practical
experiences in this international conference of very high repute. In his first
Oral presentation, he will describe the age and sex estimations of
Ajnala dental remains from their elemental composition, odontometrics and pulp-tooth
area ratio, and thus will highlight the importance of application of a
multitude of scientific techniques for the most accurate and
reliable forensic results. He claimed that we are just very near to
conclude the biological identity of the Ajnala skeletal remains;
though declined to divulge further details citing the ethical restrictions
before the presentation or publication of the findings. In his second Oral
presentation, Dr. Sehrawat will present the critical appraisal of
current status of forensic anthropological inputs in forensic death investigations
in India. The discipline has yet not been recognized as a distinct scientific
discipline and there exists a distinct professional void among the experts dealing
with human skeletal remains regarding their role in forensic death investigations.
He exampled a number of criminal cases like Nithari killings, Nirbhaya gangrape
case, Sheena Bora murder case, 26/11 Mumbai Terror / Ajmal Kasab case etc., where
forensic anthropological inputs have helped the investigating agencies for conclusive
decisions. He stressed that a well thought approach is needed to recognize the
contributions and assistance of forensic anthropologists in forensic death investigations;
particularly in cases of mass disasters or in cases where only skeletonized
remains are recovered from the crime scenes or other forensic situations.
His third paper is co-authored with Ms. Monika, UGC-SRF, IFSC, Panjab University,
and is a poster presentation about the comparative teeth measurements and the
extent of sexual dimorphism among modern and ancient teeth.
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