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Forensic Medicine

Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

The Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology of SSSMC&RI has been functioning since from the inception of the institute in 2008.

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Vision:

Our vision is to become a centre of academic excellence in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology for India and South-East Asia by 2020

Mission:

Our mission is to provide the most state of the art training to undergraduate and postgraduate students through world class advanced excellence in the field of:

  • Application of innovative educational methodologies in teaching and learning
  • Forensic research by contributing new knowledge in the field of anthropometry, psychiatry, toxicology and community Forensic medicine
  • Providing policy assistance in dealing with medico legal cases and encouraging emphatic care in medical practice

The department has highly skilled Faculty who take great passion in teaching and learning activities. Along with undergraduate teaching the department also has one post graduate student. The department also focuses on research work in the field of Forensic Psychiatry, anthropometry, Ethics, Question Documents, community Forensic Medicine & toxicology. The department also provides Consultancy on Medico-legal cases to other clinical departments.

As part of community outreach program the department has undertaken awareness sessions for farmers on safe handling of pesticides and how to identify early clinical features related to occupational pesticide exposure.

The faculties of the department are also actively involved in Leadership roles in the Institutional Medical Educational unit, Curriculum Committee, Examination Process and institutional Research unit.

 

Professor & Head

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Dr Vijay Kautilya D, MBBS,MD, PGDMLE, ACME, FAIMER Fellow.
PROFILE SUMMARY

Enterprising leader who is serving as the Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Coordinator of the Medical Education Unit and Deputy Controller of Examinations, SBV. I am a Passionate teacher who is conscious of the Adult learning principles and student engagement. I have over eleven years of teaching & research Experience. In Bangalore Medical College I have witnessed over 9000 Autopsies and Medico-legal Cases. I have a keen interest in Medical Education Technology and have completed MCI Advanced Course in Medical Education (ACME), Post Graduate Diploma in Medical Law & Ethics form National Law school, Bangalore and Currently perusing FAIMER Fellowship form GSMC-FAIMER Institute, Mumbai.

Detailed CV Attached

Associate Professor

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Dr Dipayan Deb Barman, MBBS, MD.
PROFILE SUMMARY

I am Dr. Dipayan deb Barman, MBBS,, M.D Forensic Medicine & Toxicology from the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences,(An autonomous institute under the Ministry of Health and family Welfare, Government of India). I am presently working as Associate Professor in the department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College & Research Institute, Ammapettai. After having joined Shri Sathya Sai Medical College & Research Institute in March 2016.

I am involved in student teaching-learning and research activities. In addition to that I am also an active member of the institution’s Medical Education Unit (MEU) and Institutional Research Council (IRC; which reviews the faculty and student research project proposals).

I was part of the departmental team for development of the UG and PG curriculum in the institution. I am also the coordinator for the departmental Facebook page (Forensic Medicine SSSMCRI) which caters to academic discussion for faculty and students.

Detailed CV Attached

Assistant Professor

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Dr Satish Kumar MBBS, MD.
PROFILE SUMMARY

I did my Post Graduation from JIPMER and have joined SSSMCRI in August 2019. I have three Publications to my name and many presentations. Currently I am the NAAC task Force member of my department and also the UG coordinator.

Detailed CV Attached

PG cum Tutor

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Dr Ramathoti Lakshmi Venkata Yamini MBBS,.
PROFILE SUMMARY

I joined Post-Graduation in Forensic Medicine in 2018 and have since then taken active part in my own learning and also mentoring the Undergraduate Students. I have done my under-graduation from Golem State Medical University, Belarus, Russia.

Detailed CV Attached

The department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology has:

Our Infrastructure encompasses

  1. A research laboratory for doing toxicological ,serological research
  2. A practical lab hall for conducting practical classes and as well as practical examination. It has 30 monocular and four binocular Micoscopes.
  3. Fully equipped State of the art mortuary with a cold storage unit for six bodies, a separate dissection area for Autopsy and a viewing gallery for 40-50 students. The mortuary has a separate area for viscera packing, storage & a designated area for the Police & relatives of eth diseased.
  4. A facility for performing anthropometric study ( there is stadiometer, Vernier calipers, weighing machine etc)
  5. State of the art Forensic Museum Housing over 60 Wet Specimens of Medico-Legal importance, 101 Poisons, 40 Photographs, 28 charts and Over 100 weapons.
  6. Two demo halls having a capacity for accommodating 80 (eighty) students for practical demonstration classes.
    • First demo hall has facility of LCD projector and screen for taking classes with audio-visual aid such as power point, video demonstration etc.
    • Second demo hall has a chalk and board facility for taking both theory and practical demonstration classes

