NFSU
Definition
National Forensic Sciences University. Headquartered at Gandhinagar, with campuses spreading across India. Statutory university status since 2020; trains the bulk of new MSc-level workforce.
- Location
- Gandhinagar
- Statutory status
- Institution of National Importance (since 2020)
- Primary focus
- Forensic education and research
Common questions
What is NFSU and where is it located?+
The National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) is India's deemed-to-be national university for forensic education and research, headquartered in Gandhinagar. It was established by Act of Parliament in 2020 and given Institution of National Importance status.
What does NFSU do?+
NFSU trains new forensic science professionals at the MSc level and conducts research. It absorbed the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU) and LNJN-NICFS to bring forensic education under one national body.
Why did India create NFSU?+
India established NFSU as a statutory university to give forensic sciences a dedicated national institution for developing the workforce that forensic laboratories across the country need.
Related terms
- CFSL
- Central Forensic Science Laboratory: a central government lab operating under DFSS. India has CFSLs at New Delhi, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Pune, Guwahati,...
- DFSS
- Directorate of Forensic Science Services, India; issues the Forensic Laboratory Manual that governs glass and soil examination procedures, including the bromoform-based density...
- RFSL
- Regional Forensic Science Laboratory. Sub-state, district or zonal level. Absorbs the SFSL's overflow and handles district-court matters.
- SFSL
- State Forensic Science Laboratory: a state-government lab that processes the bulk of routine casework from state and district police. Quality and capacity...
- BNSS Section 176(3)
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 provision requiring a forensic-team visit to the scene of any offence punishable with seven years or more...
- BPR&D
- Bureau of Police Research and Development. MHA body for police modernisation, training standards, and forensic-equipment specifications.
- CCTNS
- Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems. Pan-India platform for FIR registration and inter-state crime data, rollout from 2009 under NCRB.
- CDFD
- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad. Specialist national lab under the Department of Biotechnology, founded 1995, focused on DNA work.
- DFSS (Directorate of Forensic Science Services)
- The MHA-level body at New Delhi coordinating national forensic policy, CFSL operations, and inter-state casework allocation.
- FBI ERT
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Evidence Response Team. A trained, deployable team that handles scene work at FBI cases, with a published written...
- FIR
- First Information Report under Section 173 BNSS 2023 (formerly Section 154 CrPC). Trigger document that feeds into CCTNS and downstream forensic referral.
- GEQD
- Government Examiner of Questioned Documents: the central body for document examination with offices at Shimla and Hyderabad, examining handwriting, ink, paper, and...
Explained in these topics
- Crime Scene Management: National and International ScenarioNational Forensic Sciences University. Headquartered at Gandhinagar, with campuses spreading across India. Statutory university status since 2020; trains the b...
- Indian Forensic Laboratories: CFSL, SFSL, RFSL MapNational Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar. Established 2020 by Act of Parliament. India's deemed-to-be national university for forensic education and...
- Organisation of FSLs, NCRB and NICFSNational Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar. Granted Institution of National Importance status under the NFSU Act 2020; absorbed GFSU and LNJN-NICFS.