Kewal Krishan (forensic anthropologist)

Kewal Krishan
Born (1973-11-24) 24 November 1973
Chandigarh, India
Nationality Indian
Known for

Contributions to Forensic anthropology in India

Heel-Ball Index
Awards FRAI
FIALFS
Faculty Research Award
Scientific career
Fields Forensic anthropologist Biological anthropologist Forensic scientist
Institutions Panjab University
Website anthropology.puchd.ac.in

Dr. Kewal Krishan, an Indian forensic anthropologist, is Associate Professor of physical anthropology and Chair of Department of Anthropology at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.[1] He has contributed to the development of forensic anthropology in India.[2] He is one of the very few forensic anthropology experts of the nation. He earned his PhD in Forensic Anthropology in 2003 from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He is an elected fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (FRAI).[3][4]

His published research deals with the analysis of various aspects of human morphology and their forensic applications in Indian populations.[5][6][7][8] He has contributed articles to the Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences 2nd Edition and Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine 2nd Edition published by Elsevier in 2013 [9][10] and 2016 [11][12][13] respectively. His most cited work pertains to the forensic podiatry of the north Indian population.[14] In one of his noteworthy work in 2008, he studied the effect of body weight and additional body weight on the footprints and its interpretation in crime scene investigation.[15] He also established some of the unique and individualistic characteristics of the footprints which are helpful in identification of criminals.[16] He devised and calculated the effect of limb asymmetry on estimation of stature in forensic examinations.[17] He devised a novel index called Heel-Ball Index in the forensic literature emphasizing its relevance in sex determination.[18][19] He has published unique work on the footprint ridge density of Indian population and its significance in forensic identification.[20][21]

References

  1. ↑ http://anthropology.puchd.ac.in/show-biodata.php?qstrempid=75&qstrempdesigcode=9
  2. ↑ "Dr. Kewal Krishan – Physical and Forensic Anthropologist". ua.edu. 11 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Home". therai.org.uk.
  4. ↑ "Directory". nomadit.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Kewal Krishan - Google Scholar Citations". google.co.in.
  6. ↑ "Kewal Krishan". researchgate.net.
  7. ↑ "Scopus preview - Author details (Krishan, Kewal)". scopus.com.
  8. ↑ pubmeddev. "krishan k - PubMed - NCBI". nih.gov.
  9. ↑ Krishan, K.; Kanchan, T. (1 January 2013). Saukko, Pekka J.; Houck, Max M., eds. Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences. Academic Press. pp. 49–53 – via ScienceDirect.
  10. ↑ Kanchan, T.; Krishan, K. (1 January 2013). Saukko, Pekka J.; Houck, Max M., eds. Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences. Academic Press. pp. 193–196 – via ScienceDirect.
  11. ↑ Krishan, K.; Kanchan, T. (1 January 2016). Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine (Second Edition). Elsevier. pp. 74–80 – via ScienceDirect.
  12. ↑ Kanchan, T.; Krishan, K. (1 January 2016). Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine (Second Edition). Elsevier. pp. 425–432 – via ScienceDirect.
  13. ↑ Krishan, K.; Kanchan, T. (1 January 2016). Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine (Second Edition). Elsevier. pp. 81–91 – via ScienceDirect.
  14. ↑ "Emergence of forensic podiatry—A novel sub-discipline of forensic sciences". Forensic Science International. 255: 16–27. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.06.012.
  15. ↑ Krishan, Kewal (18 July 2008). "Establishing correlation of footprints with body weight—Forensic aspects". Forensic Science International. 179 (1): 63–69. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.04.015. PMID 18515026 – via ScienceDirect.
  16. ↑ Krishan, Kewal (4 July 2007). "Individualizing characteristics of footprints in Gujjars of North India—Forensic aspects". Forensic Science International. 169 (2–3): 137–144. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.08.006. PMID 16965880 – via ScienceDirect.
  17. ↑ Krishan, Kewal; Kanchan, Tanuj; DiMaggio, John A. (15 July 2010). "A study of limb asymmetry and its effect on estimation of stature in forensic case work". Forensic Science International. 200 (1–3): 181.e1–181.e5. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.015.  – via ScienceDirect (Subscription may be required or content may be available in libraries.)
  18. ↑ Krishan, Kewal; Kanchan, Tanuj; Passi, Neelam; DiMaggio, John A. (1 January 2012). "Heel-ball (HB) index: sexual dimorphism of a new index from foot dimensions". J. Forensic Sci. 57 (1): 172–175. doi:10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01960.x. PMID 22074354.
  19. ↑ Kanchan, Tanuj; Krishan, Kewal; Prusty, Disha; Machado, Meghna (1 June 2014). "Heel–Ball index: An analysis of footprint dimensions for determination of sex". Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences. 4 (2): 29–33. doi:10.1016/j.ejfs.2014.02.002 – via ScienceDirect.
  20. ↑ Krishan, Kewal; Kanchan, Tanuj; Pathania, Annu; Sharma, Ruchika; DiMaggio, John A. (1 October 2015). "Variability of footprint ridge density and its use in estimation of sex in forensic examinations". Med Sci Law. 55 (4): 284–290. doi:10.1177/0025802414557880. PMID 25413487 – via msl.sagepub.com.
  21. ↑ Kanchan, T.; Krishan, K.; Aparna, K. R.; Shyamsunder, S. (1 December 2012). "Footprint ridge density: A new attribute for sexual dimorphism". HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology. 63 (6): 468–480. doi:10.1016/j.jchb.2012.09.004 – via ScienceDirect.
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