CME

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1. “Donation and Transplantation of Human Organs – Social, Ethical and Legal Aspects on 28th February 2015 in collaboration with the Mohan Foundation.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:Upon completion of the program, participants should be able to:

  • Define concepts of organ donation
  • Discuss Transplantation of Human Organs Act & its recent amendments
  • Describe the Ethical aspects of organ donation and transplantation
  • Explain the specific challenges in Counseling the family for organ donation and handling the Medico-legal issues involved in such cases.
  • TARGET AUDIENCE–Clinical, para-clinical and non-clinical teaching staff, CRRIs and nursing staff. Others are welcome to attend as well.

Departmental Quiz:

Forensi-quest – Quiz Competition

Intra-college Quiz competition was organized by the department of Forensic Medicine in October 2017. Six teams participated in this event. This competition is designed to encourage the undergraduate students to excel in Forensic Medicine. The competition comprises of six innovative rounds pushing the students to test their Limits.

Academic Services:

The department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology undertakes undergraduate and post graduate teaching in accordance with the best standards of medical education and guidelines as laid down by the medical council of India.

Undergraduate teaching:

  • - For 2nd MBBS (3rd,4th and 5th semester( theory, practical teaching, Problem oriented learning exercises, case based discussions related to Forensic Pathology, Toxicology, Forensic Serology etc)
  • - Periodic Formative assessment examinations as internal/end semester examinations
  • - Post-mortem demonstration exercises –students are taken to Madras Medical College as part of arrangement made between SSSMCRI and MMC

Postgraduate teaching:

  • - Regular theory classes
  • - PG Seminars and journal clubs twice a month
  • - Case based discussions
  • - Emphasis on research and thesis work of the post graduate trainee
  • - Post-mortem demonstration at Chengelpet Government Medical College and Madras Medical College
  • - Regular exposure to cases of clinical Forensic Medicine

Clinical Services:

  • - The department provides medico legal advice to various clinical departments of SSSMCRI in dealing with Medico-legal cases as encountered in day to day medical practice

The Faculty are also involved in various administrative and governance roles like Coordination the University examination, Governance of the Medical Education Unit, Anti ragging Committee & Curricular Governance.

Undergraduate students

MBBS: As a part of the Five and a half year course, we teach Ethics, Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic pathology & Toxicology to the undergraduate students. The teaching learning process involves:
  • - Large group teaching with use of power-points, interactive boards, chalk and board
  • - Self directed learning methods using problem oriented cases, case based discussions, debates to promote critical thinking and analysis ability
  • - Use of social media platforms such as Facebook and Whatsapp. The department of Forensic Medicine of SSSMCRI maintains a facebook group involving faculties and students which promotes academic discussions even after end of conventional teaching activities at the end of college duty hours
AHS Course: We teach Ethics to the BSc Students of Medical imaging technology, Medical Lab technology, Anesthesia Technology, Physician Assistants, Optometry etc.

Postgraduate student: MD Forensic Medicine

The Department is permitted by MCI to take up three Postgraduate Students

  • - Regular PG seminars and journal clubs
  • - Case based discussions
  • - Theory classes
  • - Self directed learning using problem oriented learning exercises

Research Projects taken up by the department:

Sl No

Project Details

Date of Approval

Current Status

1

Efficacy of Cheiloscopy in determination of sex among south Indians.

Authors: -  Dr Vijay Kautilya D, Dr Pravir Bodkha,  Naveen Rajamohan

2012

 Completed & published

2

Study of handwriting class characters of among south Indians, the extrinsic factors that influence these class characters and reflection of these characters on attempted imitation.

Authors: - Dr Pravir Bodkha, Dr Vijay Kautilya D

2013

Completed & Paper presented in International Conference

3

Study to identify age specific class characters handwriting and their predictive accuracy among the South Indians.

Authors: - Dr Vijay Kautilya D, Dr Pravir Bodkha,  Swathi.

2013

Completed & published

4

Knowledge, attitude and practice of pesticide use in paddy farming in south India.Authors: - - Dr Vijay Kautilya D, Dr Pravir Bodkha, Khatija  & Prithi

2013

Completed & published

5

Snake bite: - a neglected tropical occupational disease of the impoverished rural population of Tamil Nadu.”

Authors: - - Dr Vijay Kautilya D, Dr Pravir Bodkha, Guru vijaya raghavendra.

