Dr. Kewal Krishan
Journal of Indian Anthropological Society
PhD, FRAI, FIALFS, FIACME
Professor and former Chair,
Department of Anthropology
(Dean, International Students)
Panjab University
Chandigarh-160 014, INDIA,
Mobile: +91-9876048205
Dr. Kewal Krishan is a renowned forensic anthropologist and presently a Professor and former Chair at the Department of Anthropology, and Dean, International Students, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He is well known for his contributions to forensic anthropology in Indian populations. He has published more than 410 articles in international journals of repute including high impact and reputed journals such as Nature, Nature Medicine, BMJ and The Lancet. Dr. Krishan has contributed to the advancement of forensic science and its applications. He has devised many methods of criminal investigation and formulae which are being used in the criminal investigation process.
He has recently been included among the “WORLD RANKING OF TOP 2% SCIENTISTS” (Positioned at 13th Rank in Legal & Forensic Medicine category in the world (Out of 14,394 forensic scientists of the world) as reported by a team of scientists at the Stanford University, USA and Elsevier BV. He is one of the most cited forensic scientists having more than 1,35,000 citations of his research work with an h-index of 110.
He has contributed invited chapters to the most coveted Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences (2013) and Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine (2016) published by Elsevier. He is on the panel of editors of various reputed international journals such as Forensic Science International, Medicine Science and the Law, Archives of Public Health, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Public Health, Journal of Infection in Developing countries, The Science of Nature, Acta Biomedica etc. He is on the reviewer/referee panel of more than 117 international journals of repute and reviewed more than 700 research articles till date. He has been awarded a fellowship of Royal Anthropological Institute (FRAI) of Great Britain and Ireland, London for his contributions to forensic anthropology in India. He has delivered many invited lectures in USA, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and parts of Europe.