Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

The department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology is locatedat the 4thfloor of the Academic Block of the institute.The department is engaged in teaching medical students by providing hands-on experience and modern teaching modalities. It is well equipped with models, specimens and charts to provide best learning experience to students and enhance their creativity. Apart from this, the department provides a favorable environment for scientific research. The department dedicated caters medico legal services for the community.

Vision

To gain excellence and integrity in Forensic Medicine by balancing the emphasis on teaching, research and medico legal services.
To develop a model center of excellence in the field of forensic pathology and allied branches of forensic science

Mission

To produce the competent physician capable of providing medical-legal service without infringing medical ethics and principles.
To provide the comprehensive medico legal service to community through innovative programme.

Faculty

Sr. No.	Name & Qualifications	Designation	Areas of Interest	Email ID / ORCID ID / Research-gate Page
1	Dr. Binaya Kumar Bastia MBBS, MD.	Professor & Head	Clinical :- Forensic Pathology & Clinical Forensic Investigation Research :- Forensic Pathology & Genetics, Juris prudence	bastia.fmt@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in https//orcid.org/0000-0003-1064-5126
2	Dr. Ashish R. Bhute MBBS, MD.	Additional Professor	Clinical :- Medico Legal Autopsy Research :- Forensic Radiology, Education Technology & Law	ashish.fmt@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in https//orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-2347
3	Dr. Shailesh V. Parate MBBS, MD.	Additional Professor	Clinical :- Medical Toxicology Research :- Forensic anthropology	shailesh.fmt@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in https//orcid.org/0000-0003-0589-4974 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shailesh_Parate
4	Dr. Raviprakash Meshram MBBS, MD.	Additional Professor	Clinical :- Medico Legal Autopsy Research :- Forensic radiology, Forensic genetic	ravi.fmt@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in https//orcid.org/0000-0002-2170-490X
5	Dr. Dilip Vaishnav	Assistant Professor	Clinical :- Research :-	dilip.fmt@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in

Photo	Name & Qualifications	Designation	Areas of Interest	Email ID / ORCID ID / Research-gate Page

Services

Services provided by Department:

Mortuary
- Medico-legal Postmortem
- Computerized Postmortem report
- Toxicology Analysis
- Training of Medical officers of Uttarakhand
- Training of Mortuary attendants of Uttarakhand
Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit
- Injury reporting
- Sexual assault examination (Adult and Children)
- Age estimation in criminal, civil. Juvenile cases and for sports authority, Government of India for Uttarakhand state.
- Medico-legal consultation for various departments of AIIMS Rishikesh.

Statistics

Courses & Short term Trainings

Name of the course	Duration of course	Present number of students	Objectives/ brief description of the course
MBBS	5 ½ year	100	Undergraduate (Medical) Department is engaged in teaching 100 MBBS students each year for 1.5-year duration, as per prescribed curriculum. Regular monthly assessments examinations are conducted as per schedule. At the end of course final examination is conducted as per rulesObjectives To impart knowledge about medicolegal duties of doctor in clinical practice and about conducting post mortems of commonly encountered cases. Medicolegal duties and general aspects of management of poisoning cases. Teaching medical ethics to undergraduate students.
M.D. FMT	3 year	4	Currently, 4 postgraduates are undergoing training for degree of MD in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. To impart knowledge about medicolegal duties of doctor in clinical practice. Conducting post mortems of different types of cases. Medicolegal duties and general aspects of management of poisoning cases and management of clinical Forensic Medicine cases. Analytical toxicology methods To impart knowledge about research methodology in Forensic Medicine.
Ph.D	3 year	2	Three PhD scholars are pursuing their research activities in the department for award of PhD in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.

Name of the course	Curriculum	Duration of course	Present number of students	Objectives/ brief description of the course

Research

Projects

Title	Site-Investigators	Principal Investigator	Collaboration, if any (Department and institute)	Funding Agency	Projects Status

Projects

Title	Site-Investigators	Principal Investigator	Collaboration, if any (Department and institute)	Funding Agency	Projects Status

Collaboration

Collaboration for	Collaboration with Department and institute	Services offered/ work undergoing in collaboration
Genome Nucleosome	IIT Roorkee	Investigation of degraded DNA samples for Forensic Biomarkers by Comprehensive Genome Nucleosome Sequencing in Uttarakhand determine baseline blood lead level of healthy population of Uttarakhand at AIIMS, Rishikesh

Collaboration for	Collaboration with Department and institute	Services offered/ work undergoing in collaboration

Expansion plan

Expansion Plan:

CT based autopsy
Toxicology laboratory
Genetic laboratory
Histopathology laboratory