2013

Completed & published

6

Knowledge of pesticide labels in paddy farming in south India.

Authors: - - Dr Vijay Kautilya D, Dr Pravir Bodkha, Prithi

2013

Completed & published

7

Authors: - Dr Shruti P Hegde,

Dr Vijay Kautilya D

Study of pattern of change in handwriting class characters with different grades of myopia

2014

Completed & published

8

Dr Vijay Kautilya D

Effectiveness of microteaching as a method Of developing teaching competencies among in-service medical teachers

2016

Completed & published

9

Dr Vijay Kautilya D. "Study of linguistic and paralinguistic cues of deception detection among south Indians.

2014

 Completed

10

Dr Dipayan Deb Barman, Estimation of stature from measurement of the percutaneous length of the tibia”

2015

Completed

11

 

Dr Thilagavathi, Dr Vijaty Kautilya .Study of correlation of lip print patterns of parents and their children among south Indians

2017

Completed

12

Dr Sushma Reddy, Dr Vijay Kautilya. Study of correlation of finger print pore size and spacing with age among south Indians children.

2017

Completed

13

Dr Dipayan Deb Barman A Study of reliablility and accuracy of stature estimation form hand print in adults of ethnic Tamil origin

496/2019

May 2019

Ongoing

14

Dr Vijay Kautilya D Anonymized Reflection Based Learning Module: a tool for developing critical decision making in Ethics Education for Under Graduate Medical Students

2019

New Research Project

15

Dr Dipayan Deb Barman Study on the correlation between fingerprint and blood group types in a    Tamil population

495/2019

May 2019

Ongoing

16

Dr Dipayan Deb Barman Age estimation in Tamil subjects from eruption of 3rd molar teeth and epiphyseal union of pelvis

2018

Ongoing

17

 Dr Dipayan Deb Barman A Determination of stature from measurement of footprint length using  regression formulae in subjects of ethnic Tamil origin”

2018

Ongoing

Research Publications:

Sl/no

Year of Publication

Publication Details

Type

Level

Indexing

1

2016

Vijay Kautilya D, Shruti p Hegde, Pritika rajashekaran, Khitaja begum. A cross-sectional survey on the awareness of pesticide labels and pesticide safety pictograms among paddy farming in south India. Journal of health science and surveillance systems. 2016; 4(4): 158-166 

Journal

International

Indexed

2

2018

Dayanindhi VK, Hegde SP. Effectiveness of microteaching as a method of developing teaching competence among in-service medical teachers. Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism. 2018 Oct;6(4):155.

Journal

International

Indexed

3

2014

Gryphotyphlas Acutus- An uncommon Sighting in suburbs of Chennai. Vijay Kautilya, Pravir Bodkha. Int. Journal of Adv Biomed Res. 4(2): May 2014; P237-240.

Journal

International

Indexed

4

2013

Determination of stature and sex from anthropometry of the foot among south Indians. Vijay Kautilya D et al. International. J. Rev. Life. Sci., 3(2), June 2013,1-5

Journal

International

Indexed

5

2016

Shruti P.Hedge, Vijay Kautilya Dayanidhi, Ravi.  Study of Prognostic indicators in Patients with Pseudo-exfoliation syndrome undergoing cataract surgery”. Int.J of Anatomy, radiology, Surgery 2016 Vol5 (3):0001-0005.

Journal

International

Indexed

6

2013

Vijay Kautilya D, Pravir Bodkha, Efficacy of cheiloscopy in determination of sex among south Indians. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2013 Oct, Vol-7(10): 2193-2196  DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5371.3468

 

Journal

National

Indexed

7

2015

Vijay Kautilya D, Sathish K V, Shruti Prabhat Hegde. Study of substance abuse among street children near Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore. Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine, 2015;2(4):220-224.

Journal

National

Indexed

8

2015

Shruti Prabhat Hedge, Vijay Kautilya D, Sriram. Study of Pattern of Change in handwriting Class Characters with Different Grades of Myopia. J of Clinical and Diagnostic Res. 2015; 9(12): HC01-HC04.

Journal

National

Indexed

9

2015

Shruti P Hegde, Vijay Kautilya D, Ravi. Study of changes in signature characters with serial increments of induced myopia.  Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, July September 2015; 1(3):175-180.

Journal

National

Indexed

10

2017

Vijay Kautilya D, Shruti p Hegde, Khitaja begum, Pritika rajashekaran. Knowledge, attitude and practice of pesticide safety measures among paddy farmers in south India. Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine, April-June 2017; 4(2):139-143.

