Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan
Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan | |
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Born | Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India |
April 15, 1934
Occupation | Forensic expert |
Known for | Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi |
Spouse(s) | Evelyn Chandra Sekharan |
Children | One daughter |
Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan (b. 1934) is an Indian forensic expert, writer and a former director of the Department of Forensics Sciences of the Government of Tamil Nadu.[1] He was best known for his contributions in the investigations in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case.[2][3]
Born on 15 April 1924 at Nagapattinam, a coastal town in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Shekharan secured his graduate and post-graduate degrees from Annamalai University and did doctoral research to obtain a PhD in forensic science from the University of Madras in 1986.[4] He is the president of the Forensics International and has published several articles on the subject of forensics, including Studies on certain forensic aspects of skull identification and individualization,[5] and Forensic science--as is what is[6] and a monograph, Lip forensics : forensic cheiloscopy for crime investigation and criminal identification : labial structure for personal appearance identification and personal identification.[7] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2000, for his contributions to society.[8] He is married to Evelyn and the couple has a daughter, Meena.[4]
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