State forensic science institute may start first session from July

Uttar Pradesh State Institute of Forensic Science (UPSIFS) to start offering courses for graduate and postgraduate degree and diploma from July 2023. The institute will introduce a unique concept of three verticals? crime scene management, crime lab analysis, and translating forensic expert opinion into credible legal evidence and its interpretation before the court. It will provide honours degree in four years and postgraduate degree in five years. The institute will fulfil the requirement of forensic experts to strengthen criminal justice system and create a pool of forensic experts required by the police for advance investigations.