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Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

The Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology is located in the B-block of 2^nd floor of the College building. The department has been engaged in teaching medical students by providing hands-on experience and modern teaching modalities since its inception. At present the department is in its developing stage and faculties are committed to creating a conducive environment for teaching and research activities for MBBS students, setting up a state-of-the-art mortuary facility, and providing essential medico-legal service to the community.

Vision:-

To become a center of academic excellence in the field of forensic medicine
To become a center of excellence in medicolegal service

Mission:-

To equip the department with all the necessary teaching and learning aids and innovative technology for the effective delivery of knowledge.
To groom all the students to become medico legally competent doctors through teaching and research activities.
Setting up of the advanced mortuary facility.

Dr. Kaustav Kumar Bairagi

Professor & Head of the Department

kaustavbairagi@aiimsguwahati.ac.in

Dr. Kaustav Kumar Bairagi

Professor & Head of the Department

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

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kaustavbairagi@aiimsguwahati.ac.in

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Dr. Nilesh Ashok Devraj

Associate Professor

nileshdevraj@aiimsguwahati.ac.in

Dr. Nilesh Ashok Devraj

Associate Professor

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Qualifications

· Maharashtra State Board: SSC: 2001 – R. R. Vidyalaya, Jalgaon, Maharashtra.

· Maharashtra State Board: HSC: 2003 – M. J. College, Jalgaon, Maharashtra.

· MBBS: 2008 - Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

· MD (Forensic Medicine): 2014 – LTMGH & LTMMC, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Email

nileshdevraj@aiimsguwahati.ac.in

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PubMed: Nilesh Devraj - Search Results - PubMed (nih.gov)

Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nilesh-Devraj/research Scholar: DR DEVRAJ NILESH ASHOK - Google Scholar

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-7664-625X

Membership:

1. Lifetime member of the Medico-legal Association of Maharashtra.

Achievement:

1) Worked as Co-PI in 02 funded projects by DST, Govt of India and mentor two international fellowship candidates.

2) Mentor 02 international candidates came under World Psychiatry exchange program.

3) Conducted international webinar on “Child Sexual Abuse: in Low Resource Settings, Quadrilateral Discussion with international speakers from four countries i.e. Thailand, Tunisia, Philippines and India.

4) Two-time recipient of certificate of appreciation bestowed by Maharashtra Police signed by Hon’ble Superintendent of Police, Jalgaon, Maharashtra for my professional work and discharge of medico-legal duties on medical as well as legal platform.

5) Received certificate of appreciation from Superintendent of Jail-2 Jalgaon during pandemic of covid-19 periods.

6) Received certificate of appreciation of work from Arya Foundation during pandemic of covid-19 as covid- 19 warrior.

7) Poster presentation done during post-graduate residency in state conference in 2012.

Administrative experience:

1) Member of examination cell at AIIMS, Guwahati.

2) Worked as head of the department from inception of Government Medical College Jalgaon & during this period developed department according to norms of MCI in 2017 & 2018 w.r.t sanctioning of infrastructure, faculty & departmental instruments.

3) Hold the post of head of committee of Covid-19 dead body management during Pandemic of Covid-19

1. Jatchavala C, Philip S, Malakar H, Rongmei L, Devraj N, Ransing R. Perinatal mental health in India and Thailand: A call for collaboration. Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences. 2023.

2. Sharp K, Devraj N, Sonar VD. Analysis of homicidal deaths in khandesh region of north maharashtra. Journal of South India Medicolegal Association. 2022;14(2).