Journal

National

Indexed

11

2013

Vijay Kautily D, Pravir Bodkha. Abuse of psychoactive Fauna to get a High - A review of the past & present.  Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology [serial online], 2013; Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan - June 2013): [about 9 p]. Available from: http://www.anilaggrawal.com/ij/vol_014_no_001/papers/paper012.html. Published : Jan 1, 2013

Journal

National

Indexed

12

2012

Vijay Kautilya D, Pravir Bodkha. Snake venom- The new rage to get a high!  Journal of Indian Society of Toxicology. July2012; 8(1): 46-48.

Journal

National

Indexed

13

2010

Venkat Raghava, Vijay Kautilya D, Devadass. Fatality from Spasmo-Proxivon addiction- A case Report. Journal of Indian Society of Toxicology. 6(2): July-Dec 2010;47-49

Journal

National

Indexed

14

2017

Shruti P Hegde, Machoreddy R Shekar Reddy, Mohan Ram Kumar, Vijay Kautilya D.  A prospective study of awareness of diabetic retinopathy, knowledge about its effect on vision & treatment options among the diabetic patients visiting the ophthalmology department.  Ind J Of Clinical And Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO)”.2017; 3(4): 495-499

Journal

National

Indexed

15

2017

Vijay Kautilya D, Shruti P Hegde, Ravi, Hemapriya. Ophthalmic indicators of substance abuse - a review. J SIMLA. September 2017; 9(2):96-106.

 

Journal

National

Indexed

16

2018

Hegde SP, Sekharreddy MR, Kumar MR, Dayanidhi VK. Prospective study of hypermature cataract in Kanchipuram district: Causes of delayed presentation, risk of lens-induced glaucoma and visual prognosis. Kerala J Ophthalmol 2018;30:187-92.

 

Journal

National

Indexed

17

2020

Vijay Kautilya D, Shruti p Hegde , Guru Raghavendra. Study of Snake Bite and Factors Influencing Snake bite among the rural population of Kancheepuram District. Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. Jan 2020; 20(1): in press

Journal

National

Indexed

18

2020

Vijay Kautilya D, Guru Raghavendra, Shruti P hedge. Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Perceptions of snake bite among the farmers in Thiruporur Taluk in Kancheeuram District." J-SIMLA, March 2020 In press

Journal

National

Indexed

19

2012

Bodkha P. Effectiveness of MCQ, SAQ and MEQ in assessing cognitive domain among high and low achievers. Indian Journal of Research and Reports in Medical Sciences. 2012;2(4):25-28.

Journal

National

Indexed

20

2012

Bodkha P. A role of digital imaging in identification of unidentified bodies. Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine. 2012;34: 318-321.

Journal

National

Indexed

21

2015

Suresh Bidarkotimath, Manju Prakash, Shishirkumar. ”A Study on Morphometry of Squatting Facets”. Journal of Evidence based Medicine and Healthcare; Volume 2, Issue 18, May 04, 2015; Page: 2727-2730

Journal

National

Indexed

22

2016

Dipayan DB, Vijaya KNG.   Post-mortem Examination:-Combining conventional autopsy technique with virtual autopsy- Concerted effort by the departments of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology and Radiology. Annals of SBV Jan- June 2016; 5(1): p76-78

Journal

National

Non Indexed

23

2016

Dipayan DB, Vijaya KNG.  Sudden Unexplained Death in Sleep in Adults: Autopsy Challenges.  Journal of Karnataka Medico-legal Society.  Jul-Dec 2016; 25(2): p

 

Journal

National

Indexed

24

2017

Dipayan Deb Barman, Vijaya Kumar Nair.G, Karnaboopathy .R. Estimation of stature from measurement of the percutaneous length of radius in adult Tamil males. JSIMLA, 2017 March ; 9(1):51-54

Journal

National

Indexed

25

2016

Vijaya Kumar Nair.G, Dipayan Deb Barman. A Change in social Psyche- a trigger to commit suicid. J of Indian academy of Forensic Medicine. 2016; 38(3): 309-312

Journal

National

Indexed

26

2017

Dipayan Deb Barman, Vijaya Kumar Nair.G, Karnaboopathy R. Study of the trend of poisoning in a tertriary care hospital in Chidambaram.J of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine 2017;39(1):20-24

 

Journal

National

Indexed

27

2014

Dipayan Deb Barman, Nabachandra.H. Pattern of Sexual Assault cases in Manipur.    Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology June 2014. 31(1& 2) : 67 70.

Journal

National

Indexed