KCGMC-Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College, Karnal, Haryana

Forensic Medicine

About Department

The department of Forensic Medicine was founded in year 2016. The department situated on the fourth floor of Medical College building, deals with the medical aspects of the law and the legal aspects of medical practice. The department has modern amenities with well-planned and furnished faculty rooms, office, library, research laboratory, museum, students laboratory and a spacious demonstration room to accommodate 60-70 students with modern teaching aids and methodology. It is well equipped with computers, high speed internet connection.

The Mortuary attached to the department is on the Ground Floor, about 200 yards from the College building, having three autopsy tables and adequate space for storing the bodies (7 cold cabinets each having capacity of storing four dead bodies). It is well equipped with modern facilities for conducting medico-legal autopsies. There is a Demonstration Room in the Mortuary complex having an autopsy table with gallery type student observation facilities which can accommodate 60-70 students.

Faculty

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Dr. Vijay Pal Professor and Head of Department	Medical Superintendent
2	Dr. Kunal Khanna	Associate Professor
3	Dr. Sandeep Kumar Giri	Assistant Professor
4	Dr. Tarun Dagar	Assistant Professor
5	Dr. Mamta Kumari	Senior Resident

Facilities

The major activity of the department is centred on providing training to the undergraduate students in the subject of Forensic Medicine; the department is also taking up all the medico-legal work that is brought by Police or ordered by the Hon’ble Courts. The autopsy workload of the department ranges between 900-1000 cases annually. The department is regularly involved in bringing justice in cases of the putrefied/decomposed bodies, skeletal remains, exhumation and giving expert opinions. We are also taking up clinical Forensic Medicine work in the form of giving expert opinion in cases of sexual assault, age estimation, injury report etc. The faculty regularly attend the Hon’ble Courts to help the investigating agency and the judiciary as and when required.

List of Faculty Members
Department	Name of the faculty Qualification IMR Number	Current Designation & Date of promotion	Nature of employment Regular/ permanent or contract/outsou reed	Details of Service in the Last 5 years					Number of lectures taken/year, small teaching group with Topics covered
				1	2	3	4	5
Forensic Medicine	Dr. Vijay Pal Khanagwal	Professor & Head (25.09.2017)	Regular	Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, KCGMC, Karnal since 25.09.2017					Year 2022 32 Theory 12 Practical
	Dr. Kunal Khanna	Associate Professor (28.10.2020)	Regular	Assistant Professor, Deptt. of FMT, KCGMC, Karnal since 28.10.2016		Assistant Professor, Deptt. of FMT, KCGMC, Karnal & Promoted as Associate Professor, Deptt. of FMT, KCGMC, Karnal on 28.10.2020			19 Theory 24 Practical
	Dr. Sandeep Kumar Giri	Assistant Professor (28.04.2021)	Regular	Demonstrator, Deptt. FMT, Pt.BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak w.e.f. 12.07.2018	Senior Resident, AIIMS, Raipur w.e.f. 19.03.2019	Senior Resident, AIIMS, Raipur & Demonstrator, Deptt. of FMT, KCGMC, Karnal w.e.f. 20.08.2020	Demonstrator, Deptt. of FMT, KCGMC, Karnal & Assistant Professor, Deptt. of FMT, KCGMC, Karnal w.e.f. 28.04.2021	Assistant Professor, Deptt. of FMT, KCGMC, Karnal	41 Theory 6 Practical
	Dr. Tarun Dagar	Assistant Professor (29.10.2021)	Regular	Assistant Professor, Deptt. FMT, Adesh Medical College & Hospital, Shahbad, Kurukshetra	Astt. Prof., Deptt. FMT, Dr. RK GMC, Hamirpur, H.P.	Astt. Prof., Deptt. FMT, Dr. RKGMC, Hamirpur, H.P.	Astt. Prof., Deptt. FMT, Dr. RKGMC, Hamirpur, H.P. and Astt. Prof., Deptt. of FMT, KCGMC, Karnal w.e.f. 29.10.2021	Astt. Prof., Deptt. FMT, KCGMC, Karnal
	Dr. Mamta Kumari	Senior Resident (19.08.2023)	Tenure Post	NA	PG Student in the Deptt. of FMT, SHKMGMC, Nalhar, Mewat, Haryana (2020-23)			Senior Resident, Deptt. of FMT, KCGMC, Karnal w.e.f. 19.08.23
	Dr. Ankit Mann	Demonstrator (18.12.2020)	Tenure Post	Demonstrator, Deptt. of FMT, KCGMC, Karnal w.e.f. 17.05.2018 to 16.07.2020 and w.e.f. 18.12.2020 to till date					10 Practical