3. Devraj N, Barman S, Sonar VD. Crime Scene Examination of a Suicidal Pact: A Case Report. Cureus. 2022;

4. Sharp K, Devraj NA, Sonar VD. Fatal Intestinal Perforation in a Tubal Ligation Procedure: A Rare Case [Internet]. International Journal of Research and Review (ijrrjournal.com) [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2023 Oct 10];7(7):7. Available from: https://www.ijrrjournal.com/IJRR_Vol.7_Issue.7_July2020/IJRR0023.pdf

5. Devraj NA, Chaudhari KM, Pathak AG, Gadhari RK, Gavale PS. Age Determination of Prostitute Women by Radiological Investigation [Internet]. Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology [Internet]. 2019;13(1):40. Available from: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijfmt&volume=13&issue=1&article=009

6. Chaudhari KM, Devraj NA, Pathak AG, Gadhari RK. Profile of Various Thermal Injury Deaths Across the Three Genders in North Maharashtra [Internet]. Medico-Legal Update [Internet]. 2018;18(2):71. Available from: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:mlu&volume=18&issue=2&article=017

7. Pathak AG, Devraj NA, Chaudhari KM, Thakur RY, Gadhari RK. Homicidal Head Injury in Prison—A case report [Internet]. Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology [Internet]. 2018;12(1):139. Available from: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijfmt&volume=12&issue=1&article=028

8. N. Kuralkar R, A. Devraj N, B. Buchade D. Medico-legal aspect of maternal death. [Internet]. Int J Res Med Sci [Internet]. 2017 Nov 25;5(12):5207. Available from: http://www.msjonline.org/index.php/ijrms/article/view/4210

9. Devraj NA, Chaudhari KM, Pathak AG, Gadhari RK. Analysis of Custodial Death-4 yrs Retrospective Study [Internet]. Medico-Legal Update [Internet]. 2016;16(1):24. Available from: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:mlu&volume=16&issue=1&article=006

10. Devraj NA, Kuralkar RN, Savardekar RR, Buchade D. Patterns of Injuries in Road Traffic Accidents: An Autopsy Study [Internet]. Medico-Legal Update [Internet]. 2015;15(2):108. Available from: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:mlu&volume=15&issue=2&article=024

11. Pathak AG, Devraj NA, Chaudhari KM, Gadhari RK, Professor A, Professor A. Death Due to Fatal Accidental Electrocution: A case report. Int J Res Med. 2015;4(1).

12. RK Gadhari, NA Devraj, AG Pathak, KM Chaudhari. A report of dyadic death with mother as perpetrator. JFMSL, Jan-Jul 2015, vol24, Number 1

13. Death following consumption of ethyl alcohol in police custody [Internet]. [ cited 2023 Oct 10]. Available from: https://jistox.in/papers/pdf/view/20

14. Pathak AG, Gadhari RK, Devraj NA, Bora SA. Intestinal perforation-A rare complication of tubal ligation. Int J Int Med Res. 2014;1(2).

15. Pathak AG, Chaudhari KM, Devraj NA, Patil BM. Death due to sickle cell crisis-Autopsy diagnosis. Int J Int Med Res. 2014;1(2).

16. Savaradekar R, Dere R, Buchade D, Kukde H, Maiyyar A, Devraj N. A two years retrospective study of pattern of railway fatalities cases brought to sion hospital, mumbai. Medico-Legal Update. 2013;13(1).

17. Buchade D, Kukde H, Dere R, Savardekar R, Devraj N, Maiyyar A. Autopsy study of cut throat cases brought to Morgue of Sion hospital, Mumbai- A three year study. Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. 2012;6(2).

18. Pathak AG, Gadhari RK, Chaudhari KM, Chavan SS, Shejwal DK, Devraj NA. Unnatural deaths in police lockup/prisons of North Maharashtra region: A 15 year retrospective study. Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. 2016;10(1).

19. Gadhari R, Pathak A, Chaudhari K, Devraj N. Case Report fatal self poisoning with formalin-a case report. A Journal of Medicolegal Association of Maharashtra.

Dr. Samarendra Barman

Assistant Professor

samarendrabarman@aiimsguwahati.ac.in

Dr. Samarendra Barman

Assistant Professor

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

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samarendrabarman@aiimsguwahati.ac.in

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Dr. Karthi Vignesh Raj k

Assistant Professor

karthivignesh@aiimsguwahati.ac.in

Dr. Karthi Vignesh Raj k

Assistant Professor

Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Qualifications

· CBSE: 2007 - D.A.V senior secondary school, Anna Nagar, Tamil Nadu, Chennai.

· HSE: 2009 - Vidhya Vikas matric higher secondary school, Thiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu.

