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Education
MBBS, MD, Diplomate NB( For. Med), MNAMS, MBA ( HCS), Dip. Cyber Law, PGDCFS, PGCTM.
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery); Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur, Bangalore University, Karnataka, India;2000.
MD (Doctor of Medicine) in Forensic Medicine; Kasturba Medical College, Manipal; MAHE (Manipal Academy of Higher Education- Deemed University) Now Manipal University, India; 2006.
DNB (Diplomate of the National Board for the practice of Forensic Medicine); National Board of Examinations, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India; 2007.
PGDCFS (Post Graduate Diploma in Criminology and Forensic Science); Faculty of Law; Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamilnadu, India;2005.
FAGE (Fellow of the Academy of General Education); Academy of General Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India; 2006.
Dip. Cyber Law( Diploma in Cyber Law);Government Law college, Mumbai and Asian School of Cyber Laws, Pune, India:2008.
PGCTM (Postgraduate Certificate in Torture Medicine); IMA AKN Sinha Institute of Continuing Medical and Health Education and Research, Patna, India: 2011.
Master of Business Administration ( MBA); Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim: 2016.
Experience
31st July 2011 to Present: Associate Professor
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
(Responsibilities include: teaching undergraduate courses- MBBS, postmortem examination, court evidence & other Medicolegal work including clinical Forensic Medicine)
1st July 2008- 30th July 2011 : Assistant Professor
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
(Responsibilities include: teaching undergraduate courses- MBBS, postmortem examination, court evidence & other Medicolegal work including clinical Forensic Medicine)
31st July 2006 – 30th June 2008: Assistant Professor
Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
(Responsibilities include: teaching undergraduate courses- MBBS, BSc MIT, BSc HIA, and postgraduate courses- MD, MSc HHIA; postmortem examination, court evidence & other Medicolegal work including clinical Forensic Medicine).
1st Aug 2003- 30th July 2006: PG Cum Tutor
Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India.[ Under Clinical Pathology]
( Responsibilities include: teaching undergraduate courses, postmortem examination & other Medicolegal work including clinical Forensic Medicine)
Research interests
Forensic Pathology, Forensic odontology, anthropometry, Disaster victim identification, Criminology, Forensic DNA analysis, Clinical Forensic Medicine, Forensic Toxicology, Forensic radiology and age estimation and Public health related research.
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