The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General M. M. Naravane, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC visited the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar on 13th April, 2022. Dr. J.M. Vyas, Vice-Chancellor of National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar welcomed the Army Chief and briefed him about the various activities of this unique and highly specialized University.
Dr. Vyas said that Army Officers have been undergoing various courses at NFSU since the beginning of this University. This maiden visit was planned to explore the feasibility of wide ranging collaborations in Academics, Research, Training, Consultancy and other fields of mutual interest of National Security for our defence forces.
General Naravane visited various the state-of-the art infrastructure facilities such as Cyber Defence Centre (CDC); Ballistics Research & Testing Centre (BRTC); Centre of Excellence for Research and Analysis of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (CoE NDPS), Centre for Futuristic Defence Studies (CFDS), etc. The Army Chief was impressed with its unique facilities, high end technologies developed and sensitive projects undertaken in such a short period at this world’s first and only Forensic Sciences University-NFSU. It has been decided to sign MoU with NFSU for collaborations in various fields fo mutual interest.
The Army Chief was accompanied by the Army Commander of Shimla based Army Training Command, Lt. Gen. S.S. Mahal, AVSM, VSM and his team of senior officers. Prof. (Dr.) S.O. Junare, Campus Director, NFSU; Shri C.D. Jadeja, Executive Registrar, NFSU and Air Commodore K.R. Thaakar, Dean, School of Police Sciences & Security Studies and other Deans of the various Schools of NFSU were present during the visit.