· MBBS: 2015 - Karpaga Vinayaka Institute of Medical Science and Research Centre, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu.

· MD (Forensic Medicine): 2020 – Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry.

· DNB (Forensic Medicine): 2021 - National Board of Examination, New Delhi.

Email

karthivignesh@aiimsguwahati.ac.in

Research interests/ Areas of Expertise/ Brief profile

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PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Karthi+Vignesh+Raj+K

Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karthi-Raj-K

Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=karthi+vignesh+raj+K&btnG=

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-karthi-vignesh-raj-ka1b272230/?originalSubdomain=in

Membership:

1. Lifetime member of the Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine.

2. Lifetime member of the South Indian Medico-Legal Association.

3. Lifetime member of Karnataka Medico-Legal Society.

Dr. Karthi Vignesh Raj K was an ex-senior Medical Officer and an Ex-Senior Resident from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, 2020- 2023. Currently, he is a reviewer in the Journal Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine- National Journal indexed in Scopus and the Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology – indexed in Scopus. His areas of research interest are Forensic pathology,

Forensic radiology, Forensic anthropology, and Molecular autopsy with a motive towards Dignified Management of Dead and Humanitarian Forensics.

Awards:

1. Best E-POSTER presentation at 43rd Annual national conference of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine (IAFM) conducted by SGPGIMS, Lucknow, May 2022.

2. Received the award of "PRESIDENT NBEMS GOLD MEDAL' in the specialty of FORENSIC MEDICINE" for the DNB/DrNB Final Examination (DECEMBER 2020).

3. Received Endowment Prize in the form of a GOLD MEDAL for Best outgoing Post Graduate, from Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Examination and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, an institute of National Importance in the year 2020.

4. Second Prize in a quiz competition held at the South Indian Medico-Legal Association conference- 2019, conducted by Indra Gandhi Medical College and Research Centre, Pondicherry- December.

5. Best oral paper presentation award, in conference South Indian Medico-Legal Association conference- 2018, conducted by Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, Kerala – December

6. Best oral paper presentation in Karnataka Medico-Legal Society conference- 2017 conducted by Bangalore Medical College, Karnataka- December.

1. Gokul G, Raj KKV, Yadav A, Gupta SK. PMCT aided diagnosis of Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis. Forensic Imaging. 2023, 200565. ISSN 2666-2256. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fri.2023.200565.

2. Raj KKV, Gokul G, Yadav A, Gupta SK, Tyagi S, Srinivasamurthy A. Stature estimation from the scapula measurements using 3D-volume rendering technique by regression equations in the Northern Indian population. Med Sci Law. 2023 Aug 9:258024231193585. doi: 10.1177/00258024231193585. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37559397.

3. Raj KKV, Khan A,Yadav A, Gupta S, Jana M, Chandran V. Comparative study of Postmortem Computed Tomography (PMCT) against Traditional Forensic Autopsy findings in fatal road traffic accidents- A pilot analysis. Ejyp J Forensic Sci. 2023;13(21):1-10.

4. Khan A, Raj KV, Jana M, Chandran V, Gupta S, D Balaji. A comparative observational study of Postmortem Computed Tomography (PMCT) and Traditional Forensic Autopsy findings in hanging cases. J Forensic Chem Toxicol. 2023;9(1):9-15.

5. Yadav A, Chandran VA, Raj KKV, Gupta P. Sudden death due to Ascariasis Infestation: An unrecognised danger. 2023;16(1):67-70.

6. Yadav A, Varughese BT, Raj KKV, Aravindan V, Gupta P. Health care through the lens of Indian Law: An overview. RFP J Hosp Admin. 2023;7(1):21-26.

7. Raj KKV, Yadav A, G G, Ranjan A, Gupta SK. Post-mortem CT: A Useful Tool to Confirm a Case of Suspected Sudden Cardiac Death. Cureus. 2022 Aug 15;14(8):e28021. doi: 10.7759/cureus.28021. PMID: 36134090; PMCID: PMC9471983.

