PU Professor amongst top 13 Forensic scientists worldwide
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ May 1,2025
Panjab University, Chandigarh again shines globally as a PU professor named amongst top forensic scientists of USA, Europe, UK and Australia. Dr. KewalKrishan, Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Dean, International Students, Panjab University, Chandigarh, has been positioned at 13th rank worldwide amongst top 14,394 forensic scientists of the world.
In a press communiqué’, the authorities said “this is not only a proud moment for Panjab University but for the entire nation that its scientists can do wonders in research and academics worldwide”.
The ranking was revealed in a bibliometric analysis conducted by Stanford University scientists and science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators up to 2024, Elsevier Data Repository, V7, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.7. The forensic scientists were meticulously chosen on the basis of numerous scientific measures including research papers published in international journals of repute, citations and Scopus h-index.
Professor Krishan is a renowned forensic anthropologist and contributed immensely to the development of forensic science and anthropology in India. He devised various novel methods of criminal and crime scene investigation especially related to human morphology, fingerprints, footmarks, face biometrics, signatures authentication, and use of artificial intelligence in forensics. Dr. Krishan is also one of the top cited forensic scientists of the world with more than 100,000 citations of his research work. He also contributed to the encyclopedias of Forensic Science published by leading publishers of the world.
Prof. Krishan thanked Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, Professor RenuVig for boosting and encouraging cutting edge research and international collaboration in PU. Dr. Krishan said that collaborating in research not only enhances our capability to conduct innovative and groundbreaking research but also pushing the boundaries of our current knowledge and practice.
PU Professor amongst top 13 Forensic scientists worldwide. List of the top 2 percent scientists of the world is freely available at: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/7
Note: Dr. KewalKrishan, PhD, FRAI ,Professor and former Chair of Department of Anthropology, and Dean, International Students, Panjab University, Chandigarh can be contacted at E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected], Mobile: +91-9876048205 . Wikipedia profile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kewal_Krishan_(forensic_anthropologist)