8. Raj KKV, Yadav A, Khan A, Gupta SK. Corpus Alienum captured in Post Mortem Computed Tomography, death due to an accidental ingestion of “Momos (Dumpling)”. Forensic Imaging. 2022 Apr 6:200503.

9. Raj KKV, Prasad K, Gupta SK, Yadav A, Venkatesh, Manivel. An Atypical Suicidal Cut throat Injury- Mechanism Uncovered after Injury Interpretation. J Indian Acad Forensic Med. 2022;44(2):102-104.

10. Raj KKV, Das S, Sukumar S, Thazhath KH. Stature Estimation from Hand Measurements in South Indian Population. J Indian Acad Forensic Med. 2022.44(2):9-15.

11. Raj KKV, Yadav A, Chandran VA, Ali ZCH, Gokul G, Gupta SK. Dyadic death: Roles unveiled. J Forensic Chem Toxicol. 2022;8(2):99-103.

12. Raj KKV, Chandran VA, Gupta SK, Yadav A, Ali ZC. Scientific Interpretation of Unusual injuries observed in a death caused by firing from an Unlicenced Rifled firearm. J Indian Acad Forensic Med. 2022;44(1):95-97.

13. Raj KKV*, Das S, Venkatesh J, Sudharson T, Khan A. Carelessness leading to Impalement injury to orbit-an avoidable consequence for motorcyclists. J Forensic Sci Med Law. 2022;31(2):89-92.

14. Yadav A, Venkatesh, Raj KKV, Chandran VA, Abilash S, Tyagi S. Role of Forensic nursing in Sexual Assault Forensic Examination including Protection of children from Sexual Offences 2012. RFP J Hosp Admin. 2022;6(2):51-55.

15. Pandit JN, Raj KKV, Gokul G, Yadav A. Cardiac complications of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis. RFP J Hosp Admin. 2022;6(1):27-31.

16. Gokul G, Raj KKV*, Venkatesh, Garg S, Bharadwaj DN. An unusual combination of Chronic Sodomy and Asphyxia in a young male, an arising matter of concern in the current law. J Forensic Med Toxicol. 2022;39(1):133-36.

17. Raoof A, Yadav A, Raj KKV, Gupta SK. A Guide to Forensic Photography: An Indispensable Tool in Modern Forensic Medicine Practice and Medicolegal Cases. 2022;8(1):29-34.

18. Raj KKV*, Devnath GP, Das S, Srinivas BH, Ravi K, Venkatesh J. Myocarditis presenting as intra cardiac mass in an adolescent-A case report. Int J Med Toxicol Leg Med. 2021;24(1):212-4.

19. Raj KKV, Kumaran S, Stephen N, Venkatesh J, Badhe BA. An atypical presentation of coagulative necrosis in ala (bleach) toxicity. J Forensic Med Toxicol. 2021;38(1):77-81.

20. Yadav A, Raj KKV, Kumar M, Singh S. Atypical Firearm Wounds, One Projectile Leading to Multiple Injuries: Correct Interpretation and Correlation. J Forensic Chem Toxicol. 2021;7(1);28-31.

21. Yadav A, Aravindan V, Pandit JN, Raj KKV. Accidental decapitation in road traffic accident- A rare occurrence. Ind J Forensic Med Pathol.2021;15(3):55-59.

22. Mazumder A, Venkatesh J, Raj KKV, Raoof MP, Millo T. Delayed presentation of superficial and faint ligature mark over the neck: A case report. Int J Med Toxicol Leg Med. 2021;24(1and2):209-11.

23. Kumaran S, Janarthanan V, Raj KKV. Challenges in medico-legal autopsy during covid-19 pandemic times. J Forensic Med Toxicol. 2020;37(2):13-7.

24. Devnath GP, Patra AP, Raj KKV. Toxic outcomes of fatal Oduvan poisoning in South India: An autopsy-based study. J Ind Society Toxicol. 2020;16(1):27-30.

25. Raj KKV, Chaudhari VA, Gochchait D, Devan M. Sudden death due to acute hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis. J Indian Acad Forensic Med. 2019;41(3):216-8.

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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati

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